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Rails in Wales. Coal movements 1990. 37801 Tower-Aberdare-Abercynon

Channel: Mike Wilcock. Rails in Wales.
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Join us in September 1990 at Tower Colliery where 37801 receives her load of anthracite.Tower closed in January 2008. We quickly move on to Aberdare. Next down to Abercynon where the line from Merthyr joins from the north. 2 units pass before we move down the line through Cardiff and beyond. All the boxes and semaphores have long since been removed
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It shows locomotive 37801 at Tower Colliery receiving a load of anthracite, with additional scenes from Aberdare and Abercynon, where the Merthyr Tydfil line connects from the north. The footage includes movement along the route through Cardiff and beyond, though many traditional signaling systems have since been removed. No headcodes are identified in the record.

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  • Platform ID eTaG8K7WbyU
  • Views 7,400
  • Date published 12 Jan 2022 12:16
  • Date added 16 Jun 2026 05:16
  • Recorded 25 Jan 2008
  • Locomotives 3
  • Headcodes 0
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