Image 37233 & 37269, outward leg of The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe-Blaenavon (1Z46), Pentre Piod Halt SO263019
37233 & 37269, outward leg of The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe-Blaenavon (1Z46), Pentre Piod Halt SO263019
37233 & 37269, outward leg of The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe-Blaenavon (1Z46), Pentre Piod Halt SO263019 For some reason, we did not follow the train on its journey up to Ebbw Vale. Instead, we planned to chase it while it climbed up towards Blaenavon. This was an incredibly circuitous route that wound its way steeply up the valley from Pontypool. Graham had figured that we ought to be able to see it three times during this part of its journey. Here, 37233 and 37269 bring the railtour round a steeply graded 180° curve near to the remains of Pentre-Piod Halt at OS grid reference SO263019. 40120 was supposed to have worked up the valley with a 37 assisting. But, for some reason, control at Newport decreed that it had to be two 37s, that was a bit of disappointment. This spot is now devoid of track as this coal mines closed in the early 1980s However, this dramatic section of railway can still be enjoyed on a bike as National Cycle Network route 492 starting at Cwmbran and finishing at Brynmawr going via Blaenavon. Keywords: 37233 37269 The Gwent Valley Invader Crewe-Blaenavon 1Z46 Pentre Piod Halt SO263019
37233 & 37269, outward leg of The Gwent Valley Invader, Crewe-Blaenavon (1Z46), Pentre Piod Halt SO263019 For some reason, we did not follow the train on its journey up to Ebbw Vale. Instead, we planned to chase it while it climbed up towards Blaenavon. This was an incredibly circuitous route that wound its way steeply up the valley from Pontypool. Graham had figured that we ought to be able to see it three times during this part of its journey. Here, 37233 and 37269 bring the railtour round a steeply graded 180° curve near to the remains of Pentre-Piod Halt at OS grid reference SO263019. 40120 was supposed to have worked up the valley with a 37 assisting. But, for some reason, control at Newport decreed that it had to be two 37s, that was a bit of disappointment. This spot is now devoid of track as this coal mines closed in the early 1980s However, this dramatic section of railway can still be enjoyed on a bike as National Cycle Network route 492 starting at Cwmbran and finishing at Brynmawr going via Blaenavon. Keywords: 37233 37269 The Gwent Valley Invader Crewe-Blaenavon 1Z46 Pentre Piod Halt SO263019


For some reason, we did not follow the train on

its journey up to Ebbw Vale. Instead, we planned to chase it while it climbed up towards Blaenavon. This was an incredibly circuitous route that wound its way steeply up the valley from Pontypool. Graham had figured that we ought to be able to see it three times during this part of its journey. Here, 37233 and 37269 bring the railtour round a steeply graded 180° curve near to the remains of Pentre-Piod Halt at OS grid reference SO263019. 40120 was supposed to have worked up the valley with a 37 assisting. But, for some reason, control at Newport decreed that it had to be two 37s, that was a bit of disappointment. This spot is now devoid of track as this coal mines closed in the early 1980s However, this dramatic section of railway can still be enjoyed on a bike as National Cycle Network route 492 starting at Cwmbran and finishing at Brynmawr going via Blaenavon.