On another forum (the Yahoo British Railways forum) I cam across a reference to this working:
"Mon 19th March GWR 2-8-0 3806 to be used for the 06.15 Salisbury - Magor."
I was a bit surprised by this. There were very limited facilities at Magor and those that existed were on the up side. Can anybody sugest haw and where this train might have been received?
Magor
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Magor
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Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865
Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865
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Re: Magor
It was 1962 and I don't know the class of train but I'd guess an F.
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Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865
Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865
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Re: Magor
It was 1962 and I don't know the class of train but I'd guess an F.
My old layout Llanastr; my WIP layout Crindau Pill; my club Newport MRS
Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865
Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865
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Re: Magor
Thank you Noel, that makes perfect sense. I recall that the Spencer works required a lot of aggregate during its construction phase but that would probably have been earlier than March 1962.
My old layout Llanastr; my WIP layout Crindau Pill; my club Newport MRS
Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865
Hoff Rheilffyrdd Aberhonddu a Merthyr Tydfil yw y gorau sydd yng Nghymru - Twm Glan Crawnon 1865