Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Nine - Pre-Victorian to the present day - even more aspects - The Railway Infrastructure of Penarth Dock and Ely Tidal Harbour . . .

1922-28 : GWR No. 491 0-6-2T locomotive formerly TVR No. 179. It was based at the Penarth Dock engine shed at the 1922 re-grouping but sadly she was scrapped during November 1928. The photograph was formerly owned by Mr. C. Chapman whom was a greatly respected railway historian and author ; a hand-written note on the reverse states that the location is in fact Penarth Dock shed. Another heritage artifact held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20200324]