PWM 651 at Radyr
Departmental shunter PWM 651 at Radyr on 31 December 1977. This was scanned from a damaged 35mm negative - I've done my best to "improve" the image with software, but don't enlarge the image or you'll clearly see the flaws!
PWM 651 was delivered new to the Western Region of BR from Ruston and Hornsby in 1959, and spent almost all of its BR career based at Radyr, and then Canton. It was withdrawn in October 1998, and then preserved, initially, at Pitsford and Brampton. It was ironic that 97651 was preserved at Pitsford, as this is the nearest preservation site to my house (about a 45 minute walk), whereas I had seen a lot of PWM 651 as a spotter in the 60s in Cardiff. It was always (or so it seemed) at Radyr during the week, but at weekends could be seen almost anywhere in South Wales attending engineering works,
97651 moved from Pitsford to the Strathspey Railway in 2008, but, since August 2015, has been based on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway.
PWM 651 at Radyr
Departmental shunter PWM 651 at Radyr on 31 December 1977. This was scanned from a damaged 35mm negative - I've done my best to "improve" the image with software, but don't enlarge the image or you'll clearly see the flaws!
PWM 651 was delivered new to the Western Region of BR from Ruston and Hornsby in 1959, and spent almost all of its BR career based at Radyr, and then Canton. It was withdrawn in October 1998, and then preserved, initially, at Pitsford and Brampton. It was ironic that 97651 was preserved at Pitsford, as this is the nearest preservation site to my house (about a 45 minute walk), whereas I had seen a lot of PWM 651 as a spotter in the 60s in Cardiff. It was always (or so it seemed) at Radyr during the week, but at weekends could be seen almost anywhere in South Wales attending engineering works,
97651 moved from Pitsford to the Strathspey Railway in 2008, but, since August 2015, has been based on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway.