This may look like a nasty accident, but the HST is passing under the road bridge to the West of Newport station in 1987. There is a pub just behind the photographer called The Engineer's Arms - scene of many a whizzo evening when I lived in Wales.
Location: Newport
Original line: South Wales Railway
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Photosets: South Wales, ancient and modern
Date: 1987
Image number: 31100
Tags: Bo-Bo British Rail Engineering Limited Class 43 (HST) Diesel-electric InterCity 125