West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines: Second Edition

West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines: Second Edition

Neil Parkhouse

328 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

ISBN13 : 9781911038405

£30.00

After visiting the engine shed, we leave Templecombe and continue northwards to Evercreech Junction, leaving the main line to travel along the branch to Highbridge and Burnham-on-Sea and the line to Wells. We resume the journey north from Evercreech Junction over the steep climb to Masbury and finally reach Bath after a journey of 71½ miles, passing over the GWR London – Bristol line before arriving at Green Park station. There we also visit the Somerset & Dorset’s principal engine shed.

West Gloucester & Wye Valley Lines: Second Edition - Sample Images

No. W19W again at the Up platform on 11th July 1959, the last day of passenger services on the branch. The picture drips atmosphere and it is difficult to believe that this was the end. On the platform, the guard enjoys a joke with a passenger, whilst another couple chat to the driver through his window. Beyond the station gate on the right, one of the Red & White buses, the replacement for the rail service, waits in the forecourt. Bill Potter/KRM

Whilst waiting for the arrival of the Up train and with No. 4161 waiting patiently at the Down platform, Mark wandered out of the station and a little way along the approach road to record this view of the exterior, just managing to fit in the little Ferguson tractor on the left. Mark B. Warburton