Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: Newport

Situated within 90 acres of beautiful gardens Tredegar House is one of the most significant late 17th-century houses in the whole of the British Isles. For more than 500 years the house was home to the Morgans, later Lords Tredegar. The Morgan family owned more than 40,000 acres in Monmouthshire, Breconshire and Glamorgan at the end of the 18th century. Today it is owned by Newport council and the National Trust are custodians. Happy Wednesday Wall to everyone. Enjoy the day.

The huge mountain of scrap at Cashmore's scrap yard on East Dock Road in Newport dwarfs British Railways 3MT 2-6-2 tank 82031 waiting its turn to die. Bundles of boiler tubes are neatly stacked but the cylinders & steam chests from unknown engines litter the pile behind. This was my only visit to Cashmores and all the steam had gone by year's end. A twist in the tale is that, although all of this class of locomotive were scrapped, today a group of enthusiasts are actually building a replica of a Class 3MT tank from scratch. 82045 is progressing well - see www.82045.org.uk/news/82045_news-may15.html