Download or read book The Last of the Welsh Coal Trains written by Chris Davies and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-12 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During 2013 and 2014, coal accounted for 36 percent of all UK rail freight; by 2015, this plummeted as the top-up carbon tax doubled. South Wales is one of the last places in the UK where coal is still mined and dispatched by rail. This book looks at the last of the coaling operations, with 190 color images of coal trains.