Heritage Railway

Happy 40th birthday gift for Blaenavon – a new brake van for restoration

AS IT enters its 40th year, Blaenavon’s Heritage Railway has acquired a new brake van for its‘Windcutter’ set thanks to one of its carriage and wagon volunteers.

When Matthew Harris heard that BR 20-ton brake van No. B955112

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