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The Flying Banana at Cardiff
To mark the end of class 43, High Speed Train operations to London by Great Western Railway, GWR ran a farewell railtour - The Flying Banana, named after the original nickname of the HSTs - across much of its network. The tour featured first-built production power car No. 43002 (in its 1976 retro-livery) and last-built No. 43198.
Here the tour departs Cardiff on its way back to London from Carmarthen.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 1 Jun 2019
0.03 miles
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Goods train overtaken by passenger train, Cardiff
Taken from the Windsor Rd railway bridge
Image: © John Lord
Taken: 8 May 2010
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Clan Line departs Cardiff
Rebuilt Merchant Navy Class, No. 35028 Clan Line departs Cardiff Central with the return leg of the Cathedrals Express to London Victoria.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 20 Aug 2012
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Oil train in Cardiff
Class 60 locomotive No. 60063 heads east through Cardiff with a Robeston to Westerleigh oil train. The recent removal of lineside trees at this location has opened up the view of the line from Windsor Road bridge.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 9 May 2020
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Shunting at Castle Works, Cardiff
Locomotive 08401 has passed under the road bridge while shunting wagons within the Castle works complex.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 14 May 2011
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Retro-liveried HST in Cardiff
To mark the 40th anniversary of the High Speed Train, the first production power car, No. 43002, has been repainted into its 1976 blue and yellow livery. Here, the power car is seen heading the 07:28 Swansea to Paddington service away from its Cardiff Central stop.
A second power car has since been re-liveried too; No. 43185 into Intercity Swallow colours:
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Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 22 Jul 2016
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Railtour in Cardiff
The empty stock from a Northern Belle railtour from Leeds to Cardiff is seen being worked back to Pengam Sidings in Welsh Capital with class 57 locomotive No. 57314 in charge. Classmate No. 57313 is on the rear and had brought the train in.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 19 Nov 2022
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Class 37s in Cardiff
Their contract with Transport for Wales at an end, class 37 locomotives No. 37418 and No. 37025, both in 1980s retro large-logo blue livery, head away from South Wales on a movement from Cardiff Canton to Colas Rail's Eastcroft depot in Nottingham.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 1 Jun 2020
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Retro-liveried HST in Cardiff
To mark the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the High Speed Train, Great Western Railway has re-liveried two of its power cars. Here, No. 43185, wearing Intercity Swallow livery from the 1980s and '90s, departs Cardiff on the 10:30 Swansea to Paddington service.
Seen in the same location was the other celebrity power car, the first of the production fleet, No. 43002:
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Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 9 Oct 2016
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Royal Scot in Cardiff
Ex-LMS Royal Scot class 4-6-0 No. 46100 'Royal Scot' departs Cardiff with the return leg of Saphos Trains' Welsh Marches Express railtour.
Image: © Gareth James
Taken: 14 Feb 2022
0.05 miles