Llanarth Street Junction
This 0-4-0 saddle tank has been minding its own business on a track panel pointing towards the West bank of the River Usk - approximately along one of the old coal loading lines - for some ten years. It's quite vandal resistant, but the wagon behind it has fared less well. Apparently, some homeless people started sleeping in it - the longitudinal timber frame member on the right side broke soon afterwards. As the original safe load was 12 tons, the timber must have been quite rotten. This engine can just be seen from trains coming into Newport station, on the South side.
Location: Llanarth Street Junction (former)
Original line: Newport Docks Tramway (Monmouthshire Canal)
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Photosets: South Wales, ancient and modern
Date: 20/06/2012
Image number: 39348
