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Vale Of Neath Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Ex-GWR 2-8-0 no 2863 stands in the sidings alongside Aberdare shed in June 1959, a few days after withdrawal.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/06/1959]](/images/36000/36070.jpg "Aberdare")
![A class 37 being sanded at Aberdare in 1982 in preparation for the climb up to Tower Colliery.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1982]](/images/18000/18254.jpg "Aberdare High Level")
![DMU at Aberdare in 1982 preparing for the journey back down the valley to Cardiff.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1982]](/images/19000/19535.jpg "Aberdare")
![The loading pad at Hirwaun for Tower Colliery, looking east during an escorted visit in 2002. The loading pad was connected to the deep mine by a very long conveyor.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2002]](/images/54000/54705.jpg "Tower Colliery Loading pad")
![Stand-off at Aberdare High Level ... the coal train serves the loading facility for the Tower Colliery near Hirwaun and the Sprinter is terminating on a local service from Cardiff.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/9000/9880.jpg "Aberdare High Level")
![Ground frame at Aberdare High Level for the catch points (and loop?) by the closed station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/10000/10018.jpg "Aberdare High Level")
![66 in the old Aberdare High Level station and Sprinter in the new Aberdare station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/10000/10021.jpg "Aberdare High Level")
![An early wet autumn morning view of the extant former Aberdare High Level station building, looking in very good condition and still with its canopy supports. Photographed looking north from the current <I>modern replacement</I> station in November 2010. [See image 19535] <br><br>[David Pesterfield 09/11/2010]](/images/31000/31525.jpg "Aberdare High Level")
![Arriva Trains Wales unit 150237 waits at Aberdare to return to Cardiff, and then on to Barry Island, with the 08.21 departure on 9 November 2010.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 09/11/2010]](/images/31000/31550.jpg "Aberdare")
![This station has lain derelict and boarded up for many years [See image 31525] since the restoration of passenger services to the new station, which is ironically at a higher level than the former High Level. Now the old station is being restored with new windows and roof. This seems to be connected to the construction of the new Aberdare College building across the nearest road.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 19/08/2017]](/images/60000/60649.jpg "Aberdare High Level")
![I visited Aberdare to photograph the curious layout in the old High Level goods yard, where tarmac had been laid up to rail level, and industrial units had their brick side walls built across the rails. It looked as though the determined goods yard rambler would have to knock on doors to ask the local entrepreneurs' permission to walk through their industrial units. But things have changed; the whole goods yard area is now a car park for the local college. The width of the piers for the river bridge North of the station, however, show that here was once a fan of tracks here. Notice the new roof on the station building (left). View looks south. [Ref query 1 October 2017]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 19/08/2017]](/images/60000/60994.jpg "Aberdare High Level")
