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Trafalgar Colliery sidings
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6314
The former Severn & Wye main line, now a cycle track, is on the left,... (more)
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Railway bridge over the Mineral Loop
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6412
The Severn & Wye opened the Mineral Loop in 1875 in order to capture some of... (more)
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Not Drybrook Road station
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6314
Yes, I know that's what the sign says. But this is actually taken from the... (more)
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Old railway sleepers in the undergrowth
by John Winder
for square SO6311
Spotted alongside the track of the Severn & Wye's Mineral Loop. These... (more)
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Site of Central Bridge
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6210
So called because it was built by the Severn & Wye Railway in order to allow... (more)
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Forest track from Central Bridge
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6210
Until yesterday, I believed this to be the prepared (but never used) route of... (more)
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Central Bridge, Forest of Dean
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6210
Another view of Central Bridge, which once carried the Severn & Wye's... (more)
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Central Bridge, Forest of Dean
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6210
A bridge over a forest ride. I thought this was named "Central Bridge"... (more)
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Railway fencing
by John Winder
for square SO6313
Another shot of surviving railway fenceposts, this time along the Severn &... (more)
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Timber stacks
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6108
Actually, there's more to this photo than some stacks of timber. This is... (more)
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Pig pen on the trackbed
by John Winder
for square SO6412
The cycle track diverges from the route of the Severn & Wye's Mineral... (more)
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Jogger on the trail
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6311
He's a bit further away than ideal composition would demand, but... (more)
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The route of the Mineral Loop near Moseley Green
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6309
Most of the route of the Severn & Wye's mineral loop north of Moseley... (more)
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Old level crossing gateposts
by John Winder
for square SO6309
The gateposts of a former level crossing on the route of the Severn &... (more)
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Railway milepost
by John Winder
for square SO6311
An old milepost alongside the cycle track which now follows the route of the... (more)
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The route of the Mineral Loop
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6313
In the 1840s, substantial development of coal extraction took place in the... (more)
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The route of the Mineral Loop
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6412
The Severn & Wye opened its mineral loop in 1875 in order to capture some of... (more)
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Trafalgar tunnel
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6214
Built in order to protect the railway from landslips off the nearby Trafalgar... (more)
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Railway line to Cinderford
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6113
Well, almost. Much of the route of the Severn & Wye Joint Railway's... (more)
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Site of Serridge Junction
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6113
Following another visit, I've got the location right! The first picture I... (more)
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Old railway to Lydney
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6113
The Severn & Wye Joint Railway's main line falls away to Lydney at 1 in... (more)
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Above Mierystock Tunnel
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6114
Taken from above the north portal of Mierystock (or Mirystock; both spellings... (more)
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Mierystock bridge from above the tunnel
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6114
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Yet another rail section fencepost
by John Winder
for square SO6113
This one once stood sentinel over the Severn & Wye's Lydbrook... (more)
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Detail of Mierystock Tunnel's south portal
by John Winder
for square SO6114
One of two significant engineering features on the Severn & Wye's line... (more)
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Rail section fence support at Speech House Road
by John Winder
for square SO6111
If you've spent any time at all browsing my contributions to this site,... (more)
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Lydbrook Athletic FC sign
by John Winder
for square SO5817
I took this because it's an unusual reminder of the area's railway... (more)
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Drybrook Road station
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6314
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Site of Serridge Junction
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6113
Looking back from the Lydbrook direction, towards the junction with the line to... (more)
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Site of Speech House Road station
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6111
Speech House Road was a large station, given the size of the population it... (more)
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Guarding the line to Lydbrook
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6113
Taken from close to the site of Serridge Junction, this shows a line of railway... (more)
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Tramway remains
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6115
Remains of a stone abutment which once carried a tramway from Pludd's coal... (more)
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Birch trees
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6414
A striking assemblage of silver birch and downy birch trees. These are growing... (more)
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Cinderford's first railway station
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6414
Another view of Cinderford's first railway station. The station,... (more)
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Cinderford's first railway station
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6414
The remains of the platform of Cinderford's old railway station, always... (more)
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Forest Vale Road, Cinderford
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6414
Taken at the point where the Severn & Wye Railway's Cinderford... (more)
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Footbridge
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6414
There's slightly more to this pic than the wooden footbridge on the... (more)
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Lydbrook church and the course of the railway
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6015
The track leading off to the left of the church is now a private driveway, but... (more)
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Remains of a telegraph pole
by John Winder
for square SO6115
This is a pretty dull shot even for me, a veteran of posting pictures of rotting... (more)
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Mirystock bridge and Mierystock tunnel
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6114
Yes yes, they're spelt differently. On the cycle trail which passes these... (more)
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Railway fenceposts at Mierystock
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6114
The course of the former Lydbrook branch of the Severn & Wye Railway is... (more)
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Severn Bridge station signal box
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6604
This was the signal box at Severn Bridge station, bizarrely left in situ when... (more)
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Mierystock tunnel: south portal detail
by John Winder
for square SO6114
A close up of the south portal. The stone for this - and all the other Severn... (more)
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North portal of Mierystock Tunnel
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6114
This tunnel, one of two notable engineering features on the original Severn and... (more)
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Bridge at Severn Bridge station
by John Winder
for square SO6604
Taken nearly twenty years after my other photos of Severn Bridge station, this... (more)
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GW-design '1600' class 0-6-0 Pannier tank at Lydney
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SO6301
View eastward towards Gloucester, taken from a Down train on the original ex-GWR... (more)
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GWR-design '16XX' 0-6-0PTs at Lydney Shed, 1962
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SO6302
The 16XX were all actually built after Nationalisation. These are two of several... (more)
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Ex-GW 0-6-0 Pannier tank at Lydney Locomotive Depot
by Ben Brooksbank
geograph for square SO6302
A nice shot - perhaps marred by the bloke in the foreground! - of a Collett... (more)
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Another view of Severn Bridge station signal box
by John Winder
geograph for square SO6604
This time taken from the railway side.
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Rail section fencepost detail
by John Winder
for square SO6115
A black and white shot of the remains of a rail section fencepost. The Great... (more)
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