Cardiff - Bristol train entering Newport High Street - 6 April 1954
Photo reference number: 2376
Cardiff - Bristol train entering Newport High Street
View westward from the Down main platform, towards Cardiff, etc., etc.: ex-GWR South Wales main line, also Western Valleys branches from Newport - all passing through the Gaer Tunnel - out of view to the left. The 11:25 regular stopping train to Bristol via the Severn Tunnel is headed by Collett 4-6-0 No. 6868 'Penrhos Grange' (built 3/39, withdrawn 10/65).
Photo by Ben Brooksbank. Before he died in 2018, Ben uploaded an extensive collection of his work onto the website www.geograph.org.uk to make the photos available for enthusiasts. The Newport images are reproduced here and are freely useable under the Creative Commons license. There is no need to acknowledge the license if sharing the images here because these versions have the license details at the bottom.
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