Duffryn Yard (Port Talbot) Locomotive Shed
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Duffryn Yard (Port Talbot) Locomotive Shed
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 1 Jun 1962
View NW from the road from Taibach up the Cwm Duffryn. The Shed was located beside the ex-GW (Port Talbot Rly.) lines from Pontyrhyll down to the Port Talbot Docks, closed to passengers on 11/9/33 and to goods on 31/8/64, the Shed being closed on 2/3/64. Here in 1962 it was still very active - and the local sheep got very dirty! In 1950 Duffryn Yard Depot (code 87B) had an allocation of 56 engines, all tank engines: 7 2-8-0Ts, 1 2-6-2T, 15 0-6-2Ts and 33 0-6-0Ts.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.591961
Longitude
-3.765155