Steam train at Pembroke Dock

An enthusiastic crowd of all ages gathered around the Pembroke Dock railway crossing at 3pm on Sunday, October 20, to witness the Pembroke Coast Express steam train heading back towards Tenby and Whitland following its arrival at the south Pembrokeshire line’s most western station.
The Pembroke Coast Express recalls the 1950s days of named steam trains on the former Western Region of British Railways. The train ran from London Paddington through South Wales to the Pembroke Coast.
On a trip organised by The Railway Touring Company, The Pembroke Coast Express, hauled by Black 5 class locomotive No.44871 left Bristol Temple Meads soon after 8am to head for West Wales.
The train - its carriages a mixture of brown vintage and blue intercity coaches, switched to diesel power once at Carmarthen, from where it made its way to Tenby via Whitland, Narberth, Kilgetty and Saundersfoot stations, stopping at the seaside resort to set down passengers, before going on to Pembroke Dock.
Then it was back to steam power for the train’s departure from Pembroke Dock railway station, for the return journey, stopping again at Tenby to pick up passengers who left the train there.