Railways 1998. 35 mainline freights in Wales

This video captures two busy days of freight traffic in South Wales, featuring a variety of locomotives and cargo types. It includes footage of iron ore, fuel, mixed freight, postals, steel, and coal movements. Locomotives identified include classes 37, 43, and others, with operators such as Great North Eastern Railway and Rail Express Systems mentioned. The footage was primarily recorded from bridges over the mainline between Cardiff and Newport, before overhead wiring was introduced two decades later. Some locations shown are Newport, Ore, and Pengam.

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