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Sample BackTrack Page 648; 1962 Welsh Rail Rover. Bruce Oliver. 648-53.  Account of use of Freedom of Wales Rail rover ticket (First Class) in July 1962. Writer/photographer reproduces his day-by-day itineraries with map. Also reproduces some of the Cambrian Railways' parcels labels which could still be found. Tabulated statistics for tour. Illus.: 2251 class no 2218 arriving at Hay on Wye; County no 1010 County of Caernarvon passing through Bridgend; 5600 class no 6662 leaving Porthcawl; Castle no 7023 Penrice Castle entering Hereford; No 46510 at Three Cocks Junction (colour thus far: b&w thence forward): 74xx no 7439 at Llandeilo; Freedom of Wales map with places and lines visited; Rail Rover ticket for Wales; Somersault signal at Pengam; Luggage labels obtained on the tour.