An evening in Newport, Feb 18th 1977

Newport (1930-2320), Friday February 18th 1977

4 hours at Newport, busy as ever with freight and parcels. DMUs and HSTs not included.

46 different locos viewed…

Many parcels trains were observed at Newport that evening, heres 47049 on a Cardiff bound parcels on November 25th 1983

08363    Station pilot

47125    D coal standards                  1941

47499    U freightliner                         1943

47505    1810 Padd – Swansea         2000

47555    D parcels                               2003

31118    U parcels                               2004

45008    1403  Newcastle – Swansea 2005

47033    U freight                                2011

47195gr U oil                                        2012

46042    2005 Cardiff – Crewe          2021

37286    U light                                    2022

37208    U coal standards                  2024

47214    U parcels                               2025

37296    U cement                               2027

47257    U oil                                        2040

47037    1841 FO Padd – Swansea   2042

47244    D oil                                        2052

47015    U coal standards                  2055

37203    U freight                                2100

47186    1855 Padd – Cardiff            2108

31250    D freight (ex Scunthorpe)  2110

47129    1805 Plymouth – Cardiff    2115

31260    D light                                    2118

47447    U Freightliner (to Garston) 2125

37208    D light                                    2130

31132    D Parcels                               2140

25096    U Parcels (to Bolton)           2142

37302/37304/37241 U Iron Ore      2145

45012    U Mixed freight                    2150

47055    D oil                                        2151

37186     U ballast                               2154

Boilered classmate 37189 on up coal at Newport on November 25th 1983

37207    D oil                                        2158

37285    D coal standards                  2159

37253    U coal standards                  2205

37255    U mixed freight                    2211

47497    2015 Padd – Cardiff            2215

37223    U parcels                               2217

47110    U palvans                              2222

37203    D mixed freight                    2224

47123    1923 Crewe – Cardiff          2237

47511    U parcels                               2250

25101    D parcels                               2256

37289    D light                                    2301

37288    D Coal H                               2310

37290    D mixed freight                    2315

37290 looking the part on down coal standards at Newport on November 25th 1983

47143H 2125 Swansea – Bristol       2320

47401    U Railfreight                         2322

47231    D salt                                      2330

The 4 hour evening session at Newport produced 46 locos, namely

08363…….1

25096, 25101….2

31118, 31132, 31250, 31260….4

37186, 37203, 37207, 37208, 37223, 37241, 37253, 37255, 37285, 37286, 37288, 37289, 37290, 37302, 37304………..15

45008, 45012………..2

46042……………………1

47015, 47033, 47037, 47055, 47110, 47123, 47125, 47129, 47143, 47186, 47195, 47214, 47231,

47244, 47257, 47401, 47447, 47497, 47499, 47505, 47511,……21