Pantyffynnon Token
The driver of 66115 collects the token at Pantyffynnon signal box for its journey on the line to the left to Gwaen Cae Gurwen open cast coal mine on the 6B15 from Swansea Burrows. The train will return to Swansea Burrows loaded with anthracite and another train will transport the coal to Onllwyn for washing and blending. The processed coal is currently dispatched from Onllwyn to Scunthorpe steel works on Mondays by Freightliner and to Immingham on Thursdays by DBS for smokeless fuel consumption.
Pantyffynnon was the junction for the Brynamman branch along the Amman Valley, which was closed to passengers in 1958, well before the Beaching Act. Considerable coal traffic used the line (to the left) until the demise of coal mining in the valley. However, in 2009 after many years without trains, the line was reopened to Gwaun Cae Gurwen open cast coal mine, operated by Celtic Energy.
Pantyffynnon Token
The driver of 66115 collects the token at Pantyffynnon signal box for its journey on the line to the left to Gwaen Cae Gurwen open cast coal mine on the 6B15 from Swansea Burrows. The train will return to Swansea Burrows loaded with anthracite and another train will transport the coal to Onllwyn for washing and blending. The processed coal is currently dispatched from Onllwyn to Scunthorpe steel works on Mondays by Freightliner and to Immingham on Thursdays by DBS for smokeless fuel consumption.
Pantyffynnon was the junction for the Brynamman branch along the Amman Valley, which was closed to passengers in 1958, well before the Beaching Act. Considerable coal traffic used the line (to the left) until the demise of coal mining in the valley. However, in 2009 after many years without trains, the line was reopened to Gwaun Cae Gurwen open cast coal mine, operated by Celtic Energy.