wpw055470 WALES (1937). View of Newport showing town dock and warehouses, oblique aerial view. 5"x4" black and white glass plate negative.

I believe that large numbers of redundant steam (and some diesel) locomotives were scrapped at Cashmores, Newport - especially in the sixties, and possibly later. Would that work have been done at this site too, and was there still rail access to it after the old MRCC line was dismantled?

Yes there was rail access and a large coal distribution area on the town side of the octopus bridge right up to the time the yard closed. In 1966 there were lines of SR Merchant Navy class locos outside the wall of the yard awaiting scrapping. The line came from Maes Glas across Corporation Road via a level crossing and around to the remaining wharfs on the river side. Part of this line now forms the Hospital Car Park.