150279 is dwarfed by the South Wales scenery, as it passes Tonypandy on 4 June 2000 with the 16:00 Treherbert to Newport Wales & West service. As this is the Rhondda Valley, it will be no surprise that this was once the site of a coal mine. Llwynypia Colliery (which closed in 1945) was situated in the background of this view.