A four day excursion, by train, from London to South Wales in September 1954. | |||||||||||
Danygraig | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhondda & Swansea Bay Railway (R&SBR) | opened: | 1896 | prior to 1950 | DG | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 4TS shed, two through roads and a repair shop. | closed: | Mar-64 | 1950 - Mar 64 | 87C | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, east of Danygraig station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | P&M Powlesland & Mason Railway | SHT Swansea Harbour Trust | J - Johnson | ||||||||
HC Hudswell Clarke | |||||||||||
Sunday 26 September 1954 | 87C | 2.30pm - 2.45pm | total: | 34 | |||||||
1101 0-4-0T | SHT 0-4-0ST HC | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 16xx 0-6-0PT | |||||||
1101 | 87C | 1142 | 87C | 8408 | 87C | 3781 | 87C | 6762 | 87C | 1634 | 87C |
1102 | 87C | SHT 0-4-0ST Peckett | 8475 | 87C | 4666 | 87C | 6763 | 87C | 1647 | 87C | |
1103 | 87C | 1143 | 87C | 8476 | 87C | 4694 | 87C | 6766 | 87C | 1648 | 87C |
1104 | 87C | 1145 | 87C | 8483 | 87C | 5730 | 87C | 9606 | 87C | 42xx 2-8-0T | |
1105 | 87C R | P&M 0-4-0ST Peckett | 9485 | 87C | 6713 | 87C | cl 3F 0-6-0T | 4299 | 87C | ||
1106 | 87C | 1151 | 87C | 9491 | 87C | 6714 | 87C | 47478 | 87K R | 5221 | 87D R |
cl 1F 0-6-0T (J) | cl 7F 0-8-0 G2a | ||||||||||
41699 | 87K R | R - Repair Shop | 49148 | 87K R | |||||||
shed codes | 87C Danygraig | 87D Swansea East Dock | 87K Swansea Victoria | Visits to Danygraig 1938 - 1963 | |||||||
Pantyfynnon | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | Mar-31 | Llanelly sub-shed | ||||||||
type: | A corrugated iron 4TS through-road shed. | closed: | Aug-64 | ||||||||
location: | West of the Ammanford line north of the station. | ||||||||||
Sunday 26 September 1954 | 87F subshed | total: | 12 | ||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 42xx 2-8-0T | |||||||||
3761 | 87F | 7785 | 87F | 8477 | 87F | 4278 | 87F | 5223 | 87F | ||
5782 | 87F | 8749 | 87F | 9468 | 87F | 5213 | 87F | 5247 | 87F | ||
7745 | 87F | 9469 | 87F | ||||||||
shed codes | 87F Llanelly | Visits to Pantyfynnon 1938 - 1964 | |||||||||
Llanelly | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway (GWR) | opened: | 1925 | prior to 1950 | LLY | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 2 roundhouse shed. | closed: | Sep-65 | 1950 - Nov 65 | 87F | ||||||
location: | On the south side of Llanelly dock line, west of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BPGR - Burry Port & Gwendraeth Valley Railway | ROD Railway Operating Department | |||||||||
HC Hudswell Clarke | |||||||||||
Sunday 26 September 1954 | 87F | 6.50pm - 7.05pm | total: | 64 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 42xx 2-8-0T | 72xx 2-8-2T | Hall 4-6-0 | |||||||
3661 | 87F | 8467 | 87F | 4213 | 87F | 7211 | 87F | 4915 | 87G Condover Hall | ||
3698 | 87F | 8474 | 87F | 4223 | 87F | 7215 | 87F | 4941 | 87F Llangedwyn Hall | ||
3752 | 87F | 9443 | 87F | 4260 | 87F | 7224 | 87D | 5902 | 87F Howick Hall | ||
3771 | 87F | 9465 | 87F | 4273 | 86F | 7228 | 87F | Grange 4-6-0 | |||
3777 | 87F | 9472 | 87F | 5203 | 87F | 7240 | 87F | 6818 | 87F Hardwick Grange | ||
5702 | 87F | 9474 | 87F | 5204 | 87F | 7252 | 86A | 6844 | 87F Penhydd Grange | ||
5722 | 87F | 9479 | 87F | 5209 | 87F | 56xx 0-6-2T | BPGR 0-6-0ST Avonside | ||||
7765 | 87F | 9486 | 87F | 5215 | 87F | 5612 | 87F | 2196 | 87F Gwendraeth | ||
8708 | 87F | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 5230 | 86A | 5620 | 86C | 2198 | 87F | 43xx 2-6-0 | ||
8732 | 87F | 1607 | 87F | 5253 | 86E | 6662 | 87D | BPGR 0-6-0T HC | 5335 | 87F | |
8785 | 87F | 1613 | 87F | 5261 | 87F | 1901 0-6-0PT | 2165 | 87F | 5392 | 87F | |
9743 | 87F | 1622 | 87F | 2021 0-6-0PT | 2012 | 87F | 2176 | 87F | 7320 | 87F | |
9787 | 87F | 1643 | 87F | 2027 | 87F | 28xx 2-8-0 | cl 8F 2-8-0 | ROD 2-8-0 | |||
9788 | 87F | 2081 | 87F | 2828 | 86J | 48660 | 84G | 3010 | 87G | ||
