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EG Taylor & Sons Delivery Vehicle
A brief history of the long running Newport business: George Taylor was born in Shapwick, Somerset, and served his apprenticeship in Bristol in the drapery trade. He moved to Newport and together with Henry Paradise, set up business in the High St...
Really down-at-heel GW 2-6-0 at Newport High Street - 4 Sept 1946
Seen in 1946 from the Up main platform on the Down Through line on one of the constant freight trains through Newport is an extreme example of post-war neglect (delayed maintenance): Churchward 43XX 2-6-0 No. 5374 (built 7/19, modified to heavier No....
Paddington - Fishguard Harbour Express at Newport High Street Station - 3 July 1951
View eastward, towards all points east, north, and south; ex-GWR South Wales main line. The 15:45 express from Paddington is headed by the penultimate 'Castle', No. 7036 'Taunton Castle' (built 8/50, withdrawn 9/63). It arrived at Fishguard Harbour a...
Cardiff - Bristol train entering Newport High Street - 6 April 1954
Cardiff - Bristol train entering Newport High Street View westward from the Down main platform, towards Cardiff, etc., etc.: ex-GWR South Wales main line, also Western Valleys branches from Newport - all passing through the Gaer Tunnel - out of view...
A smart '8750' class 0-6-0PT passing through Newport High Street Station - 6 April 1954
View NE, towards the Usk Bridge and all points north, east, and south: ex-GW South Wales main line, etc. The lines and platforms are as they were before the radical alteration of 1961. The locomotive, No. 4634 (built 11/42) on the Class H freight, is...
Newcastle-on-Tyne - Cardiff Express at Newport High Street - 22 July 1955
View eastwards, towards England: ex-GWR South Wales main line, showing the Down main platform at Newport as it was before the major alterations of 1961. The 08:12 from Newcastle has come via York, Sheffield, Birmingham New Street, and Gloucester, whe...
Newcastle - Cardiff Express leaving Newport High Street - 10 Oct 1958
View NE, towards everywhere north, east, and south; ex-GWR South Wales main line. The 08:15 from Newcastle-on-Tyne came via York, Sheffield, Derby, Birmingham, and Gloucester, and was due at Cardiff at 16:20. The 4-6-0 (No. 5980 'Dingley Hall', built...
'South Wales Pullman' entering Newport High Street - 5 June 1961
View eastwards on the Down side towards the Usk Bridge and all points except west. The South Wales Pullman, which left Paddington at 08:50 and reached Swansea at 13:10, was introduced in 6/55 and ran as a steam-hauled train until 1962 but was withdra...
Newport High Street Station, with Up freight running through - 5 June 1961
View SW, towards Cardiff, Western Valleys, etc.; ex-GW South Wales main line. In the 1950s and 1960s freight trains were running constantly through here; it would seem that few passengers were about, at least on this day. The Class F freight - its ta...
'8750' class 0-6-0PT on Pilot duty at Newport High Street Station - 14 April 1962
View SW at the east end of the station. No. 9662 was built 4/48 and lasted until 9/65. 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 availa...