The Bristol Railway Archive

Long for the days when restoring an railway ment nicking an old loco from a museum and half hinching an old tramp's home for use as coaching stock?

Friday 1:55pm Chanel 4 is the place to be.

I don't know how much can be placed opn the "rumours" I heard regarding Shepton Mallet.

I heard vaguely the same story from a number of sources.

Basically the "grand scheme" was to extend the East Somerset Railway as far as Shepton Mallet.

I'm kind of thinking that's a bit difficult as some of ...

You have some interesting pics hidden away in those galleries.

Unfortunately not a onme of them has any info on loco, locality & date.

1. Request for photographs of Milverton station from the off-track side (i.e looking towards the station building).

Obviously this type of photo might be in someone's "family history" group of pics. You know the type - Uncle and new car arrives to collect nephew - etc.

Photo's of Hapsford Junction ...

This may be of some help (copied ad lib from the Britian's Lost Railways Yahoo Group)

BURLESCOMBE - WESTLEIGH QUARRIES

(single line 3ft-gauge ¥ miles) (Westleigh Quarry Tramway)
Opened

March 1875
Closed

1950
Stations

no passenger stations
Motive Power Depots

Great Fossend one-track shed ...