What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Merthyr Tydfil.
Roughly 300 meters in elevation, the area around Loco at Brecon Mountain Railway features upland moorland typical of the South Wales coalfield geology. The name likely references a steam locomotive associated with the historic Brecon Mountain Railway, which matters as part of the region's industrial and transport heritage.
Places near here
Pontsticill railway stationHeritage place · 11 yd
Preserved locomotive and train, Pontsticill stationHeritage place · 15 yd
Pontsticill station, Brecon Mountain RailwayMountain or hill · 55 yd
Portable steam engine - Brecon Mountain Railway, PontsticillMountain or hill · 73 yd
Railway Museum, PontsticillHeritage place · 73 yd
Christmas tree at Pontsticill StationHeritage place · 87 yd
Pontsticill Junction Signal Box, Pontsticill Station, Brecon & Merthyr Railway; Pontsticill Junction Signal Box, Pontsticill Station, Brecon Mountain RailwaySignal Box · 121 yd
Dam and valve tower at PontsticillCastle, fort or tower · 397 yd
The valve tower and overflow weir at Pontsticill ReservoirCastle, fort or tower · 410 yd
Forest clearance west of Pontsticill ReservoirForest or wood · 599 yd
Old stone bridge below Pontsticill ReservoirStanding or carved stone · 871 yd
Twynau GwynionMountain / peak · 1715 ydOther information
Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0