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Chasing Trains in South Wales Valleys
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It’s August 1996 in the South Wales valleys and a Class 60 locomotive passes slowly through Crosskeys and Aberbeeg, hauling steel toward the Ebbw Valley terminal. Behind the camera, the photographer races ahead by car, darting from spot to spot along the line, trying to stay just ahead of the train. The result is a glimpse of a time when heavy freight still echoed through these valleys, captured in motion against the backdrop of one of Wales’s most picturesque industrial routes.
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A Class 60 locomotive is seen moving slowly through Crosskeys in the South Wales valleys in August 1996, hauling steel freight toward the Ebbw Valley terminal. The footage captures a photographer attempting to keep pace with the train by car, capturing fleeting moments of industrial activity on one of Wales’s scenic rail routes. The video offers a nostalgic look at heavy freight operations in this region during the mid-1990s.
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