• Our booking engine at tickets.railforums.co.uk (powered by TrainSplit) helps support the running of the forum with every ticket purchase! Find out more and ask any questions/give us feedback in this thread!

Has AC Electric loco ever been to Cardiff

Status
Not open for further replies.
S

stj

Member
Joined
15 Apr 2019
Messages
315
With electrification almost there it may not be long before we see an AC Electric run into South Wales.
Has one ever visited before under tow? I remember the odd ones dragged into Blackpool North before the wires went up.A few 87s were cut up in Caerwent but I think they came in by road.
 
Sponsor Post - registered members do not see these adverts; click here to register, or click here to log in
R

RailUK Forums

O

Oxfordblues

Member
Joined
22 Dec 2013
Messages
665
I recall a similar question being asked about Blackpool. Nobody remembered the electric loco owned by Blackpool Corporation that worked the Fleetwood-Thornton Gate coal trains! So maybe there was a colliery or steelworks in South Wales with an internal electric railway. The Llechwedd Quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog had a couple of leckies for example.
 
S

stj

Member
Joined
15 Apr 2019
Messages
315
Oxfordblues said:
I recall a similar question being asked about Blackpool. Nobody remembered the electric loco owned by Blackpool Corporation that worked the Fleetwood-Thornton Gate coal trains! So maybe there was a colliery or steelworks in South Wales with an internal electric railway. The Llechwedd Quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog had a couple of leckies for example.
Click to expand...
Yes thats correct,loco no 717 now at Crich Tramway Museum.
 
D

deepthought

Member
Joined
29 Dec 2016
Messages
17
On the BR open days site it lists E3044 with a question mark for the Cardiff open day in 1970 I've had a little look on flickr and found a picture of E3044 at Bristol Bath Road open day in 1968 but nothing for Cardiff. I know for a fact that 310101 made it to Canton in the early 1990s for wheel turning https://www.flickr.com/photos/firemansam2/6022876774/
 
K

Kimi

Member
Joined
17 Oct 2019
Messages
23
Location
Midland
Oxfordblues said:
I recall a similar question being asked about Blackpool. Nobody remembered the electric loco owned by Blackpool Corporation that worked the Fleetwood-Thornton Gate coal trains! So maybe there was a colliery or steelworks in South Wales with an internal electric railway. The Llechwedd Quarry in Blaenau Ffestiniog had a couple of leckies for example.
Click to expand...

Although that would likely be a DC loco if so!
Definitely heard of model railways in Wales, also DC :)

I thought there might have been a loco over to canton for wheel turning, but no sign of that in the internet.
 
3

31160

Member
Joined
18 Mar 2018
Messages
679
I've got a picture of ADB..... (84009) etc at Port Talbot on the way to Margam to be cut so its certain that went through Cardiff
 
3

33017

Member
Joined
9 Sep 2017
Messages
273
31160 said:
I've got a picture of ADB..... (84009) etc at Port Talbot on the way to Margam to be cut so its certain that went through Cardiff
Click to expand...
I've also got a photo of that there but have a feeling it was delivered to Port Talbot by road.
 
R

randyrippley

Established Member
Joined
21 Feb 2016
Messages
5,136
Does this count?
Black and white film negative showing an electric locomotive underground at Oakdale Colliery, May 1980.
Click to expand...
https://museum.wales/collections/on...&field1=with_images&value1=on&page=6&index=68

large
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Top