Up freight passing through Newport Station - 5 June 1961
Photo reference number: 2384
View westward, towards Cardiff, etc., also the Western Valleys: ex-GW South Wales main line. The Class F freight is headed by Collett-modified (93XX) Churchward 2-6-0 No. 7322 (built 2/32 as No. 9300, renumbered 3/57, withdrawn 11/61 - six months after this photograph). [Fancy living in one of the houses on the right?].
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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