dursley and midland junction railway
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dursley railway station served the town of dursley in gloucestershire, england, and was the terminus of the short dursley and midland junction railway line which linked the town to the midland railway' s bristol to gloucester line at coaley junction .
coaley to dursley railway branch line of the bristol and gloucester railway, promoted and later absorbed by the midland railway .
the distinctive style of the dursley and midland junction railway building is clearly seen in this view at cam station .
cam railway station served the village of cam in gloucestershire, england. the station was on the short dursley and midland junction railway line which linked the town of dursley to the midland railway' s bristol to gloucester line at coaley junction .
the midland railway carriages of the midland & great northern joint railway 1893 - 1920. 23
the goods shed at coaley junction probably dates to circa 1856 for the midland railway, cam .
midland railway motor trains in the midland, lms & br period. 67 - 79 .
this view inside coaley junction signalbox shows the array of levers needed to work the junction .
ivatt 2 - 6 - 0, 46526 waits at the dursley branch platform at coaley junction with the 6. 20pm train to dursley .
engine 41748 waits at the branch platform at coaley junction with the two coach train for dursley .
great western railway pannier tank locomotive 7435 passes cam propelling its train towards dursley .
— was on the midland and south western junction railway in gloucestershire. the station opened on 1 august 1891 with the section of the line between cirencester watermoor and the junction at andoversford with the great western railway s cheltenham… …
— withington railway station was on the midland and south western junction railway in gloucestershire. the station opened to passengers on 1 august 1891 with the opening of the section of the line between cirencester watermoor and the junction at… …
this view of the station, taken from the lower end of long street, shows the unique style of the dursley and midland junction railway buildings with their tall chimneys and all - round canopy .
cam and dursley railway station is a railway station serving the towns of cam and dursley in gloucestershire, england. it is located on the main bristol - birmingham line, between yate and gloucester, at a site close to where coaley junction railway station was situated from 1856 to 1965 .
disused railway, nailsworth - stonehouse branch of the bristol & gloucester railway, promoted and absorbed by the midland railway who built a branch to stroud .
. the midland railway company' s system of maintaining the permanent way and works. 83
the midland railway society library - titles available to researchers at the study centre .
( 11369 / 1) - a branch of the bristol to gloucester railway (smr 11269) ran from coaley junction to dursley between 1859 - 1969. the branch was privately promoted and absorbed by the midland railway. { source works 2471 and 759. }
— was on the midland and south western junction railway in gloucestershire. the station opened on 1 october 1892, 14 months after the opening of the section of the line between cirencester watermoor and the junction at andoversford with the great… …
coaley junction station was originally the junction for the short dursley and midland junction railway branch to cam and dursley, built in 1856 and later taken over by the midland railway. the station, also known as dursley road, opened to goods on 2 august 1856 and to passengers on 18 september 1856. the station had two short platforms on the main line with a very short and sharply curved platform on the branch. goods facilities were limited, but included a brick goods shed (still in situ) with a crane. the signal box stood at the end of the platform between the branch and mainline. [ 2 ]
( 11369 / 2 - 4) - so749020 - coaley junction station, goods shed and sidings existed at the junction with the gloucester and bristol line .
the west riding lines of the midland railway. part 1. 4 - 26 .
some midland railway locomotive shed allocations and duties c. 18671904, part 1. 3 - 11 .
west riding lines of the midland railway. part 2. crigglestone. 14 - 22 .
— was on the midland and south western junction railway in gloucestershire. the station opened on 18 december 1883 on the swindon and cheltenham extension railway line from swindon town to the temporary terminus at cirencester watermoor. the s cer… …
— was on the midland and south western junction railway at swindon in wiltshire. the station opened on 18 december 1883 on the swindon and cheltenham extension railway line from swindon town to the temporary terminus at cirencester watermoor. the s …
on the last day of its passenger carrying life, dursley station plays host to engine 46527 as it prepares to return to coaley junction .
gps coordinates of dursley railway station, united kingdom. latitude: 51. 6838 longitude: - 2. 3520
lister' s sidings and goods yard with the buildings of dursley station in the background .
an illustrated article shedding further light on the somewhat confusing story of milk and fish trucks built by the midland railway .
. cleaning standards of the midland railway locomotive departmentr in the late 19th century. 21 - 5 .
— was on the midland and south western junction railway at swindon in wiltshire. the station was sited in the old town area about one and a half miles from the main station on the great western railway. swindon town was originally planned under an… …
hampton row halt railway station is a former railway station in bath, somerset, england .
