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 . . .

Taff Vale Engine No.4 Class - Type 0-6T-2 - A TVR schematic which appears to have been issued by the GWR at Swindon given that the TVR and GWR engine numbers are indicated on the reverse. Another heritage artifact held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20200317]

0-6-2T - No. 151 - 'The first were the 'M' class (later re-boilered as 'M1') of which forty-one engines were built between 1884 and 1892. The class was the first example of what became the characteristic South Wales locomotive - the 0-6-2T. They had 4ft - 6in driving wheels and were considered to be mixed-traffic locomotives. All the Taff Vale Railway's 0-6-2T's lasted into Great Western Railway days, with the 'M1' class engines ultimately being withdrawn between 1925 and 1930. No. 151, shown above with colourised enlargements, was one of a batch built by Kitson & Co. Ltd. in 1885 (Works No. 2708), and it would be withdrawn as GWR No. 552 in 1930.' - Steam Days Magazine No. 271 [1037] March 2012. [20220714]

0-6-2T - No. 152 - GWR Number 560 - Anther example of Taff Vale Engine No.4 Class photographed c.1910 at an unspecified location which, according to the above TVR schematic, was in use until July 1925. [000] [002]