Railway plaque, A4143, Abergavenny
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Railway plaque, A4143, Abergavenny
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 22 Oct 2010
Affixed to a wall alongside the A4143 is a plaque with a representation of an LMS 0-6-2T (tank) locomotive. The surrounding text is This Plaque is to commemorate the railway people of Abergavenny Abergavenny 1860 (representation of locomotive) Merthyr 1960. Near this spot stood the local engine sheds which once housed nearly one hundred steam engines. [end of text]. The locomotive depicted is a Webb Coal Tank, which would have been a common sight in this area in the first half of the 20th century. They were introduced by the LNWR (London and North Western Railway) in 1881. They were designed by F.W. Webb with distinctive cheaply-produced cast iron wheels and H-section spokes. 300 were built between 1881 and 1899. At the 1923 grouping, the locomotives became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS). Only one Webb Coal Tank has been preserved. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4738685 About 400 metres to the NE is the site of the former Brecon Road railway station, opened in 1862, closed in 1958.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.822805
Longitude
-3.030097