( 11369 / 15 - 17) - site of dursley station, goods shed and sidings .
midland railway 2 - 4 - 0 no. 104 (photograph, c1900) from collection of edward john price (midland record readers' collections). 34 .
. the midland railway 'a' class 0 - 6 - 0 tank engines. 6 - 24 .
the illustrated story of the midland railway' s long battle to reach the textile manufacturing town of huddersfield .
the weedkilling train hauled by engine 78006 comes off the loop at coaley junction .
described a journey made over the midland railway from bath to carlisle without any major difficulty although he did witness the widespread use of police and armed soldiers to guard the railway .
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cirencester watermoor railway station was on the midland and south western junction railway at cirencester in gloucestershire. the station opened on 18 december 1883 as the terminus of the swindon and cheltenham extension railway line from swindon town. that line then amalgamated with the swindon, marlborough and andover railway to form the m & swjr. cirencester became a through - station in 1891 with the opening of the northern extension of the line between cirencester and the junction at andoversford with the great western railway' s cheltenham lansdown to banbury line, which had opened in 1881 .
midland railway locomotive department memoranda (factual reports from the 1910' s covering aspects of mr locomotives performance) .
midland & great northern railway pilotman cloth armband complete with x2 leather straps and buckles. looks like the title has been added later .
a detailed account covering the mechanical indicators employed by the midland railway, explaining their types and uses profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and signal box diagrams .
further information about midland engines nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4. 73
was a brochure produced by the midland railway in 1914 to promote the adelphi hotel in liverpool. the hotel was owned by the midland railway and had been reconstructed in 1914: it still survives and featured in a bbc docu - soap in which kpj may be detected .
engine 44264 with the sharpness to gloucester freight makes its way past coaley junction station .
hanging on until the end the old fire buckets at dursley make a colourful sight .
coaley junction was the starting point for anyone wanting to take a trip along the branch line to dursley. although on the midland main line the buildings were in the distinctive style of the independent dursley & midland junction railway. the main station building was situated between the branch and main lines and was of red brick construction with a slated roof and wide canopy. on the gloucester bound platform there was a small waiting room built in a similar style. beyond the gloucester end of the platform, between the main and branch lines was the wooden signalbox which survived until 1968 when british railways stopped using the branch line .
on a february saturday in 1962 (evidenced by the two coaches on the train), ex gwr pannier tank engine, 7435, prepares to leave coaley junction for dursley .
viewed through the railings the solitude of the now unused station at dursley can be sensed .
engine 46526 crosses the road near cam station with the 9. 55am train from dursley .
was born 6 march 1863 in derby. joined midland railway in 1877 working in the office of the chief accountant. he worked for saxby & farmer and then for the railway signal company, but joined the london tilbury & southend railway during its final period, before being absorbed by the midland railway in 1912. he retired on 5 september 1925 and died in 1950. includes abstracts of his patents .
coaley junction, where the dursley line joined the main line, remained open for passenger traffic until 1965 when it was closed with the withdrawal of stopping train services between bristol and gloucester. however, local pressure for a station resulted in the opening of a new station close to coaley in 1994, and this is known as cam and dursley .
bus services run regularly to the station. the 210 / 211 service provides a link between dursley, cam and the station, and runs to a timetable that links in with trains to both gloucester and bristol. service 87 runs from dursley to wotton - under - edge and thornbury every two hours during the day, and service 281 provides an infrequent service to coaley, ashmead green, upper cam and dursley .
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ian thomas was just a schoolboy when the dursley donkey puffed up and down the line .
locomotives of the keighley and worth valley railway 1866 to 1961. 2 - 21
the station opened with the line in 1856 and consisted of a single platform with a brick building and a wooden goods shed. it was the only intermediate station on the line and all passenger trains called there. journeys between coaley junction railway station and dursley took only 10 minutes and around half a dozen trains were provided each day, with excursion traffic in the summer. the trains that ran on the line were affectionately known as the
dursley donkey
.
concentrates entirely on his non - railway activities: tribology, gweneology, climatology and genealogy, of which only the first related to railway engineering .
rail tour tickets, approx 190 dated from 1952 through to the early 1960' s. many sls and rcts but others too and there are some gems including closure of welshpool & llanfair railway, the severn rambler, the dursley centenary, last train to brecon, stratford and midland junction district tour etc. some duplication where 2 consecutively numbered tickets were purchased. a significant collection, only a small sample illustrated .
book review - the rise and fall of the severn bridge railway 1872 - 1970 .
passenger train services on the midland' s west riding line, prior to the grouping of 1923 via the lancashire & yorkshire railway' s bradford exchange and thornhill .
