Track layout diagrams covering the extensive network of lines around the docks at Cardiff, including the coal storage yards and transhipping arrangements to load ships. For many locations several diagrams are included, showing the changes made over the years from Victorian times to the 1990s, reflecting the changes made to accomodate changing traffic needs.

This new edition includes a small selection of photographs from around Cardiffs' docks, including views of ships in dock, dockside cranes and the coal loading tipples.