shed codes | 84G Shrewsbury | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 86F Tondu | ||||||
86J Aberdare | 87D Swansea East Dk | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | 87K Swansea Victoria | |||||||
Visits to Llanelly 1938 - 1965 | |||||||||||
7.30pm - 8.15pm | Dinner at the "Stepney Arms" Hotel, Llanelly | ||||||||||
8.38pm Llanelly to Neath (Gen.) | Castle 4-6-0 | 5013 | 87E Abergavenny Castle (13) to Swansea (High Street) | ||||||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 7004 | 81A Eastnor Castle (12) to Neath (General) | arr: 9.30pm | ||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | |||||||||||
Neath General | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 1645 | 87A | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8442 | 87A | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4256 | 87B dn fr | |||||||||
9.52am Neath - Cardiff (General) | Castle 4-6-0 | 5089 | 87E Westminster Abbey (5) | arr: 10.57am | |||||||
Briton Ferry | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 7799 | 87A | 8715 | 87A | ||||||
Port Talbot (General) | Hall 4-6-0 | 4910 | 87G Blaisdon Hall dn fr | 14xx 0-4-2T | 1428 | 87E | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4208 | 86D | 5208 | 86F | 5234 | 86A dn fr | 5248 | 87F up fr | |||
Grange 4-6-0 | 6870 | 86A Bodicote Grange dn pass | |||||||||
Modified Hall 4-6-0 | 6991 | 81C Witherslack Hall dn fr | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8423 | 87B | ||||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 8454 | 87B | 9437 | 87B | 9454 | 87B | 9455 | 87B | |||
Pyle | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4260 | 87F up fr | 4283 | 86A dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9617 | 87B | |||
Bridgend | Hall 4-6-0 | 6930 | 85A Aldersley Hall dn fr | 72xx 2-8-2T | 7247 | 86A dn fr | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 5230 | 87F dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3668 | 86F | 3674 | 86F | ||||
45xx 2-6-2T | 5524 | 86F | |||||||||
Pencoed | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4268 | 86D dn fr | 4298 | 86E dn fr | 5202 | 86C up fr | ||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 6623 | 87B up fr | |||||||||
Llanharan | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5631 | 87E dn fr | 42xx 2-8-0T | 5216 | 87B dn fr | |||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 9648 | 86C | |||||||||
Llantrisant | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4231 | 86C up fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3617 | 86D | |||||
Peterston | BR 4MT 2-6-0 | 75007 | 86C ps | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9723 | 86C | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4289 | 86E dn fr | |||||||||
Cardiff (General) | Castle 4-6-0 | 7020 | 86C Gloucester Castle | 31xx 2-6-2T | 3100 | 86F | |||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 5042 | 85B Winchester Castle | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4160 | 88D (5) | ||||||
28xx 2-8-0 | 2801 | 86G up fr | 2893 | 86E dn fr | 3827 | 84F dn fr | |||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5626 | 87B up fr | 6665 | 88A dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9713 | 86C | ||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 5254 | 87B up fr | |||||||||
shed codes | 81C Southall | 84F Stourbridge | 85A Worcester | 85B Gloucester H. Rd. | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | ||||||
86C Cardiff Canton | 86D Llantrisant | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 86F Tondu | 86G Pontypool Road | 87A Neath | ||||||
87B Duffryn Yard | 87E Swansea Landore | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88D Merthyr | ||||||
Cardiff Canton | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1882 | prior to Jan 1950 | CDF | |||||||