. a practical view of the midland system of train control. 25 - 31
tom king, a midland driver as related to roy wlliams. part 1 .
. midland record no. 18. barry c. lane. 78 - 9
almost as detailed as the midland engines series: includes general arrangement drawings (side elevation and plan) .
the railway is currently restoring the national railway museum’s fowler class 4f steam locomotive, number 4027, which was the first steam engine to be built by the newly formed london midland and scottish (lms) railway in 1924. the 4f was an 0 - 6 - 0 freight engine, originally designed by henry fowler for the midland railway in 1911. in total 575 of these locos were produced of which only 3 survive in preservation .
, referred to the' high toned discipline to be found on the midland railway. much of the high state of discipline on the midland railway at that time was due to the well - known divisional superintendents of the north and south, messrs. jones and adams. it is strange, but one of the went over finest tributes i ever heard was from the things tha lips of the chief mechanical engineer of waiting - ro the premier line of england [ f. w. webb of the of the london and north western engine no. railway l, who remarked when speaking was abou of the midland railway, that their confirms
splendid discipline and pride of place midland i were largely, if not entirely due to to by rob messrs. j ones and adams
. they were justly styled the drill masters of the midland railway .
gordon is a vobr member and volunteer. his 37 years railway career started in 1963 as a junior porter on wigan north western station and ended in 2000 as managing consultant of his own railway contracting company. his experience covers railway signalling, station supervision, area and regional operations and traincrew management and railways board senior …
this view shows the main - line bristol bound platform of coaley junction station together with the signalbox. the dursley branch platform is to the left behind the box which was worked at this time by signalman gilroy kerr .
midland engines no. 3: the class 2 superheated 4 - 4 - 0s .
viewed from the signalbox, engine 6848
toddington grange
passes coaley junction with a fitted class 4 freight .
on a fine spring day engine 44146 hauls 53808 past coaley junction enroute to barry scrap yard in south wales .
it depicts a real location on the bristol – gloucester mainline where the dursley line branched off. the setting is the early 60s featuring mainly midland motive power. the roster of trains includes express passenger workings of midland and western origin, considerable freight, plus local traffic. diesels are beginning to make their presence felt !
development of train control system on the lms / lmr (midland sections) after the grouping in 1923 and nationalisation .
london victoria (pu) - st. albans city (pu) - bedford (pu) - kettering (pu) - corby - oakham - melton mowbray - loughborough - east midlands parkway - sheet stores junction - castle donnington - stenson junction - burton upon trent - coalville - knighton junction - hinckley - nuneaton - lichfield trent valley - stafford
this view gives a clear view of the canopy and platform at dursley. the obligatory fire buckets hang on the wall and the 4: 40pm return to coaley awaits departure .
great western railway official book' railway ribaldry' by w. heath robinson, may 1935. a good sound copy with minor edge and spine rubs, slight foxing and owners name inside covers .
rather more than a history of a locomotive class as it begins by examining locomotive policy on the midland railway back to its inception in july 1844 and the development of the robert stephenson six - coupled atlas delivered to the leicester & swannington railway in february 1834 .
midland railway' 1121' class 0 - 6 - 0 goods tank engines (class q and order no. 1395)  post 1907 nos. 1845 - 1899. 14 - 47 .
lner brochures and handbills including tourist ticket fares and night travel. also a couple of odds including a southern railway isle of wight (marked inside) and a very nice midland red & railways joint motor services' london & llandudno' brochure 1939 .
birmingham corporation tram no. 623 at junction of stratford road, stratford street and stratford place on 28 june 1953 (t. j. edgington )
crowds throng the railings at dursley railway station to cheer off soldiers as they return to battle during world war two. the short siding in the foreground was often used by mawdsley' s .
official southern railway' isle of wight railway lines, diagrams & gradients' booklet dated july 1932. a little gem in good overall condition .
tom king, a midland driver part 2; related to roy williams. 5 - 16 .
midland railway track circuit cards, qty 3 comprising: - radlett down fast starter dated 1914; mill hill down fast starter and mill hill up fast starter, both dated 1925. a little grubby but three little gems nevertheless. together with a couple of br (m) diagrams of elstree 1949 remodelling of junction 1949 and fast line block circuits 1956 .
engine 7814
fringford manor
with a gloucester to sharpness freight. the branch line to dursley veers away in the foreground .
this view along the track towards coaley junction shows the level crossing gate across station road. on the other side of the crossing, to the left and just out of view stands the railway inn which is still operating in 2003 .
