Down iron ore train entering Newport High Street Station - 14 Aug 1963
Photo reference number: 2389
View eastward at Newport East across the Usk Bridge; ex-GWR South Wales Main Line. The train exemplifies the constant flow of iron ore from Banbury and its surroundings to the steelworks at Cardiff, Port Talbot, etc. It is headed by a new BR Standard 9F 2-10-0, No. 92217.
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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