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"The Hunslet Saddle Tank was clearly struggling against the 1 in 40 gradient up to Llantisilly No.4 Pit. The cacophony resounded and echoed round the valley as eruption after distinct eruption of thick black smoke and sparks arose from the chimney of the loco, with steam oozing from every imaginable crevice. The machine was filthy and war torn, possibly literally, as were the 25 National Coal Board Internal User wagons that clattered slowly up the hill behind it. This spectacle was not to...