type: | A brick-built roundhouse and a 6TS dead-ended shed. | closed to steam: | Sep-62 | Feb 1950 - Sep 1960 | 86C | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, west of General station. | Oct 1960 - Aug 1963 | 88A | ||||||||
Abbreviations | AD - Alexandra Docks Railway | BR - British Railways | RR - Rhymney Railway | ||||||||
WD - War Department | |||||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 86C | 11.15am - 11.45am | total: | 68 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 43xx 2-6-0 | Castle 4-6-0 | Hall 4-6-0 | ||||||||
4633 | 86C | 5388 | 86C | 5007 | 86C Rougemont Castle | 4913 | 86C Baglan Hall | ||||
4634 | 86F | 6344 | 84K | 5020 | 86C Trematon Castle | 4943 | 81A Marrington Hall | ||||
4677 | 86C | 6353 | 86C | 5054 | 86C Earl of Ducie | 4944 | 81C Middleton Hall | ||||
5776 | 86C | 7317 | 84E | 5074 | 86C Hampden | 4946 | 86C Moseley Hall | ||||
8723 | 86C | 9315 | 81C | 5099 | 86C Compton Castle | 4968 | 86C Shotton Hall | ||||
8728 | 86C | 42xx 2-8-0T | 7016 | 86C Chester Castle | 5923 | 86C Colston Hall | |||||
9759 | 86C | 4225 | 86C | 7022 | 86C Hereford Castle | 5925 | 86C Eastcote Hall | ||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 4236 | 86F | Britannia 4-6-2 | 5946 | 86C Marwell Hall | ||||||
8402 | 86C | 4265 | 87B | 70028 | 86C Royal Star | 5963 | 87G Wimpole Hall | ||||
9461 | 86C | 5203 | 87F | 70029 | 86C Shooting Star | 6948 | 86C Holbrooke Hall | ||||
16xx 0-6-0PT | 5218 | 86C | 28xx 2-8-0 | WD 2-8-0 | 6951 | 86C Impney Hall | |||||
1640 | 87C | 56xx 0-6-2T | 2837 | 86C | 90148 | 86C | Modified Hall 4-6-0 | ||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 5685 | 86C | 2891 | 86C | 90179 | 86A | 6984 | 85C Owsden Hall | |||
2201 | 82B | 6600 | 86C | 2892 | 86C | 90192 | 86G | 6998 | 86C Burton Agnes Hall | ||
RR 0-6-2T | 72xx 2-8-2T | 3809 | 86C | 90524 | 86C | 6999 | 86C Capel Dewi Hall | ||||
58 | 88B W | 7205 | 88A | 3810 | 86C | 90565 | 86C | County 4-6-0 | |||
AD 2-6-2T | BR 4MT 4-6-0 | 3842 | 86C | 90630 | 86C | 1005 | 82A County of Devon | ||||
1205 | 86C | 75009 | 86C | BR 5MT 4-6-0 | 90693 | 86C | Grange 4-6-0 | ||||
45xx 2-6-2T | 75021 | 86C | 73026 | 86C | 6810 | 87F Blakemere Grange | |||||
4599 | 89C | W - withdrawn | |||||||||
shed codes | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | 82A Bristol Bath Road | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 84E Tyseley | ||||||
84K Chester GWR | 85C Hereford | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86F Tondu | 86G Pontypool Road | ||||||
87B Duffryn Yard | 87C Danygraig | 87F Llanelly | 87G Carmarthen | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | ||||||
89C Machynlleth | Visits to Cardiff Canton 1938 - 1955 | Visits to Cardiff Canton 1956 - 1962 | |||||||||
Cardiff (General) 12.55pm - 1.03pm | |||||||||||
31xx 2-6-2T | 3100 | 86F | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4160 | 88D | 5162 | 88F | ||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 7020 | 86C Gloucester Castle | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5529 | 88C | ||||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 8447 | 86C | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 4662 | 86C | 9713 | 86C | ||||
1.03pm Cardiff (General) - Barry | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 347 | 88A 5 coaches | arr: 1.28pm | |||||||
Grangetown | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5665 | 88C up fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3729 | 86C | 5786 | 86C | |||
Cogan | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6643 | 88C up lt | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 3652 | 86C | |||||
Dinas Powis | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5637 | 88E up ps | ||||||||
Barry Docks | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5635 | 88D up fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 8735 | 88C | 9780 | 86D | |||
Barry | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | 82003 | 88C | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5527 | 88C | |||||
TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 382 | 88C | |||||||||
Barry | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Barry Railway | opened: | 1893 | prior to Jan 1950 | BRY | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 6TS through road shed. | closed: | Sep-64 | Feb 1950 - Sep 64 | 88C | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | TV - Taff Vale Railway | BR - British Railways | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88C | 1.35pm - 1.50pm | total: | 38 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | Taff Vale 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | ||||||||
4601 | 88C | 6747 | 88C | 357 | 88C | 5614 | 88C | 6641 | 88C | 82001 | 88C |
4692 | 88C | 6750 | 88C | 373 | 88C | 5619 | 88C | 6658 | 88C | 82004 | 88C |
6723 | 88C | 6753 | 88C | 375 | 88C | 5627 | 88C | 51xx 2-6-2T | 82005 | 88C | |
6724 | 88C | 6754 | 88C | 387 | 88C | 5632 | 88C | 4177 | 88C | 82008 | 88C |
6733 | 88C | 6769 | 88C | 388 | 88C | 5664 | 88C | 45xx 2-6-2T | 82009 | 88C | |
6740 | 88C | 6774 | 88C | 393 | 88C | 6619 | 88C R | 4578 | 88C | 42xx 2-8-0T | |
6746 | 88C | 6775 | 88C | 394 | 88C | 6637 | 88C | R - Repair Shop | 4224 | 88C | |
shed codes | 88C Barry | Visits to Barry 1938 - 1964 | |||||||||
Barry Works | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Barry Railway | closed: | 1959 | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | total: | 13 | |||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 56xx 0-6-2T | |||||||
4667 | 88A | 6423 | 88A | 8453 | 86A | 1610 | 88E | 5605 | 88D yd | 6615 | 88C |
7747 | 87J yd | 8465 | 88B | 5613 | 88F | 6663 | 86H | ||||
9676 | 88C | 9459 | 86C yd | 5657 | 87F | yd - works yard | |||||
3.06pm Barry - Cardiff (General) | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6637 | 88C 5 coaches | arr: 3.29pm | |||||||
Barry | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5615 | 88F (5) | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4164 | 88D(5) dn | |||||
Cadoxton | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 393 | 88C dn fr | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8446 | 86F up fr | |||||
Cardiff (General) | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 307 | 88A | 385 | 88F (5) up | ||||||
3.29pm - 3.40pm | Grange 4-6-0 | 6812 | 86A Chesford Grange (6+van) dn | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F (5) | |||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 6943 | 86C Farnley Hall (4) dn | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5511 | 88A | ||||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 5239 | 87A dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9723 | 86C | ||||||
shed codes | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86H Aberbeeg | 87A Neath | 87F Llanelly | ||||||
87J Goodwick | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | 88E Abercynon | ||||||
88F Treherbert | Visits to Barry Works 1938 - 1959 | ||||||||||
Cardiff East Dock | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1931 | prior to Jan 1950 | CED | |||||||
type: | An 8TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Aug-65 | Feb 1950 - Feb 1962 | 88B | ||||||
location: | In Cardiff dockland, between Bute East Dock and Roath Dock | Mar 1962 - Aug 1963 | 88L | ||||||||
Sep 1963 - Aug 1965 | 88A | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | RR - Rhymney Railway | TV - Taff Vale Railway | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88B | 4.05pm - 4.20pm | total: | 30 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | RR 'P' 0-6-2T | ||||||||
3650 | 88B | 6705 | 88B | 6773 | 88B | 8416 | 88B | 38 | 88B | 83 | 88B |
3734 | 88B | 6706 | 88B | 6778 | 88B | 8424 | 88B | 41 | 88B | 56xx 0-6-2T | |
4616 | 88D | 6707 | 88B | 7722 | 88B | 8457 | 88B | 42 | 88B | 5600 | 88F |
4626 | 88B | 6709 | 88B | 9677 | 88B | 8464 | 88B | TV '04' 0-6-2T | 5668 | 88F | |
