Of course not Taffy Tanks as we recognise them,
they were however meant as replacements for the
Taff Vale Railways tank engines which hauled
coal to the docks at Cardiff, Barry and Swansea.
I am told they used to have problems on the tight
curves in colliery estate and most engine men
preferred to drive them bunker first allowing
the trailing pair to guide the engine into such
tight curves
Of course much war materiel and of course US
soldiers came in through the South Welsh ports
and could well have been pulled away from the
docks by Taffy Tanks and Collett's replacement's
Come on you guy's we got an invasion to get on with
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