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By my reckoning running about 3 mins early through Charfield with the leading Loco Blowing off at the Saftey Valves.

Ooh goodie steam past the house pity they have closed the foot crossing will have to find another place to take shot from.

Keep it coming I love hearing about "our "station have you any photos of the inside of the box at charfield?

There was a trailing single slip on the up line but this move could potentially block both lines for a while, maybe this is the reason?

Horace, I didn't even realise I could access old OS maps online! I've spent an interesting hour looking at maps from 1887 onwards showing Charfield railway station. I suppose this is a bit off-topic but it does have to do with location of signal-boxes!
From at least as far back as 1928 (year of the ...

Horace, I didn't even realise I could access old OS maps online! I've spent an interesting hour looking at maps from 1887 onwards showing Charfield railway station. I suppose this is a bit off-topic but it does have to do with location of signal-boxes!
From at least as far back as 1928 (year of the ...

The shortwood sidings i am referring to.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/7716802684/

This must have been taken from the road that ran alongside the pub that was adjacent to the bridge.
Thats a very interesting photo, that I have seen a later photo, where this signal has been re ...

The sidings left at shortwood were i belive for the brickworks, which were midway between the westerleigh yard and Mang' north Junction.

stopblock wrote:They are for a community garden for the local community to use to grow their own veg. A temporary thing untill the land is built on.

That'll be nice, Veg with tastes of Derv and coal dust!

so is the branch owned by the quarry firm or network rail now? The line would make quite a nice preservation line too if the trees were cut back thers a nice view of Ladden valley and the old Moor.

I guess not everybody who lives in Thornbury would actually be travelling to Bristol though. There must be a fair few who may just want to go to Yate. There is quite likely a lot of toing and froing between the two places.

Yes very true Hattie, but then you'd still have to get the bus to the ...

The Line never was a busy passenger line it was found from an early time that it was quicker and cheaper to get a bus or "carriage" to bristol, and it still will be.
Dont get me wrong I would love to see the line reopen (not just to passengers), but why go from thornbury to yate then a "s " route to ...

Wont Happen......Grovesend tunnel is in private owner ship and the trackbed there is about 10 feet above the original anyway.

Just my two pence worth

Thank you Robin I will now enter negotiations with SWMBO !

What i meant was we didnt actually get many go on up to Gloucester, Living in yate Celestine road next to the line I dont recall seeing very many at all, except like i said on the tytherington line. I n fact in my old 1984 Abc I only have 17 underlined.

Hello Chris, during the late '80s, I was ...