Its terrible how things have changed @ Newport & Cardiff. 

Great video. What struck me is that there is a much better range of passenger stock than when I lived in South Wales in the 90s. Back then it was mainly HSTs and 158s on the mainline. Pacers on valley lines, and whatever Central Trains could rustle together for the Nottingham service - often a 153!

Cracking video Mike, great selection on offer, nice to see different locos around the country, keep up the good work .

Great video of our excellent day out Mike, enjoyed the day and enjoyed watching it back on your video.

Great to see what was there though Mike. I liked the black & white images which gave a throwback to early films on RU-vid :) Cheers, Brian

Excellent video Mike. Like the black and white section. Well done 🤓 stay safe 💙

That 43 HST in GWR green is an attractive set.

Brilliant Mike, good to see the GWR 43's and like the black and white shots.👍

Your choice of black & white for some clips is quite good at expressing the mood etc. I know that long telephoto shots tend to make the somewhat heavy OLE setup on the GWML electrification look even worse than it is. More recent installations elsewhere, such as Bromsgrove to Longbridge etc look better, though.

Great video, especially 'Max class 56 Veratappen'!! Nice take off the Grid. Newport & Swansea see more action these days than Cardiff unfortunately, with a bit more freight/trip workings etc. Will be better from the autumn though when the 67 hauled(& shoved) WAG trains return. All 3 sets will be on an intensive Cardiff-Holyhead corridor from 13th September. HTH.

Last time i went to Cardiff there were triple headed 37s and 56s had been around for only a couple of years , Canton was rammed and you stood on the station and there was a freight every 10 mins , it was the best . Sad seeing the decline in traffic and railway infrastructure nowadays

Another great video of the area i spent many a happy time at cardiff covering the class 37's on the Rhymmney line and the 47's 50's and. 67's and 37's on the rugby specials with my son's Matthew and Ashley all captured on Vhs!!!🚦🚦🚝🚉🚞🚟🚂

Very good Mike cheers for another good video

Very good video of Newport with a mixture of freight, light engine & passenger trains.

excellent Mike. the whole railway scene has changed. Be interesting to see what changes now we are ,yet again, 'British Railways.

Great video!

I live in Australia now but doesn't many an hour at both Newport and Cardiff in the 80s. The endless stream if coal and iron trains all gone, tripe headed 37s and peaks on the trains to the north. Thanks for footage

Changed beyond recognition! Fond memories of Saturdays in schooldays, mid to late 1970's, touring Severn Tunnel Junction, Ebbw Vale and Canton, courtesy of a generous Father who took an interest in my hobby, as my Grandfather was formerly a driver at Bristol Bath Road depot!

Nice video. Really good 👍

I remember the old Newport and Cardiff back in the early 80’s - 37’s everywhere! Iron ore, oil trains, etc. Brilliant to see. Nice bit of footage but I am happy that I saw the old version of Newport.

Your right about the 170s Mike, they transferred about a dozen of these from GA to TfW some time ago. They seem to be in the same livery as well.

Good morning Mike.... Oh Newport and Cardiff, I remember years ago, those places used to be brilliant for freight..... How times have changed bud.

A shadow of it's former self, even 10 years ago was 'busy' but looking back at my notes from 1997 could spend a day from 0600 - 2100 on Newport and have up to 80 freight movements, coal, ore, loads of steel slab for Llanwern and loads of engineers and enterprise workings all of which are long gone.

I remember the days when there was a constant stream of coal trains going through these two stations, up until the 1980s. I also remember, up until the early 1960s, the old Alexandra Docks Railway, a separate line through Newport primarily for coal trains, all steam hauled, running from the Valleys down to the Docks. It used to go along the back of Redland Street then crossed Malpas Road and ran alongside Shaftesbury Street crossing the main railway line near the Castle before making its way down to the Docks.

Another good collection. Such a pity the catenary is so large, almost looks like a tunnel under zoom.

I noticed that @12:50 it was raining, were you able to stay dry under a canopy or were soaked wet while making this video?

At least there used to be some variety when Godfrey Road was open.

