Picture of Dowlais Cae Harris engine shed north-east of Merthyr, thought to be taken between 1957 and 1964.
Opened by the Rhymney Railway in 1876 it was closed by BR in 1964.
During early BR days the shed was large enough to house no fewer than 8 of the ubiquitous Class 56xx 0-6-2T locomotives.
Photo: W.A. Camwell
Read much more about the shed on this Stephenson Locomotive Society page:
A profile of the Brecon and Merthyr Railway as it passes through different landscapes in its middle section.
For historical and locomotive information about the railway, however, you will need to also buy Book 1.
Review: ‘Railways & Industry on the Brecon & Merthyr: Bargoed to Pontsticill, Pant to Dowlais’ by John Hodge and Ray Caston.
Fascinating 1905 Railway Clearing House map of Merthyr and Dowlais showing the mix of intense competition and cooperation between companies for lucrative heavy goods traffic.
No fewer than five companies served Merthyr, either individually or jointly!
The severe geographic constraints created some odd bedfellows as railways compromised to gain a share of the traffic.
Books on the Line