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Contents of bottom envelope on reverse of item 29, three postcards and two cuttings:...

Catalogue reference: ZSPC 11/482/31

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ZSPC 11/482/31
Date
1903 Jan-1960 July
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Contents of bottom envelope on reverse of item 29, three postcards and two cuttings:

Postcards, monochrome photographic images, 9cm x 14cm:

1) 'Making new GWR [Great Western Railway] tunnel, Newport [Monmouthshire], Huxtable [Brothers]', [image shows Saint or Star class locomotive and train exiting original tunnel during construction of duplicate bore, 1912].

2) Front three-quarter right-side view, 4-4-2 locomotive [No 186 'Robin Hood' prior to rebuilding as 4-6-0], with three-coach train in platform, manuscript note on reverse 'Newport [Monmouthshire] before rebuilding', [c 1907].

3) Side view from South, 'The bridges, Newport [Monmouthshire], Huxtable [Brothers]', [unidentified 4-4-0 locomotive and train passing over railway bridge, with electric double-deck tram and horse-drawn traffic on road bridge, c 1910].

Cuttings, monochrome photographic illustrations, [Railway Magazine, July 1960 page 456 and 458, see item 23]:

4) 'Excursion train to Porthcawl with 4-6-0 No 5029 'Nunney Castle'', [at Newport], 'August 1956'.

5) 'Freight train, hauled by BR standard 4-6-0 No 75008, passing Gaer Junction, [photograph] S Rickard'.

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