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Down freight entering Cardiff General
View east from the east end of General Station, with a Down Class E freight entering, headed by one of the ex-GC design 'ROD' War Department 2-8-0s acquired by the GWR after World War One, No. 3035. It was built in 6/18 as WD No. 1613, served in France, then loaned in 9/19 to the GWR (as No. 3038), stored at Stratton 9/21-5/25, but worked again on the GWR as No. 3035 until eventually withdrawn in 8/48.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 21 Sep 1946
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Direct Rail Services locomotive 66415 in Cardiff Central station
The diesel electric locomotive number 66415 in sidings on the NE side of Cardiff Central railway station is part of the Direct Rail Services (DRS) fleet. DRS is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). The company was established in 1995 to provide transport and associated services for the nuclear industry. DRS has since expanded its services into several other railway sectors. DRS head office is Kingmoor Depot, Carlisle.
Maldron Hotel is in the background.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 17 Mar 2013
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An opportunity taken
As the Penarth Road dips under the railway lines, a bridge offers some advertising opportunities.
Image: © Neil Owen
Taken: 16 Jul 2014
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Cardiff Central
60163 Tornado on Railway Touring Company at Cardiff Central
Image: © Colin Prosser
Taken: 10 Dec 2019
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Cardiff Central
Cardiff Central, with 800 029 on platform 2, with the Swansea to London train
Image: © Colin Prosser
Taken: 14 Jul 2021
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The Great Western, Cardiff
J D Wetherspoon on St Mary Street.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 14 Jul 2019
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Sign for the Great Western, Cardiff
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 14 Jul 2019
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Rounded end of the Sleeperz Hotel in central Cardiff
The hotel's address is Station Approach, Saunders Road. Penarth Road is on the left.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3080463 to a view from the railway station side.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 29 Feb 2012
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Crossroads in Cardiff city centre
Viewed from Custom House Street. St Mary Street is in the foreground (left to right). The entrance to Viva Brazil steakhouse is on the left, on the corner of Penarth Road. The Great Western, a Wetherspoon pub, is on the right. Sleeperz hotel (Station Approach, Saunders Road) is in the background. Viewed in September 2017.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 14 Sep 2017
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Clayton Hotel, Cardiff
View across the railway lines at the eastern end of Cardiff Central station.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 19 May 2017
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