Pontiscill
The business end of 4-6-2 locomotive No 2, seen from the caboose in August 2014. see image 48358. This engine was built in Philadelphia in 1930, and exported to a South African cement works, where it suffered a serious accident in 1974. It was rebuilt in the BMR workshops at Pant, and went back into service in 1997 after a four year rebuild.
Location: Pontiscill
Original line: Brecon and Merthyr Railway
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Photosets: South Wales, ancient and modern
Date: 24/08/2014
Image number: 48644