6700 | 88B | 6771 | 88B | 9769 | 88B | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 208 | 88B | 5682 | 88E | |
308 | 88B | 210 | 88B | 5693 | 88F | ||||||
shed codes | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88D Merthyr | 88F Treherbert | Visits to Cardiff East Dock 1938 - 1965 | |||||||
Cardiff Cathays | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Taff Vale Railway | opened: | 1884 | prior to Jan 1950 | CHYS | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 10TS dead-ended shed. | closed to steam: | 1961 | Feb 1950 - Nov 1957 | 88A | ||||||
location: | West side of the line, north of Queen Street station. | Dec 1957 - Feb 1962 | 88B sub | ||||||||
Mar 1962 - Nov 1964 | 88M | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | TV - Taff Vale Railway | BR - British Railways | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88A | 4.55pm - 5.05pm | total: | 28 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 74xx 0-6-0PT | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | ||||||||
4690 | 88D | 7445 | 88A | 345 | 88A | 5610 | 88A | 5699 | 88E | 6679 | 86F |
8720 | 87C | 45xx 2-6-2T | 346 | 88A | 5630 | 88A | 6603 | 88A | 6684 | 88A | |
64xx 0-6-0PT | 4589 | 88A | 360 | 88A R | 5663 | 88A | 6618 | 88A | 42xx 2-8-0T | ||
6416 | 88A | 51xx 2-6-2T | 364 | 88A | 5666 | 88D | 6635 | 88A | 4226 | 86C | |
94xx 0-6-0PT | 5195 | 88F | 367 | 88A | 5672 | 88D | 6647 | 88A | |||
8429 | 88B R | 391 | 88A | 5692 | 88A | 6659 | 88A | R - Repair Shop | |||
shed codes | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86F Tondu | 87C Danygraig | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | ||||||
88D Merthyr | 88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | Visits to Cardiff Cathays 1938 - 1958 | ||||||||
main-line | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5661 | 88D (5) | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | 82006 | 88C (6) | |||||
5.18pm Cardiff (Queen St.) - Radyr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6608 | 88A 5 coaches | arr: 5.28pm | |||||||
Cardiff (Queen St.) | 45xx 2-6-2T | 4580 | 88A | 4581 | 88A | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6626 | 88A | |||
Cardiff Radyr | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1931 | prior to Jan 1950 | RYR | |||||||
type: | A brick and asbestos built 4TS dead ended shed. | closed to steam: | Jul-65 | Feb 1950 - Nov 1957 | 88A sub | ||||||
location: | On the south side of the line, east of Penarth junction. | Dec 57- Sep 60 | 88A | ||||||||
Oct 1960 - July 1965 | 88B | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | RR - Rhymney Railway | TV - Taff Vale Railway | |||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88A sub-shed | 5.45pm - 5.50pm | total: | 18 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 94xx 0-6-0PT | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | RR 'AP' 0-6-2T | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | ||||||
4618 | 88A | 8471 | 88A | 305 | 88A | 79 | 88A | 44 | 88A | 5617 | 88E |
5793 | 88A | 8478 | 88A | 370 | 88E | 5659 | 88A | ||||
7726 | 88A | 8481 | 88A | 399 | 88A | 6607 | 88A | ||||
7779 | 88A | 8482 | 88A | ||||||||
8780 | 88A | 8495 | 88A | Visits to Cardiff Radyr 1938 - 1965 | |||||||
6.16pm Radyr - Pontypridd | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5183 | 88C 5 coaches | arr: 6.32pm | |||||||
Pontypridd | TV '04' 0-6-2T | 208 | 88B | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 386 | 88E | |||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5676 | 88F | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6413 | 86J | ||||||
7.41pm Pontypridd - Treherbert | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5162 | 88F 5 coaches | arr: 8.19pm | |||||||
shed codes | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | |||||||
Treherbert | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1931 | prior to Jan 1950 | THT | |||||||
