Stuart Warr
Tondu Token Exchange
According to the BBC's Wales Today programme, the 17 February 2024 was to be the first revenue earning service for the new Class 197s on the Maesteg branch, I learned later that day of a couple of fill-in turns earlier, but hey-ho, another box ticked!
On that day TfW's 197018 stops to exchange the tablets with the 'bobby' at Tondu signal box whilst working 2G54, the 11.13 Maesteg to Cheltenham Spa. The place is just a shadow of how it was during its earlier lifetime moving coal down the several valleys in the area to feed the steel works and power stations, I suppose at least it is still open and in use.
Tondu Token Exchange
According to the BBC's Wales Today programme, the 17 February 2024 was to be the first revenue earning service for the new Class 197s on the Maesteg branch, I learned later that day of a couple of fill-in turns earlier, but hey-ho, another box ticked!
On that day TfW's 197018 stops to exchange the tablets with the 'bobby' at Tondu signal box whilst working 2G54, the 11.13 Maesteg to Cheltenham Spa. The place is just a shadow of how it was during its earlier lifetime moving coal down the several valleys in the area to feed the steel works and power stations, I suppose at least it is still open and in use.