DVD B&R 171: Along GWR Lines Part 4 – South Wales

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DVD B&R 171: Along GWR Lines Part 4 – South WalesDVD B&R 171: Along GWR Lines Part 4 South Wales 19. 75 In this fourth part of our series, we mainly cover the railways in South Wales and mostly in the days of steam between 1960 and 1965. We feature many of the 0 6 2T and 8 coupled types famous for their use in this part of Wales. After a few brief scenes in 1960 at Towyn on the Cambrian, we visit the South Wales main line at Pilning for views of double headed coal trains. Then to Cardiff for 0 6

Caledonian ‘Jumbo’ 2F

We delve into its preservation days since lying in the scrapyard at Dai Woodhams at Barry and see some of its stunning use on the main line in blue livery as far afield as the Settle-Carlisle line

including the last ever pre-preservation departure in September 1964

Liverpool Street to Norwich

Queen Elizabeth in wartime grey in Table Bay

Blythe diversions and a Continental freight at Stratford

some were blown up by terrorists

Vanguard in Poole Park

The branch to Brymbo and Minera was steep and engines worked hard over it with panniers

including the Bisley

film takes us back to the railway which owned some fascinating little 3-foot gauge locomotives from Black Hawthorns and Manning Wardles

216 Pages packed with both colour & black and white archive photographs

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