A GW 2-8-0T runs through Newport Station towards the Hills Tunnels, passing a new Type 1 Diesel at the Goods Station - 6 April 1965
Photo reference number: 2400
View SW, towards Cardiff, etc.: ex-GW South Wales main line. The 2-8-0T is one of the newer Collett '4200' ones, No. 5241 (built 8/24). The Diesel is nearly new (built 10/64) BR/Paxman Diesel-hydraulic Type 1 0-6-0 (later Class 14) No. D9519, which, like the rest of the class, had a very short life, being scrapped in 10/68.
Note the gantry of colour-light signals, installed in 1961.
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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