More timber rail freight.
 

Another UK timber trial project has seen a flow return to rail freight. A sawmill in Abergavenny in Wales has received its first load of rail-transported timber since 2004. The rebirth of the load is down to a partnership between Network Rail and freight operator Colas Rail.

The timber, felled in a forest in Bickleigh, south Devon, was loaded onto a Colas Rail freight train at Hackney Yard near Newton Abbot to be transported 92 miles (149 km) to Pontrilas Timber company in Abergavenny as part of a trial run, which could see the return of ‘log trains’ as a regular sight travelling on the railway along the south Devon coastline.

https://www.railfreight.com/railfrei...week%202022-08


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I lived for some years in Herefordshire and frequently passed the large Pontrilas Sawmills site. Seeing how close it was to the main line I often wondered if rail transport had been considered for its bulk timber requirements.
NB. It's not in Abergavenny. It's midway between Hereford and Abergavenny.