9th May 2001

Load Haul-liveried 60059 "Swinden Dalesman" approaches at 11.48 with the 6B40 11.55 Llanwern to Port Talbot empty iron ore hoppers, one of several that would be plying the route 24 hours a day, everyday. These trains were like permanent fixtures whenever you visited Newport. They would never stop running, would they? An east-bound Sprinter is departing, likely on a service for the North & West Route to Hereford.