Peter Kerslake says "It's a wonder just how many mail bags the G.P.O. staff can get on to a trolly and this load on Cardiff's platform certainly look impressive!
It's 1964 and the penultimate year for Western Region steam but 5979 "Cruckton Hall", a Reading engine in earlier years but officially off Severn Tunnel Junction from August 1964, still retains its number and nameplates and looks reasonably well looked after in this view as it heads a freight through the station."