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Station Approach, Newport
Postcard view from Harvey Barton & Son Ltd. Mid 1960s.
Bassaleg Junction Signal Box, 1890s
Photo kindly sent to us by Mike Goode. His great great grandfather, Henry Charles Mayo, is the signal man standing at the top of the steps. Railway records show that Henry was born in 1850 and worked for the GWR from 1874 to 1921.
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....
GW former Brecon & Merthyr 0-6-2T at Newport Ebbw Junction Locomotive Depot - 15 April 1951
No. 435 was built 2/21 as B&M No. 49, acquired by the GWR in 7/22 as No. 1668, renumbered 435 in 1947-50, and withdrawn in 2/54. Here, in 1951, it is on an outside pit at the major Ebbw Junction Depot, which in 1950 (coded 86A) had an allocation of 1...
Ex-GWR 2-8-0T at Newport Ebbw Junction Locomotive Depot - 15 April 1951
One of the numerous 2-8-0Ts employed on heavy coal traffic in South Wales, No. 5222 is one of the Collett '5205' class, built 5/24, withdrawn 3/65. Photo by Ben Brooksbank. Before he died in 2018, Ben uploaded an extensive collection of his work o...
GW 2-8-0T at Newport Pill Locomotive Depot - 15 April 1951
GW 2-8-0T at Newport Pill Locomotive Depot Dead in the Yard is Churchward '4200' 2-8-0T No. 4280 (built 5/20). Newport Pill Depot was in the extensive Newport Docks area and until 6/65 served the traffic of the former Alexandra (Newport & South Wale...
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 The 15:45 express from Paddington is headed by the penultimate 'Castle', No. 7036 'Taunton Castle' (built 8/50, withdrawn 9/63).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...