Aberbeeg Engine Shed
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Aberbeeg Engine Shed
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 15 Apr 1951
View west, from up above on the A467. The shed was on the west side of the ex-Great Western Newport - Western Valleys line, south of Aberbeeg station where the major branch to Ebbw Vale left the Ebbw Fach line to Nantybwch and Brynmawr. Coded 86H (in 1954), all being tank-engines, mainly 0-6-0T for yard and trip work with also some 2-8-0T and 0-6-2T for taking the coal trains as far as Severn Tunnel Junction Yard. It was closed in 12/1964.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.702881
Longitude
-3.144297