Services on the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway have to be 'top and tailed' as there are no run-round facilities at the extemities of the line situated high up in a bleak and desolate landscape on what was the south Wales coalfield. The centre of operations is at Furnace Sidings, near Blaenavon, a site that has been developed much in recent years, and it is this station that is featured in this image taken on 21st July 2012. Ex-War Department Austerity 0-6-0ST No. 71515 is seen entering the station while working the 16:08 from Big Pit. From here it will reverse direction to visit Blaenavon (High Level) hauled by Class 37 No. 37219, which may be seen at the rear of this train.
Stuart Warr
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