Grid reference ST2986
near to Duffryn, Newport/Casnewydd, Wales
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The South Wales Explorer railtour at Park Junction
Vintage Trains' South Wales Explorer railtour featured diesel class 37 No. 37403 and class 20 No. 20189 locomotives in top-and-tail formation. The tour originated at Dorridge and visited Cardiff Central via reversal at Park Junction,... (more)
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Ebbw bridge from the air.
Photo taken in 1977.
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Zebra crossing, Gaer Road, Newport
Across a part of Gaer Road which has been narrowed to one lane near Gaer Road shops.
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Shakespeare Crescent, Gaer, Newport
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A new Lidl store is coming
Cardiff Road, Newport.
The site of the South Wales Argus newspaper offices is being cleared. Link
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Cardiff Road houses, Newport
Houses on the Gaer side of the road, between Gaer Road and the railway bridge. Link
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Railtour at Park Junction
Ex-Western Region 4-6-0 No. 7029 Clun Castle with class 47 diesel No. 47773 at the rear passes Park Junction, Newport on with Vintage Trains' Return to Steam railtour. The train is turning here and will proceed diesel-hauled to Cardiff... (more)
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Tree felling, Masefield Vale, Gaer, Newport (set of 2 images)
Tree clearance due to ash dieback disease.
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'Golden Mile' Boundary Marker, Newport
The history of the 'Golden Mile' (or more strictly the 'Park Mile') is well told by Robin Drayton here: ST2886 : Golden Mile Railway, Newport so I won't repeat it, except to say that the tolls made Lord Tredegar a very rich man! I am not... ( more)
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Footpath into Gaer Vale, Newport
Viewed from Gaer Road. The footpath runs through the northern edge of Gaer Vale.
On the right is a single-track railway line. Link
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Park Junction Signal Box, 1984
Taken from a freight train from Ebbw Vale Steelworks to Llanwern.
The steelworks at both ends of the journey had gone by 2020. This signal box closed in 2023.
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Gaer Baptist Church, Gaer, Newport
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