John Oram's photos with the keyword: Cwmgwrach

More than most, I am a pragmatist, accepting the realities of the modern world for what they are but never, I hope, underestimating the human impact of such things as the painful death of the UK mining industry. I was at Cwmgwrach to view the present day end of the once more extensive Vale of Neath line. The tracks in the second three of six photographs from today are visited by only occasional trains as the Unity Mine has, sadly, been in administration for nearly two years. Simply to be there and to have a conversation with someone very engaging and with a long memory, brought home very hard the reality of lives changed forever in South Wales. It was a sobering and educational experience. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060471

More than most, I am a pragmatist, accepting the realities of the modern world for what they are but never, I hope, underestimating the human impact of such things as the painful death of the UK mining industry. I was at Cwmgwrach to view the present day end of the once more extensive Vale of Neath line. The tracks in the second three of six photographs from today are visited by only occasional trains as the Unity Mine has, sadly, been in administration for nearly two years. Simply to be there and to have a conversation with someone very engaging and with a long memory, brought home very hard the reality of lives changed forever in South Wales. It was a sobering and educational experience. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060470

More than most, I am a pragmatist, accepting the realities of the modern world for what they are but never, I hope, underestimating the human impact of such things as the painful death of the UK mining industry. I was at Cwmgwrach to view the present day end of the once more extensive Vale of Neath line. The tracks in the second three of six photographs from today are visited by only occasional trains as the Unity Mine has, sadly, been in administration for nearly two years. Simply to be there and to have a conversation with someone very engaging and with a long memory, brought home very hard the reality of lives changed forever in South Wales. It was a sobering and educational experience. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060469

It was sad but exciting to visit the railway tracks at Cwmgwrach, a place where the railway was curtailed a long time ago and mining more recently in spite of the valiant efforts of many. In these first three of six photographs from today, my views of the headshunt for what are now only very occasional trains look towards where the line once continued north east along the Vale of Neath and beyond. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060468

It was sad but exciting to visit the railway tracks at Cwmgwrach, a place where the railway was curtailed a long time ago and mining more recently in spite of the valiant efforts of many. In these first three of six photographs from today, my views of the headshunt for what are now only very occasional trains look towards where the line once continued north east along the Vale of Neath and beyond. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060467

It was sad but exciting to visit the railway tracks at Cwmgwrach, a place where the railway was curtailed a long time ago and mining more recently in spite of the valiant efforts of many. In these first three of six photographs from today, my views of the headshunt for what are now only very occasional trains look towards where the line once continued north east along the Vale of Neath and beyond. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060466