The Red Dragon Arriving

This time the Red Dragon is being hauled by a Castle class loco, c. 1961. Photo by Mike Macleur

Evening Train to London

Castle class loco No. 5077 Fairey Battle, pulls into Newport with an evening train to London, c. 1961. Photo by Mike Macleur

The Capitals United Express

The 8.20am departure for London arrives in Newport Station, with a good number of awaiting passengers, c. 1961. Photo by Mike Macleur

Newport Station, West End

A freight train hauled by 2-8-0 Loco No. 3855 passes 0-6-0 No. 9424 on station pilot duty, to the right you can see the goods shed pilot loco. Photo by Mike Macleur

The Down Red Dragon

Castle class Loco No. 5061, Earl of Birkenhead, has just arrived from London with the down working of the Red Dragon. The time will be about 9.15 pm, so this working was only able to be photographed in the mid summer months. Photo by Mike Macleu...

A grubby Britannia

A rather grubby Britannia class 4-6-2 No.70026 Polar Star pauses in Newport station with a Manchester-Cardiff train. The Newport Goods Station is visible in the background, c. 1960. Photo by Mike Macleur

A Sign Of Things To Come

New Western Class diesel loco No. D1013 Western Ranger waits at signals in Newport Station with a mixed goods train. This would have been a running in turn for the new loco, based at Landore depot, Swansea. Feb 1963. Photo by Mike Macleur

The End Of The Line

The leading express locomotives of the old GWR, the King Class, have been ousted from their work by the new diesels. Here two of them languish in the Old Town Dock sidings, awaiting their final move to the cutting shops of Cashmores, Feb 1963. Pho...

More For Cashmores Cutters

Another line of King class locos await their fate in the Old Town Dock sidings, Feb 1963. Photo by Mike Macleur

The New Order

Hymek Type 3 Diesel loco No, D7005 leaves Newport with a Cardiff-Plymouth train, c. 1962. Photo by Mike Macleur

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