Subject: National Welsh R1348 (XWO 450J)
Chassis: Bristol RELL6L
Body: ECW B53F
Location: Pontypridd, Berw Road
Date: 12-Jun-1983

R1348 had been R171 and R3171 but despite many fleet number changes it was a long-term Aberdare resident, where this type were referred to as "Long Toms". The longer REs tended to be allocated to the workings that ran to Ynysybwl, probably as a legacy of when it was worked by double-deckers. This seemed to matter less as time passed and the level of patronage fell.

Photograph by courtesy of John Jones