The changes to rail freight in Wales and the Borders since the
1980s have been dramatic in many ways and have often been a
knock-on effect of huge transformations in the industries that the
railway serves, most notably, the coal-mining sector. These have
led to a railway with a slimmed-down infrastructure and renewed
traction and rolling-stock fleets.Until the 1980s, coal was still
the lifeblood of many railway lines in South Wales. However, one by
one, the pits closed, leaving just a handful of surface operations
still active in 2020. The sight and sound of a Class 37 winding its
way up a steep-sided valley is now a distant memory. Industrial
decline has affected other traffics too, with the loss of the heavy
iron ore trains to Llanwern and many other flows. However, Welsh
rail freight is far from dead. Class 60-hauled oil and steel trains
still ply the South Wales main line, and there have even been small
revivals such as cement from Penyffordd.Illustrated with over 150
stunning photographs, many of which are previously unpublished,
this volume looks at the changing face of rail freight in Wales and
the Borders, detailing the changes in traction, rolling stock and
railway infrastructure over four decades. 160 illustrations
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