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Abercynon artefacts from 1909, 1988 and 1985

Abercynon artefacts from 1909, 1988 and 1985

            143607 passes Abercynon South station while working an Aberdare to Ystrad Mynach service.

This image dates from the period when there were two stations in Abercynon: south station, seen here served the Merthyr Tydfil line and north station, which served the Aberdare line.

Abercynon north station was closed in May 2008 after track remodelling that allowed trains to and from Aberdare to serve the former Abercynon South station.    

As to the dates:

1909 is the build date for the signal box.    The box was first installed at Birmingham Moor Street in 1909, moved to Didcot Foxhall Junction in 1915 and finally to Abercynon in 1932.    The box was decommissioned in 2008.

1988 is the build date for the signalman's Kawasaki 125 motorcycle.   It ceased to be licenced after 1996.

1985 is the build date for the pacer train.    While the train was withdrawn in May 2021, in 2023 the train still exists at the Llanelli and Mynydd Mawr Railway, with the body planned to be used as a (static) ticket office, shop and cafe.

Taken on: July 6, 1993

Sets appears in: • Wales in the 1990s

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