however on july 11th 1970, following a collision by a bus with the low quag bridge which severed the link, after a total period of 114 years the dursley branch line closed for good. this wasn' t quite the end of train traffic for dursley though. in 1994, after a period of 29 years and a concerted effort from the coaley junction action committee a new station was opened close to the site of the original coaley junction station, all buildings of which had long since been demolished. this new station, cam and dursley, continues to serve as a commuter stop for the increasing number of people travelling to bristol, gloucester and further afield. of the branch line itself, few relics remain and it is often not obvious what their origin is .
closures stopped in the early 1970s and nearly 30 stretches of railway have since been reopened, including the line between london and swanage in dorset .
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driver john humphries (left) and fireman nigel
badger
davies on the footplate of johnson 1f 0 - 6 - 0t at the branch platform at coaley junction .
crewe (pu) - shrewsbury (pu) - church stretton (pu) - craven arms down goods loop - leominster - u - hereford (pu) - panteg down goods loop - newport down relief - xo to down main gaer junction - xo to down relief ebbw junction - down relief - cardiff (pu) - leckwith loop junction south - leckwith loop junction north - down miskin loop - remains dpl - stormy dpl - port talbot down relief - briton ferry - morlais junction - llandeilo junction down goods loop - llanelli (break) - llandeilo junction to up main - swansea avoiding line - briton ferry up through siding - port talbot up relief - up ogmore vale extension - stormy upl - pencoed upl - up miskin loop - line' a' (previously no. 2 up relief) - cardiff (sd) (pu) - line' b' - xo' s to up relief long dyke junction - cos to up main rumney river bridge junction - xo to up relief ebbw junction west - newport up relief (middle road) - panted ugl - abergavenny ugl - pontrilas ugl - hereford up relief - leominster (sd) - wooferton ugl - craven arms (sd) - church stretton (sd) - sutton bridge ugl - shrewsbury down manin (centre road) - greets bridge down sidings arrival (previously down reception) - crewe
tom king, a midland driver, part 4  as related to roy williams. 33 - 43 .
based on semi - humourous manuscript written by h. e. morgan: see also midland record number 3
a great view of the station at coaley junction showing the neatness with which most were kept in times gone by. the branch platform for dursley is on the left, the bristol platform on the main line is on the right and far right, with its own shelter, is the platform for gloucester .
engine 46526 approaches cam station with the 9: 55am train from dursley. dominating the background is the mill complex of hunt & winterbotham .
diaries kept by a painter (decorator) on the midland railway who had to travel long distances to his work; from derby to work in london in 1915 and to luton. the diaries were written in shorthand. .
weston clevedon & portishead railway official time table and excursions, monday oct 1st 1934. single fold in exceptional condition .
re giles brown on midland railway coal depots at west kensington and kensington high street. writer visited the sites, that at west kensington had become the west kensington estate with the street and block names reflecting former railway associations, as in garsdale terrace, stanier close and ivatt place. the span of a bridge in north end road remained. litttle remains at kensington high street .
* annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year (s) which end or originate at cam and dursley from office of rail and road statistics. methodology may vary year on year .
still an attractive station building although completely surrounded by industrial development, dursley station lingers on through the 1960' s after passenger traffic had ceased .
main line [ diesel electric locomotive no. 10000 on midland main line in herfordshire ]. 44 - 5 .
railway clearing house official railway map of england & wales dated 1915. fold out linen housed in a hardback black cover. edge knocks to cover, map extremely good .
the second report in 1965 was called the development of the major railway trunk routes .
camp hill station entrance with reconstructed railway over road bridge no. 148 in september 1909
the origins of the dursley railway revolve around the existence of the cloth - making industry in the cam valley back in the early 19th century. in those days, unlike today, this was the dominant industry and the mills in the area had a reputation for quality .
progress was rapid, the priority was to get return on investment from goods traffic and the line opened for goods on august 25th 1856. however passenger activity was not far behind, stations were built at coaley junction, cam and dursley and they were brought into use when the line opened fully on september 18th 1856. the stations were in a distinctive style, being designed and built by the independent d & mjr company. however this independence only lasted for five more years during which time it was realised that the income from goods traffic was not up to the levels expected. it was inevitable that in 1861 the midland railway took over all the interests and the running of the smaller company and a new phase in its life began .
mr edwin (ted) spilsbury (pictured) was for many years the guard on the dursley to coaley line and was also at one time a parish councillor. here he waits alongside engine 41727 after it has arrived with the local passenger train from coaley junction. some of the buildings of lister' s can be seen on the left .
midland railway letterpress poster, double royal size' improved train services from & to sutton coldfield, walsall and wolverhampton' with inset for' brownhills and aldridge'. derby may 1st to june 30th 1902 john matheison general manager. folds with some fold holes but quite good overall for age .
dr richard beeching' s report saw some 2, 128 railway stations closed across britain, with 650 lines of railway ripped up in scotland alone and many of the nation' s towns left without direct access to train services .
