This is part 4 of my South Wales Holiday, we start in Newport (South Wales) first and have an hour filming at the station, then I board a First Great Western Class 150 DMU to Severn Tunnel Junction to film some speeding First Great Western and CrossCountry services with some First Great Western and Arriva Trains Wales services stopping here, freight is also seen with a DB Schenker Class 60 on 6B13 Robertson to Westerleigh and a hired in Colas Class 70, 70803 working a freightliner Intermodal. After an hour at Severn Tunnel Junction, traveled to Cardiff Central and carried on the line clearance to do the City Line, first went to Coryton and then went to Radyr via Cardiff Central. At Radyr it was film to film some stations in the Valleys but it was only Class 142, Class 143 and Class 150 with the odd Class 153 DMUs, after an hour at Radyr, I moved up the line to the Treforest Estate to film some speeding Pacers! with some Arriva Trains Wales DMUs stopping there, after an hour was up, I went to Cardiff Queen Street to film some more Arriva Trains Wales DMUs and also had two DB Schenker freight trains passing through. After an hour at Cardiff Queen Street, it was time for the last stop of this trip, Grangetown to film more Arriva Trains Wales DMUs and a freight train, after the hour was up, it was time to travel to Cardiff Central to board the 1716 1W96 the Arriva Trains Wales Premier service to Holyhead which was worked by Class 67, 67002. The WAG stopped at Newport, Cwmbran, Pontypool & New Inn, Abergavenny, Hereford and then onto Shrewsbury which I left the service, the WAG carried on to Wrexham General, Chester and then onto the North Wales to Holyhead but at Shrewsbury, the London Midland unit at the station was soon to be my 2117 to Rugeley Trent Valley but had to do Shrewsbury to Birmingham New Street first, so I boarded an Arriva Trains Wales service to Birmingham International worked by a Class 158 but got off at Birmingham New Street to get a bite to eat and then boarded the Class 170 DMU which was seen at Shrewsbury to travel back to Rugeley Town to end the show.

• published: 22 Sep 2014
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