Gwaun-cae-gurwen

These two photographs were contributed by Gerry Nichols on behalf of the Stephenson Locomotive Society (March 2005).

They are both original D Jenkins & Sons photographs.

The first one is a fascinating group photograph at the opening of GCG Halt, 1 January 1908.
The train conductor has the celluloid cuffs and wing collar and the driver is in the background holding the single line staff. There is the local stationmaster in the pillbox hat and a selection of bowler hats! The level crossing gates in the foreground may be the old gates replaced by ones worked from the new Signal Box

The second one goes with the photograph (Gwaun-cae-gurwen 11) of the runaway incident on the incline in 1906
Shows a Black Hawthorn tank named Frank which was delivered new to GCG in 1886 and survived until 1916. In the background can be seen the viaduct under construction.

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