The gloucester to ledbury branch

When my mother announced that she was going to visit her sister in Saltford, a village on the eastern outskirts of Bristol, I jumped at the chance of accompanying her. This was in the spring of 1952,

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

Running east from Coaley Junction, the Dursley branch was a locally promoted railway created as the path taken by the Bristol & Gloucester Railway for its main line of 1844 bypassed communities in the

I recall that Dad had a brilliant idea in the late 1970s, in his days with OPC, to write a Railway Enthusiasts Diary, its selling point being a railway event of the past pertaining to every day – from

Stood alone inside Derby Litchurch Lane at 07.30 on Saturday, August 2, day two of The Greatest Gathering, the biggest railway event in decades, it was eerily quiet. It wouldn’t be like this in 30, 60

I’m a big fan of the Class 37/4 sub-class and I think this is for two reasons. The Class 37 is such an iconic and successful design, and the 37/4 conversion programme would extend the longevity of the