Railtour at Porthkerry
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Railtour at Porthkerry
Image: © Gareth James Taken: 27 Apr 2013
The Retro Welsh Dragon railtour from Huddersfield to Swansea crosses Porthkerry Viaduct on the Vale of Glamorgan line. The train is headed by locomotives Nos. 20312 and 20308 - a pair of Class 20 locomotives built in the 1950s/60s - now operated by Direct Rail Services.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.393266
Longitude
-3.318088