DescriptionCardiff canton geograph-2476977-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
English: A 'Hall' in the Canton Locomotive Yard, Cardiff.
view eastward, towards Cardiff General station. Canton was the main Locomotive Depot at Cardiff, on the ex-GWR South Wales main line, about ¾-mile to the west on the Down side. In June 1950 the Depot (coded 86C in the Newport District) had a large allocation of 119, for varied main-line and some local duties, comprising:- 5 4-6-2 (BR Standard), 46 4-6-0 (41 GW, 5 BR Standard), 25 2-8-0 (15 GW, 10 ex-WD), 4 2-6-0, 9 2-8-0T, 1 2-6-2T, 11 0-6-2T, 18 0-6-0T. (These included a sprinkling (6) of engines from the former Valleys Railways). Featured here is 4-6-0 No. 5988 'Bostock Hall' (built 11/39, withdrawn 10/65).
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