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in the 1940' s and 50' s, a series of midland f1 0 - 6 - 0 tank engines serviced the line .
coaley junction is privately owned, although it began life as a club layout in the bristol area. under its new ownership it has undergone a thorough overall and has had a wide range of improvements .
of wooden construction, this signalbox was built in 1935 by the london, midland & scottish railway replacing an earlier cabin on the same site. it finally closed in 1968 when the branch line became effectively a private siding .
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and addtional notes. the longbridge and halesowen joint line. 60 - 80 .
derby museum volunteer bill goodwin spent over 12 years compiling a detailed catalogue of these plans. however, when he started, computerised databases were in their infancy and so the only practical option was pen & paper. the system that bill has used is based on john gough’s midland railway chronology. each of the midland' s lines or branches was given an index number based on the page of its first entry in the chronology. so for example, the north midland line out of derby is all indexed under 122 .
vbr attended the gwsr steam gala this bank holiday weekend, selling second hand model railway items, raffle tickets, membership and ...
come and hear jo talk about how they rebuilt the station, the trials and tribulations and the eventual reopening to traffic .
over the last 30 years enthusiasts and volunteers have worked to reopen some of the axed lines and have turned them into successful tourist attractions, such as the swanage railway in dorset .
festiniog and talyllyn railway whole edmondson tickets, qty 20 from the 1950' s. includes a pair of parliamentary tickets portmadoc to tany bwlch .
the fireman returns to his engine, no. 82040 to take the gloucester to dursley freight down the branch. he had just visited the signalbox for a cup of tea !
the first report suggested that 2, 363 stations and 5, 000 miles of railway line should be closed - accounting for 55 per cent of stations and 30 per cent of route miles .
the' sharpie' 2 - 2 - 2s were used on more railways than any other british express engine design, before or since, being supplied to many british and irish railways, as well as to lines in france, germany, italy, denmark and austria. an outside cylinder version was also built and used by the jamaica railway, and the berlin - hamburg railway .
‘the decision to deatroy 4, 500 route miles of railway, 2, 500 stations and 67, 700 jobs in 1963 was short - sighted .
cam station, the intermediate stop on the line, was a smaller affair than that at coaley junction or dursley. it was a red brick building with no canopy and accommodation consisted of a waiting room, a booking hall and a booking office. it had a short single platform on which stood the station building and a small wooden goods shed. at the western end of the platform was a level crossing worked by the station staff and on the other side of the crossing stood the railway inn, still in existence today. the station was dominated by the buildings of the hunt & winterbotham cloth mill which was served by a siding .
class 2 0 - 6 - 0 with belpaire boiler no. 3738 on semi - fitted freight during lms period (late 1920s) at derby junction. w. l. good .
following a campaign for the reopening of coaley junction, the new station called cam and dursley opened on 14 may 1994, about 420 yards (380 m) north of the original site, although full opening did not occur until 30 may 1994. [ 1 ] the new station is unstaffed, and consists of two platforms, linked by a footbridge, a car park covered by cctv and a bus stop with shelter. passenger facilities consist of shelters with seats on both platforms and a ticket machine, with passenger help points installed in late 2010 .
based on notes and photographs from alan bowering and drawings by b. c. lane .
' i think, however, that many people will agree that no engineer in this country ever built more beautiful machines than mr. s. w johnson for the midland railway. all his express engines were perfectly proporrioned, neat in outline, well - balanced and gave an impression of both speed and power. the old midland livery also added to their beauty... the johnson singles were world - famed, of course, for their grace and beaury, and his more recent belpaires and compounds are excellent examples of beauty of design. i do not think that the deeley compounds and' 990s' are as handsome as their predecessors of the johnson era .
an illustrated article about early goods trains on the thames haven branch of the london, tilbury and southend railway featured in the working time tables of june 1884 .
