56053 Magor 14 March 1997

Train reporting headcodes ceased to be displayed on locomotives in 1976, and indeed later build classes, such as this Class 56 had no provision for displaying them. Therefore this a bit of a novelty, as 56053 Sir Morgannwg Ganol / County of Mid Glamorgan clearly has the train's headcode prominently displayed in the windscreen! It is pictured approaching Magor on 14 March 1997 with the 6C24 14:09 Parc Slip to Westbury Cement Works loaded MGR coal train. Celtic Energy had opened the Parc Slip loading point the previous year.