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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Wales > LPPC DSL BW 0625

 

The photographs in this collection are from the Wales section of Peter Collins' Railwayman's View Book Volume One - BR Western Region.

LPPC DSL BW 0625 From the BLS DMU heading from Park Junction, Newport further up the valley towards Ebbw Vale, we can see two Sulzer Type 2 Class 25s (led by 5181 - later 25031) setting out from Ebbw Junction towards Bassaleg Junction and Newport station and the east with a long train of empty loose-coupled hopper wagons. The sheer scale of British Rail’s continued involvement with loose-coupled wagons can be seen by the number in service in the docks sidings in the background and this was in the 1970s, by which time there had been a considerable reduction in industrial activity in South Wales. Keywords: BR, Western, Wales, Class 25, 5181, 25031, Coal, Newport, Ebbw Junction, Freight
LPPC DSL BW 0625 From the BLS DMU heading from Park Junction, Newport further up the valley towards Ebbw Vale, we can see two Sulzer Type 2 Class 25s (led by 5181 - later 25031) setting out from Ebbw Junction towards Bassaleg Junction and Newport station and the east with a long train of empty loose-coupled hopper wagons. The sheer scale of British Rail’s continued involvement with loose-coupled wagons can be seen by the number in service in the docks sidings in the background and this was in the 1970s, by which time there had been a considerable reduction in industrial activity in South Wales. Keywords: BR, Western, Wales, Class 25, 5181, 25031, Coal, Newport, Ebbw Junction, Freight
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From the BLS DMU heading from Park Junction, Newport further

up the valley towards Ebbw Vale, we can see two Sulzer Type 2 Class 25s (led by 5181 - later 25031) setting out from Ebbw Junction towards Bassaleg Junction and Newport station and the east with a long train of empty loose-coupled hopper wagons. The sheer scale of British Rail’s continued involvement with loose-coupled wagons can be seen by the number in service in the docks sidings in the background and this was in the 1970s, by which time there had been a considerable reduction in industrial activity in South Wales.