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Helwick Lightship Cardiff Bay

Finally the sun shone a little in 2012 in South Wales' New Year after days of rain and grey skies.

I managed a cup of tea and cake on the lightship in Cardiff Bay.

Uploaded on Jan 8, 2012 | Map

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SLS Special at Ebbw Vale 5th January 1958 by John Wiltshire

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Classic combination of LNWR Coal Tank and Super-D on last train from Abergavenny to Brynmawr.

Another shot taken at Brynmawr can be see here :

www.flickr.com/photos/taffytank/5974976663/

This combination will be recreated for the first time in preservation at the K&WVR spring gala 2012.

Uploaded on Jan 4, 2012 | Map

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GWR 7220 at Cwmbran South Wales 31st March 1956 by John Wiltshire

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Uploaded on Jan 4, 2012 | Map

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"Eileen" Newlands colliery South Wales March 1961 by John Wiltshire

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Newlands colliery was a small slant mine between Pyle and Port Talbot where coal was mined under the sea.
It was just underneath where now the M4 motorway crosses the mainline to the east of Margman railway yards.
The site is now totally landscaped away today. There was a short branch north off the mainline into the mine.

Uploaded on Dec 13, 2011 | Map

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