type: | A brick and asbestos built 4TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Mar-65 | Feb 1950 - Mar 1965 | 88F | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the line at the south of the station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | TV - Taff Vale Railway | ||||||||||
Monday 27 September 1954 | 88F | 8.25pm - 8.40pm | total: | 8 | |||||||
TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | ||||||||||
365 | 88F | 368 | 88F | 5607 | 88F | 5691 | 88F | ||||
366 | 88F | 381 | 88F | 5615 | 88F | 5695 | 88F | ||||
Visits to Treherbert 1938 - 1964 | |||||||||||
9pm Treherbert - Pontypridd | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5643 | 88E 5 coaches | arr: 9.34pm | |||||||
Pontypridd | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F | ||||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | |||||||||||
Pontypridd | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 343 | 88A dn fr | 345 | 88A (5) | ||||||
8.55am - 9.08am | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F (5) | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8489 | 88A up fr | |||||
9.08 Pontypridd-Merthyr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6637 | 88C 5 coaches | arr: 9.44am | |||||||
Abercynon | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 316 | 88E | 351 | 88E | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 1600 | 88C | |||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5618 | 88E | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6437 | 86J | ||||||
Abercynon - 88E | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5641 | 88E | 5680 | 88E | ||||||
cl 2F 0-6-2T (Webb) | 58891 | 86K | 58902 | 86K | 58926 | 86K | |||||
The LNWR 'Coal Tanks' were on loan to N.C.B. at Ynysybwl. A fourth, 58925, was also on loan. | photo | ||||||||||
Merthyr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 4635 | 88D | 5769 | 88D | 8736 | 88D | 9638 | 88D | ||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 9747 | 88D | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6408 | 88D | 6427 | 88D | ||||
Merthyr | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Great Western Railway | opened: | 1877 | prior to 1950 | MTHR | |||||||
type: | A brick-built 3TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Nov-64 | 1950 - Nov-64 | 88D | ||||||
location: | On the east side of the line, south of the Vale of Neath station. | ||||||||||
Abbreviations | BR - British Railways | ||||||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | 88D | 9.55am - 10am | total: | 7 | |||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 64xx 0-6-0PT | BR 3MT 2-6-2T | |||||||||
4632 | 88D | 9622 | 88D | 6433 | 88D | 82006 | 88C | ||||
7772 | 88D | 9675 | 88D | 6436 | 88D | ||||||
shed codes | 86J Aberdare | 86K Abergavenny | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | ||||||
88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | Visits to Merthyr 1938 - 1965 | |||||||||
Local bus - Methyr to Rhymney | |||||||||||
Rhymney | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhymney Railway | opened: | c1863 | prior to 1950 | RHY | |||||||
type: | A stone-built 3TS dead-ended shed. | closed: | Mar-65 | 1950 - Nov-64 subshed to 88D | |||||||
location: | On the west side of the line, south of the station. | Nov 64 - Mar 65 | 88D | ||||||||
Abbreviations | RR - Rhymney Railway | TV - Taff Vale Railway | |||||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | 88D sub-shed | 11.30am - 11.35am | total: | 4 | |||||||
TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 51xx 2-6-2T | 94xx 0-6-0PT | |||||||||
376 | 88D | 4143 | 88D | 4160 | 88D | 8841 | 88B | ||||
Visits to Rhymney 1938 - 1965 | |||||||||||
11.46am Rhymney to Caerphilly | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4161 | 88D 5 coaches | arr: 12.31pm | |||||||
Tir Phil | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4101 | 88D (5) | ||||||||
