Volume Six - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Select Aspects - The end of the line for the Taff Vale Railway - 1921

II. Rolling Stock - (A.) - Steam Locomotives and Tenders

According to book "The Taff Vale Lines to Penarth" [026] at the turn of the 20th century, Penarth engine shed had;- "about six of the passenger 0-6-2T's, about an equal number of mineral 0-6--2Ts, some four or five of the old 0-6-0 mineral tender engines, together with three or four dock shunters - a total allocation of around 20 or 21 engines." Section '(B.) - Rail Motor Vehicles' totaled four in number whereas '(C.) - Trains worked by Electric Power' was 'Not Applicable to This Company.'

(D.), (E.) and (F.) related to other vehicles and stated that no horses were used for shunting duties.

Section 'III. - Horses and Road Vehicles Employed in the Collection and Delivery of Parcels and Goods, and in the Conveyance of Passengers.' was also 'Not Applicable to This Company.'

Section 'IV. - Steamboats' and 'V. - Canals' was also not applicable to the Company. However, the following two sections are applicable to the Penarth Dock story and to our review of these accounts.