Park Junction
A Railfreight-liveried 37 hauls coiled steel up to Ebbw Vale for tin plating, circa 1988. It is approaching Park Junction - the line in the foreground used to go straight down to Newport docks, but since demolition of the bridge across the GW main line, was just a siding. I remember a leisurely Christmas lunch in the restaurant at the nearby Bassaleg station, when we ate in an old coach adjacent to the Machen line. Over two hours, a light engine came down from Machen, while one steel train went up to EV and another came down - good value! The hill on the left is called the Gaer - hence the tunnel and junction names.
Location: Park Junction
Original line: Monmouthshire Canal Tramway
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Photosets: South Wales, ancient and modern
Date: 1988
Image number: 26221
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