Fantastic video. It is truly a shame how times have changed though I cannot ignore the stations entangled in a metalwork mess. This country can’t design good catenary.

I’ve lived in the Cardiff area all my life and been a railway fan since 1981...my word, yes its changed! Nothing exciting to see anymore. No Double headed or triple headed Port Talbot to Llanwern Iron-ore trains, no coal trains anymore, no chemical tank trains to/from what was BP in Llandarcy, freight is nowhere near the levels it was in the 1980’s 😟Now we also have those awful IET’s as a shoddy, but expensive replacement for our great HST’s and catenary everywhere 😞🇬🇧 There is really nothing to see anymore, but I think that applies to most if not all of the network now.

nice clear video, good quality. Do you shoot in 4k?

Bet they had to drag the old 43s from the scrappers after the Hitachi fiasco using them on the penzance to padd also.

nice video Mike love the H S T'S & THE 56 DONT SEE MANY OF EITHER NOW and yes the O H W have really abliterated cardiff shame about that but im affraid times are a changing , well done mike stay safe matey A T B Syd :)

Ludicrously over engineered. I would not trust Notwork Rail to hang a washing line! Great video.

Where have all the dirty 37s gone !! Are the tunnels to the right at Newport still used ? Sad no stabling point there any more. Good to see 56 heading to Shrewsbury, off to join the 97s at Coleham . Not a patch on original Shrewsbury Sheds. Thanks for sharing. 👍😎🐢

56 shows even oldies can shift..impressive acceleration

While I agree it is nice to see the HST's in service, their light load of 4 coaches reminds me of the indignity suffered at the end of the Deltic's career when they were reduced to goods and semi-fast services....

Do you still have class 43's there??

I've never done Cardiff but I've been to Newport 3 times. Twice it was very busy with freight and once it was hardly anything. Seems you caught it on a bad day.

I lived in Cardiff up until 1989. It was great in the late 70s and 80s. Triple headed 37s on the iron ores,replaced by double 56s,then a single 59 and then 60s before it all vanished with the closure of Llanwern steelworks. We had plenty of oil traffic too with plenty of trains to Milford Haven. Coal and steel traffic was immense too. Mail trains as well. And to top all that off we had 25s on the Marches line, replaced by 33s then ETH 37s when the rancid 155s were all withdrawn. 31s latterly 33s on the Cardiff Portsmouth routes. Countless amounts of different DMU types as well if you liked them. Cardiff really was a trainspotters haven. It really is deplorable how all the major industries in South Wales have vanished. I still love Cardiff though. It has its moments tbf. And it's still busy for local trains. That we must atleast be thankful for. Great video Mike. I need a return visit myself tbh.

What fantastic customer service from the driver of 166206 at 1.55 (not!). How insulting to just waggle an admonitory finger at the three passengers who are obviously scuttling to catch the train. I thought the idea of a passenger service was to actually help the travelling public. Has the penalty regime become so harsh as to override the customer service principle of what used to be the most customer focused of all public transport systems?

Great footage Mike, but have to agree with most other comments that the "knitting" really spoils things visually.

the 56 was good wow!

GWR is the wrong bloody colour! Wheres the Brunswick Green and Chocolate and Cream?

Seems busy again,hear a lot of frieght going through late at night,im 5 mins from central and hear em all the time...must have been cos of covid

TFW forcing welsh on its English speaking customers. In many years of living in the principally I have never heard two pstrangers speak in anything but English. Loads must miss their train!

I can't think why there's no freight: according to the Daily Mail, Telegraph and the Sun, Britain is Booming! Although I do wonder if placing Trade Barriers in our way might possibly cause us a few problems down the line, as it were.... but hey ho, Blue Passports eh?! Wonder where all the freight went, though? Are the motorways full of heavily-laden trucks? Once the Australia deal is done there will be in increase of rail freight: millions of tons of Ozzie Beef, Lamb and Kangaroo for our supermarkets!

Not sure what you mean by terrible.The shocker that was May ( Wales wettest ever),or the dearth of FR8 workings from not so long ago.Still the B/W shots just added to the atmosphere. ANO pearler as they say around here.Stay safe.PJB

Cardiff and wot no pacers !