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Up coal train passing Newport High Street Station - 6 April 1965

View west, towards Cardiff, the Western Valleys, etc.: ex-GW South Wales main line and branches. Here we have the station and its lines recently rearranged, with the main lines straddling the island on the right, the Down Main nearest. The Class H mi...

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

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, ...

Newport Railway Station, Around 1956

Photo sent to us by Peter Brown, taken by his father Jim. Peter asked for help to identify the cars on Facebook and the suggestions were (left to right): 1) Hillman Minx 2) Austin 10 3) Standard 8 4) Ford Prefect 5) Austin 14 6) Ford Angli...