It was on this day (19 October) in 1987 when Cymru endured one of its heaviest bouts of flooding in recorded history. Near Llandeilo, four people lost their lives when a passenger train going from Abertawe (Swansea) to Shrewsbury fell into a swollen Afon Tywi following the Glanrhyd Bridge being washed away.
The event took place in the morning at 7.15am during a regular crossing of the bridge by the Central Wales railway’s 5.27am Abertawe to Shrewsbury train. The victims were later named as Mr and Mrs W.B. Evans, Simon Penny and the driver Mr J M Churchill.
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