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The north portal of the tunnel featured in SO6510 : South portal of Blue Rock tunnel. The caption for that... (more)

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Blue Rock tunnel was built to carry the Forest of Dean Railway through a rocky... (more)

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Looking along the route of the GWR's Forest of Dean branch towards the... (more)

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Taken looking towards Ruspidge and Cinderford from Tramway Road in Soudley.... (more)

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The halt was opened in 1907, after the loss of some freight traffic on the... (more)

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The remains of the girder bridge seen in SO6511 : Old railway bridge which once carried the... (more)

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These cast iron boundary posts are to be found all around the former Great... (more)

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The Forest of Dean Railway between Bullo and Cinderford was always a busy... (more)

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The bench sits at a now-peaceful spot on the former Forest of Dean Railway, at... (more)

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Just after passing Eastern United colliery, one of many sources of traffic for... (more)

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Another view of the cutting in SO6411 : Railway cutting at Ruspidge. The bridge which took the railway... (more)

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A short siding, long enough for three wagons, once ran alongside this dock,... (more)

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The old railway bridge is actually quite hard to see from the footpath which... (more)

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Taken from the route of the old siding into the south end of Shakemantle Quarry.... (more)

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Following in the footsteps of noted railway photographer Ben Ashworth, who stood... (more)

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This open expanse was once Bilson yard, site of a number of holding sidings for... (more)

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A striking assemblage of silver birch and downy birch trees. These are growing... (more)

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Lydney Town is a picturesque little halt on the Dean Forest Railway. It was... (more)

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The southern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway... (more)

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A detail shot of the GWR boundary marker featured in SO6511 : Great Western boundary post. These marked... (more)

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Taken with a four second shutter speed by poking the camera lens through a small... (more)

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The carving represents the 'hod boys', child labourers who could be as... (more)

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Taken looking into what was once Bilson yard, an extensive network of sidings,... (more)

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Taken from the site of Soudley No.1 crossing, a level crossing over a minor road... (more)

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The site of Bilson Yard, once a busy railway freight yard complete with signal... (more)

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Haie Hill tunnel (sometimes Hay Hill) was completed in 1810 by the Bullo Pill... (more)

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This is one of four preserved "1400" class 0-4-2 tank engines,... (more)

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GWR 0-4-2T no. 1450 awaits the "right away" with the final service of... (more)

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