Ex-GWR South Wales main line at Magor, with Up coal train
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Ex-GWR South Wales main line at Magor, with Up coal train
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 5 Jun 1961
View westward, towards Maindee Junctions, Newport, Cardiff etc. In the distance a Down freight recedes on the Down Slow, while in the foreground '5600' No. 6689 (built 10/28) drifts along the Up Slow with a Class H train of slack in 16-ton steel wagons.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.577922
Longitude
-2.831748