Smart 2-8-0T bringing Up freight through Newport Station - 5 June 1961

Photo reference number: 2385

View westward, towards Cardiff, on the ex-GW South Wales main line, also the Western Valleys lines. Collett '4200' 2-8-0T No. 5243 (built 8/24) - evidently ex-Works - is bringing a typical Class H freight on the Up Through line.

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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Ben Brooksbank's Newport railway photos