An unusual visitor to this stabling point in 1988 was 97.806 - an 09 in all but number - with the Severn Tunnel Rescue Train, which was normally kept in sidings at Sudbrook. Quite how the well wagon on the right would accommodate all of the passengers from an HST was never put to the test - just as well really...
Location: Newport Godfrey Road
Original line: South Wales Railway
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Photosets: South Wales, ancient and modern
Date: 1988
Image number: 26238