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66117 is seen at Hirwaun with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station on 16th May 2009.
The disposal point is hidden by fog as 66134 pulls away from Hirwaun Ponds with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station on 10th January 2009.
An unusual working on Bank Holiday Monday, 28th May 2007 was 6F63, 0810 Acton Yard - Tower Colliery to collect stone which had been stockpiled at Tower since regular stone traffic ceased a couple of years ago. The train would then proceed to Bury St. Edmunds at 1817 as 6Z21. Here, 66080 leads its train of empty MBAs through the overgrown site of Hirwaun Station - another 1964 closure.
66080 proceeds over the level crossing at Hirwaun with 6F63, 0810 Acton Yard - Tower Colliery stone empties on 28th May 2007. This was the first working of a stone train to/from the loading point at Tower for some time; it remains to be seen whether regular working will resume, bearing in mind the impending closure of Tower Colliery.
66210 negotiates the level crossing at Hirwaun with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station on 2nd August 2007.
The impending closure of Tower Colliery means that this scene may not be repeated for too much longer. 66210 at Hirwaun with 6C45, 1054 Tower to Aberthaw Power Station on 2nd August 2007.
66246 negotiates the level crossing at Hirwaun on 27th November 2006 with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station.
EWS 66246 waits to leave Tower Colliery with 6C45, the 1054 for Aberthaw Power Station on 27th November 2006. The train is standing on the remains of the truncated GWR Vale of Neath route.
With Tower Colliery, the last deep mine in Wales, reportedly due to close in 2007 the section of the branch north of Aberdare faces uncertainty. Here, 66246 is seen at Hirwaun on 27th November 2006 with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station.
66210 negotiates the level crossing at Hirwaun with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station on 2nd August 2007.
66210 negotiates the level crossing at Hirwaun with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station on 2nd August 2007.
66210 negotiates the level crossing at Hirwaun with 6C45, 1054 Tower Colliery to Aberthaw Power Station on 2nd August 2007.
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