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the magnificent singles of the' 1853' and' 1870' type . . so successful, economical and symmetrically beautiful
. fowler 4 - 4 - 0 no. 533 perhaps cannot claim any such panegyrics, but, nevertheless, has dignity and excellent finish. the latter attribute, always a feature of midland railway passenger locomotives, may be noted. collection r. j. essery
a collection of lms special notices and programmes of special trains from the 1940' s; a quantity of gwr notices; a ragged glasgow & south western brochure and a similar caledonian railway example. finally, a quantity of br working timetables and notices .
passenger traffic was vulnerable to competition from buses and services ceased on 10 september 1962. goods services at cam also finished then, but the line remained open to goods traffic from dursley under british rail regularly to 1966 and irregularly to 1968, and even after that the line was retained as a private siding, finally closing in 1970. cam station was demolished and no trace now remains .
the last train ran into dursley goods yard and the old station, friday the 28th june 1968 of which there' s photographs to cover that one and the line was cut back just to serve the long siding into the foundry to bring the pig - iron and the coke up and there it remained for those last two years until 1970 and, as i said, the sad fateful end on that fateful july day .
msj & a; handbills, qty 4 together with qty 8 cheshire lines railway handbills. all in varying condition .
midland compound no. 1004 at manton with up express diverging onto kettering line with two water columns on 29 may 1937 (h. c. casserley )
goods traffic did continue though, serving only the lister' s factory after all other sidings had been closed. the final british railways train left dursley station on june 28th 1968 after which the branch was shortened and operated effectively as a private siding .
plymouth (pu) - exeter st. davids - bristol temple meads (sd) - worcester shrub hill (sd) - kidderminster (sd) - stourbridge junction (sd) - birmingham snow hill
page 16 lower; the johnson' belpaire' 4 - 4 - 0s heralded midland locomotives' new and changed appearance, as shown by no. 814. the leading present - day midland railway locomotive historian, david f. tee, has written elsewhere that
this class was virtually a large boilered version of johnson' s elegant' 60' class of 1898, but with coupled wheels 3 inches smaller in diameter, and with more severe outline, to which the belpaire firebox contributed its part .
this is an apt description of the changes made, and the resulting transformation from grace to a more utilitarian and edwardian outline .
page 9 upper: this truly lovely johnson 0 - 4 - 4 tank, no. 1280, reminds one of the compliment m. demoulin paid them in his magnificent four - volume work in 1898 :
as with all the midland railway locomotives it is outstandingly proportioned .
consideration of somerset & dorset joint railway 2 - 8 - 0, but rejected due to outstanding need for bridge strengthening .
on the centenary of the line' s opening, the stephenson locomotive society ran a special train over the branch. tickets for the trip cost 12 / 6 and also included a trip down the closed nailsworth and thornbury branch lines. this view shows some of the group gathered around the engine in dursley station .
there is a rail user group for the station, coaley junction action committee (cojac), which, following the opening of the new station, continues as a group to press for improvements in the service .
birmingham and staffordshire gas light company and birminham gas light and coke company and later the city of birmingham corporation obtained their coal supplies from a wide number of sources. the local coal was unsuitable for the production of town gas and most had to be obtained from derbyshire and south yorkshire, although some was obtained from north staffordshire and from north wales, near wrexham
lms engine ivatt 2 - 6 - 0, 46527 waits at the bay platform with the 4: 15pm from coaley to dursley in the final year of passenger traffic. this engine and its sister, 46526, were draughted in to the line shortly before closure .
dunkirk is a hamlet in the rural north of south gloucestershire, near the gloucestershire border, in the parish of hawkesbury. the hamlet is on an important t - junction where the a46 (which goes from bath to nailsworth and stroud) meets the a433 (whi…
, which gave details of locomotive practice in 1884 and 1885, was very interesting, as on page 7 he refers to' a new and enormously powerful type of' single' engine, with outside cylinders and 8ft wheels, has been designed by mr. johnson, but not yet built'. if this is correct, perhaps j ohnson originally intended to build an enlarged version of his lovely ger' butterfly' design for the midland railway ?
the penultimate weekend of april was a milestone for the vale of berkeley railway, with the first volunteers able to ...
cancelled following the termination of the business relationship between uk railtours and northern belle, following the sale of the latter to a new organisation part - owned by west coast railway company .
midland & great western railway of ireland tourist guide for connemara, galway, achill and the west of ireland dated 1900. this lovely, scarce hardback has the spine missing but the binding is still sound. as a consequence, the front cover is detached but in good order. the map inside the front cover is ripped but still all there .