Bargoed | RR 'P' 0-6-2T | 83 | 88D | 2251 0-6-0 | 2280 | 86A | |||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5696 | 88D | |||||||||
Bargoed Colliery | ex Barry R. 0-6-0ST | 754 | Hudswell Clarke 712/1905 | ||||||||
Pengam | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5672 | 88D | ||||||||
Hengoed (H.L.) | 45xx 2-6-2T | 5516 | 86G | ||||||||
Ystrad Mynach | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 390 | 88C dn fr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5652 | 88D (2) | 5671 | 88D lt dn | |||
cl 3MT 2-6-2T (St) | 40161 | 86K | |||||||||
Llanbradach | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | 36 | 88B | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4226 | 86C | |||||
Aber Junction | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5678 | 88A | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8484 | 88A | |||||
Caerphilly | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 347 | 88A | 64xx 0-6-0PT | 6402 | 88A | 6438 | 88E | |||
56xx 0-6-2T | 6626 | 88A | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9632 | 86A | ||||||
shed codes | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86G Pontypool Road | 86K Abergavenny | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | ||||||
88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | ||||||||||
Caerphilly Works | |||||||||||
Pre Grouping Ownership - Rhymney Railway | opened: | 1899 | closed: | Jun-63 | |||||||
Tuesday 28 September 1954 | total: | 25 | |||||||||
erecting shop and yard | |||||||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | RR 'R' 0-6-2T | 56xx 0-6-2T | 51xx 2-6-2T | 42xx 2-8-0T | |||||||
3641 | 87D | 9625 | 87D | 35 | 88B | 5655 | 88D | 4144 | 86E | 4215 | 86H |
4675 | 86F | 9779 | 87A | Taff Vale 'A' 0-6-2T | 5698 | 86J | 4163 | 88D | 4222 | 86F | |
6749 | 87B | 14xx 0-4-2T | 303 | 88C | 43xx 2-6-0 | 81xx 2-6-2T | 72xx 2-8-2T | ||||
7752 | 86F | 1449 | 83C | 347 | 88A | 6389 | 85A | 8106 | 85A | 7214 | 86A |
7771 | 86A | 1472 | 87G | 361 | 88C | 3150 2-6-2T | 7225 | 87F | |||
Visits to Caerphilly Works 1938 - 1962 | 3176 | 86E | 7242 | 88A | |||||||
shed codes | 83C Exeter | 85A Worcester | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86E Severn Tunnel Jct. | 86F Tondu | ||||||
86H Aberbeeg | 86J Aberdare | 87A Neath | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87D Swansea East Dk | 87F Llanelly | ||||||
87G Carmarthen | 88A Cardiff Cathays | 88B Cardiff East Dock | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | |||||||
3.14pm Caerphilly - Cardiff (Queen Street) | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6626 | 88A 6 coaches | arr: 3.25pm | |||||||
Caerphilly | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5692 | 88A (2) | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 4671 | 86A | |||||
Cefn-on-Holt | TV 'A' 0-6-2T | 374 | 88B | ||||||||
Llanishen | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5641 | 88E dn ps | ||||||||
Cardiff (Queen St.) | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6661 | 86J | 51xx 2-6-2T | 4164 | 88D | |||||
3.36pm Cardiff (Queen St.) - Cardiff (Gen.) | 51xx 2-6-2T | 5159 | 88F 7 coaches | ||||||||
Cardiff (General) | Hall 4-6-0 | 5907 | 85B Marble Hall (4 + van) up | 6928 | 81D Underley Hall up fr | ||||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 5953 | 81C Dunley Hall (4) dn | 6955 | 82D Lydcott Hall dn pass | |||||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 6942 | 84B Eshton Hall lt dn | |||||||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4223 | 87F up fr | 4281 | 87A dn fr | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8446 | 86F up fr | ||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 4662 | 86C | 8723 | 86C | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5654 | 88A lt dn | ||||
4.04pm Cardiff (General) - Paddington | Castle 4-6-0 | 7009 | 87E Athelney Castle (10) | arr: 7.16pm | |||||||
