YEARS APART - 2
Peckett & Sons OX1 0-6-0ST works no 1859 of 1932 'Sir Gomer' at Mountain Ash on 27-3-73.
The locomotive was named Sir Gomer after Sir James Gomer Berry (1883-1968) who was newspaper proprietor and industrial magnate who was born in born in Merthyr Tydfil.
It spent its entire working life of nearly 50 years at Mountan Ash although its ownership changed. In 1936 ownership passed to Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries and the the National Coal Board (NCB) following nationalisation in January 1947.
It was permitted to work on BR metals in the exchange sidings. I remember being quite excited to see it in the old up platform road of Mountain Ash station shunting some wagons.
Sir Gomer was finally retired in 1981
YEARS APART - 2
Peckett & Sons OX1 0-6-0ST works no 1859 of 1932 'Sir Gomer' at Mountain Ash on 27-3-73.
The locomotive was named Sir Gomer after Sir James Gomer Berry (1883-1968) who was newspaper proprietor and industrial magnate who was born in born in Merthyr Tydfil.
It spent its entire working life of nearly 50 years at Mountan Ash although its ownership changed. In 1936 ownership passed to Powell Duffryn Associated Collieries and the the National Coal Board (NCB) following nationalisation in January 1947.
It was permitted to work on BR metals in the exchange sidings. I remember being quite excited to see it in the old up platform road of Mountain Ash station shunting some wagons.
Sir Gomer was finally retired in 1981