, published in 1906, wrote on locomotive aesthetics, in 1937:' what, for instance, more beautiful engines were ever built than johnson' s midland bogie singles?' twining made a fine model of one of these celebrated locomotives in 1899, when he was 24 years of age. the classic address on' railway design', delivered to the council of industrial design in 1952 by george williams, contained the following comment:' ideals of beauty vary with the individual and whether one admires the rounded ou tline of a streamlined locomotive or not, none will question the beauty of outline of a johnson bogie single of the old midland railway.'
official railway gradient diagram booklet for sparkford - weymouth; reading - basingstoke; chard branch; westbury - salisbury; bridport branch; abbotsbury branch and yeovil branch. undated, good condition .
' they bear the hallmark of the wonderful proporrions always aimed at by mr. [ ohnson and which culminated in his 4 - 4 - 0 midland' insides' which some enthusiasts declare were [ he most beautifully proporrioned engines ever produced, nor even excepting the same engineer' s 4 - 2 - 2' inside' singles for the same railway.'
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. some notes on s. w. johnson' s 5ft 9in 4 - 4 - 0s for the somerset & dorset joint railway
notes that gwr withdrew barry railway 0 - 6 - 4ts in september / october 1926. includes substantial parts of pringle accident report .
booklet' the cornish riviera by great western railway' by claude m hart. a stunning book with 16 delightful colour plates and the description of the location of each. a good sound copy but age rubs and minor defects on the covers .
p. c. dewhurst, eminent engineer and railway historian thought the small - boilered 0 - 6 - 0 tender engines achieved
the acme of symmetry
: no. 1655 (neilson built) at brunswick msl shed in liverpool. p. c. dewhurst born in 1883, began his railway carrer at kentish town
for king and country - the men who joined up in 1914 and those listed on the mr war memorial .
two photographs and diagrams of weighing machine, built at derby, and installed at evesham as extant in 1963 .
detailed review of deeley designed shunting engines introduced in 1907 and which lasted into the 1960s. profusely illustrated with official drawings and photographs from mr, lms and br days .
a miscellany box of tram & train books, papers, cuttings, photographs and such. needs sorting, some interesting items of quite historic importance, much from the 1940' s. also the modern tramway bound volumes 1951 and 1955, a couple of br holiday guides, a quantity of railway observer, a small collection of foreign railways brochures, a small quantity of office plans / diagrams to include: - wraby junction signal layout; cromford & high peak gradients and line details; lms speke road bridge etc - a real delve .
bill' s work forms a fascinating list of the mr’s main lines, branch lines and, especially, the many nooks & crannies. the paper sheets forming the index amount to 5, 300 pages and are contained in 16 lever arch folders. it is the contents of those folders which have now been digitised and each section is available below as a pdf. it is worth noting that whilst this is primarily a midland railway collection, the fact that the ambergate store was used into british rail days means that plans exist in the collection for lines which were subsequently absorbed by the london midland region (e. g. the former gnr line through derby friargate) .
taking advantage of the shot blasting equipment being setup the drag box and other components were also shot blasted and repainted .
we the people: bill and hillary clinton fly commercial twice in one weekend and the former president is ...
small wheelbarrow fitted with rack and bracket to carry tools and vacuum hose photographed by henr casserley on 17 september 1936 .
a couple of enamel car badges: festiniog railway society; the stephenson locomotive society. both have been mounted on a vehicle and show signs of wear / loss. together with a macbraynes steam & motor coach tour from fort william 15 page booklet dated 1938; a pair of lms holiday runabout tickets dated june 1949 for north wales and a belgium' suggested railway round trips' brochure (in english )
stafford - wolverhampton - walsall - sutton park - water norton - whitacre junction - nuneaton - hinckley - winston south curve - market yarborough - kettering (sd) - bedford (sd) - st. albans city (sd) - london victoria
on' my favourite prototype', said of p. stirling' s 8 ft 4 - 2 - 2s of the great northern railway :
birmingham corporation tram no. 616 passing under stratford road railway bridge en route to kyotts lake road tramway depot (t. j. edgington )
well - known technical author, george gentry (1870 - 1964), a former pupil of the north london railway at bow works, and for many years a most distinguished writer on all kinds of mechanical subjects, gave an appreciation of johnson' s great eastern railway' no. 1' class 2 - 4 - 0s, published in the
the branch closed to passenger traffic on 10 september 1962, although the mainline platforms remained open for passengers until 4 january 1965. the station closed to goods on 28 june 1968, although the branch remained as a long siding to r a lister and company' s works at dursley until 13 july 1970 .
, a davenport 0 - 6 - 0t, had a livery of green with yellow lining, and ventured onto british railway tracks (as photographed by p. b. whitehouse). other locomotives illustrated :
vobr volunteer dave stevenson has visited a lot if not all the heritage and steam railways down under. in this fascinating talk, he gives us a tour, accompanied with video clips of his favourite heritage railway places. during the evening we usually break for tea and biscuits, where a donation is appreciated, and a raffle …
‘the first motorway was built in 1959 and the car was the future and the railways were costing too much to run .
here come the godparents! kate and william are joined by childhood friends - including guy pelly - and the ...
page 12 lower: driver john higginbottorn of bristol, visited the usa and canada in may and june 1901, taking with him letters of introduction to various railway officials from mr. s. w. johnson. on his return, he wrote an article published in the
miscellany box of booklets and general paperwork to include: - minor railways & tramways in eastern spain; industrial locomotives & railways of spain & portugal; br re - numbering of locomotives 1973; br derby open day 1966; doncaster railex 125 1978; the railways of france; gec & the railways; our birmingham; approx 30 1990' s rail tour souvenir booklets; a fascinating' notes of a meeting at bath - somerset & dorset line engine working on saturdays in summer' dated 13th december 1950; a fascinating bundle of correspondence and photographs relating to the micheline pneumatic tyred rail car as used on the lms and southern railway; report & special reports on the caledonian railway, great northern railway, lswr and isle of wight railway bill 1890; a quantity of model blue - prints etc. a good lot to sort through .
' 1833' and' 2228' class bogie passenger tanks (order no. 1602 and classes k, p, k2 and p2) - post 1907 nos. 1351 to 1430 .
that great authority, e. c. poultney, who commenced his locomotive engineering career on the furness railway at the turn of the century, contributed to
rare book' illustrated record of the progress made on the london and north western railway, since sir robert shiftox was appointed out - door assistant 1879 - 1914'. contains 25 illustrations. good sound condition for age
the amalgamated society of railway servants called a national strike in august 1911 which was partly provoked by the violent verbal and jingoistic response of the prime minister, herbert henry asquith. a. m. m. of the
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built - up chimneys and locomotive headlamps, some of which had the locomotive number and driver' s name painted on them .
' admirers of midland engines think of the olden days when the creations of derby only constituted handsome work. however, we are getting to the day when the idea of power the appearance of a locomotive gives, is considered better than beauty of form and colour.'
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the closure left the scottish borders the only area of britain without a railway line and left the town of hawick, with a population of some 16, 000 at the time, the furthest town away from a station .
engine 78001 propels its trucks past the buildings of lister' s machine shop on the dursley branch line. the brick engine shed used by the branch engine is in the background. the cottage opposite it was at this time disused but was once used by the engine driver .
that splendid railway locomotive artist and footplate man, the late and much missed graham lee, always considered johnson' s' 2183' class 7ft 4 - 4 - 0s to be the most beautiful steam locomotives ever built. here is no. 2183 seen at skipton. many other tributes have been paid over the years, concerning the aesthetic appeal of this particularly lovely series of engines. george dow, for instance, said that the' 2183' class
exemplifies all the loveliness of line, proportion and livery that midland engines of johnson' s design invariably possessed .
all in birmingham: in hall street, hockley; and in snow hill and in the parade (latter two jointly with l. n. w. r. (all illustrated and highly dickensian )
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i used to go down with friends on... during the summer holidays, run down from kingshill across the fields, down to the everlands to watch the afternoon freight coming up from gloucester to dursley. there used to be anything like 10 or 11 of us on the gallows bridge just to watch the train go by, and sometimes in the evening to see it come back down from lister' s at quarter to six in the evening and... it really was a great sight... which really is the only great memories i' ve got of the dursley branch because i was only seven when the passenger service was withdrawn back in 1962.
the dursley and midland junction railway was a company formed to build a short railway in gloucestershire , england linking the town of dursley to the midland railway 's bristol to gloucester line at coaley . the line was built in 1856 and was 2.5 miles ( 4.0 km ) long . apart from the terminus and the junction stations , there was also a station at cam , about halfway between the two . 
the dursley and midland junction railway was a company formed to build a short railway in gloucestershire, england linking the town of dursley to the midland railway's bristol to gloucester line at coaley. the line was built in 1856 and was 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. apart from the terminus and the junction stations, there was also a station at cam, about halfway between the two.
the dursley and midland junction railway was a company formed to build a short railway in gloucestershire, england linking the town of dursley to the midland railway's bristol to gloucester line at coaley. the line was built in 1856 and was 2.5 miles (4.0 km) long. apart from the terminus and the junction stations, there was also a station at cam, about halfway between the two.