Roath Park Sidings | TV '04' 0-6-2T | 211 | 88B | 215 | 88B | ||||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 3650 | 88B | 3681 | 88B | 3707 | 88B | 4698 | 88B | |||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 6744 | 88B | 7722 | 88B | 9679 | 88B | |||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4241 | 86F | WD 2-8-0 | 90572 | 86C | ||||||
Marshfield | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3838 | 86E dn fr | 72xx 2-8-2T | 7226 | 87D up fr | |||||
WD 2-8-0 | 90188 | 86C up fr | |||||||||
Newport (High St.) | Hall 4-6-0 | 4965 | 87E Rood Ashton Hall | 5925 | 86C Eastcote Hall | ||||||
42xx 2-8-0T | 4292 | 87B | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 6756 | 86B | 9662 | 86A | ||||
56xx 0-6-2T | 5653 | 88A | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8406 | 86A | ||||||
WD 2-8-0 | 90516 | 38E up fr | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3833 | 86A dn fr | ||||||
Magor | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5664 | 88C up fr | ||||||||
Undy Halt | 28xx 2-8-0 | 2857 | 84C up fr | 56xx 0-6-2T | 5607 | 88F dn fr | |||||
Severn Tunnel Jct. | 42xx 2-8-0T | 4214 | 86B | 5239 | 87A | 56xx 0-6-2T | 6639 | 86E | |||
28xx 2-8-0 | 2881 | 83A | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 5729 | 86E | 7764 | 86E | ||||
WD 2-8-0 | 90268 | 81C | 61xx 2-6-2T | 6102 | 86A | ||||||
94xx 0-6-0PT | 8401 | 86E | |||||||||
STJ - 86E | Hall 4-6-0 | 4957 | 86A Postlip Hall | 28xx 2-8-0 | 2872 | 86E | |||||
3150 2-6-2T | 3150 | 86E | 3190 | 86E | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8450 | 86E | ||||
Pilning (High Level) | Hall 4-6-0 | 5993 | 81D Kirby Hall up fr | ||||||||
3150 2-6-2T | 3172 | 86E | 3183 | 86E | |||||||
51xx 2-6-2T | 4142 | 86E | 5169 | 86E | |||||||
Westerleigh SB | Grange 4-6-0 | 6805 | 82C Broughton Grange | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9605 | 82B | |||||
0-6-0 diesel | 13001 | ||||||||||
Chipping Sodbury | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3832 | 86E | ||||||||
Swindon Works yard | Hall 4-6-0 | 5958 | 87E Knolton Hall | Cardiff Railway 0-6-0PT | 684 | 88B W | |||||
Castle 4-6-0 | 7027 | 81A Thornbury Castle | 28xx 2-8-0 | 2880 | 81C | ||||||
Grange 4-6-0 | 6877 | 85A Llanfair Grange | 16xx 0-6-0PT | 1624 | 83E | ||||||
BR 3MT 2-6-2T | 82007 | 88C | 94xx 0-6-0PT | 8413 | 82B | ||||||
Swindon Junction | Hall 4-6-0 | 4930 | 82D Hagley Hall dn fr | 57xx 0-6-0PT | 9736 | 87B | |||||
Hall 4-6-0 | 5902 | 87F Howick Hall dn fr | |||||||||
28xx 2-8-0 | 2828 | 86J up fr | 2865 | 82C | 74xx 0-6-0PT | 7418 | 82C | ||||
57xx 0-6-0PT | 3746 | 82C | 5725 | 84K | 8701 | 85C | 8779 | 82C | |||
Didcot | Mod. Hall 4-6-0 | 6990 | 81A Witherslack Hall | BR 4MT 2-6-0 | 76016 | 71A | |||||
Goring & Streatley | Hall 4-6-0 | 4979 | 81C Wootton Hall up lt | 43xx 2-6-0 | 6379 | 81F dn fr | |||||
Reading - 81D | Hall 4-6-0 | 5901 | 81D Hazel Hall | 14xx 0-4-2T | 1407 | 81D | |||||
Britannia 4-6-2 | 70025 | 86C Western Star | 28xx 2-8-0 | 3852 | 86E | ||||||
43xx 2-6-0 | 6313 | 81E | 6363 | 82B | 9308 | 81D | |||||
Maidenhead | WD 2-8-0 | 90201 | 86E up fr | ||||||||
Paddington | Castle 4-6-0 | 5015 | 84A Kingswear Castle | 5044 | 81A Earl of Dunraven | ||||||
Britannia 4-6-2 | 70017 | 81A Arrow | |||||||||
shed codes | 38E Woodford Halse | 71A Eastleigh | 81A Old Oak Common | 81C Southall | 81D Reading | ||||||
81E Didcot | 81F Oxford | 82B St. Philip's Marsh | 82C Swindon | 82D Westbury | 83A Newton Abbot | ||||||
83E St. Blazey | 84A Stafford Road | 84B Oxley | 84C Banbury | 84K Chester GWR | 85A Worcester | ||||||
85B Gloucester H. Rd | 86A Newport Ebbw Jct. | 86B Newport Pill | 86C Cardiff Canton | 86F Tondu | 86J Aberdare | ||||||
87A Neath Court Sart | 87B Duffryn Yard | 87D Swansea East Dk. | 87E Swansea Landore | 87F Llanelly | 88A Cardiff Cathays | ||||||
88B Cardiff East Dock | 88C Barry | 88D Merthyr | 88E Abercynon | 88F Treherbert | |||||||