Newport High Street Station, with Up freight running through - 5 June 1961
Photo reference number: 2383
View SW, towards Cardiff, Western Valleys, etc.; ex-GW South Wales main line. In the 1950s and 1960s freight trains were running constantly through here; it would seem that few passengers were about, at least on this day. The Class F freight - its tail hardly out of the four-track tunnel just west of the station - is headed by '2883' 2-8-0 No. 3831 (built 12/40).
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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