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Bristol And Gloucester Railway and the Avon And Gloucestershire Railway by Maggs
The Bristol And Gloucester Railway and the Avon And Gloucestershire Railway by Colin G. Maggs
Oakwood Library of Railway History 26
Soft Cover
160 pages
Copyright 1992
Contents
Chapter OneThe Bristol & Gloucestershire Railway 5
Chapter TwoThe Bristol & Gloucester Railway 11
Chapter ThreeThe Bristol & Gloucester Opens 21
Chapter FourThe Bristol and Birmingham Companies Merge 25
Chapter FiveRailways Associated with the Bristol & Gloucester33
Chapter SixDescription of the Line 37
Chapter SevenTrain Services 89
Chapter EightLocomotives 97
Chapter NineRolling Stock 107
Chapter TenPermanent Way & Signalling 111
Chapter ElevenAccidents 115
Chapter Twelve Staff 119
Chapter Thirteen The Avon & Gloucestershire Railway 121
Chapter Fourteen A&GR Permanent Way, Wagons, Locomotives and
Tolls 135
Chapter Fifteen Description of the A&GR 139
Appendix OneOpening and Closing Dates of Stations 148
Appendix Two Industrial Branch Lines & Sidings
Bristol- Gloucester 148
Appendix Three Locomotive Allocations 31st December, 1947 151
Appendix Four Observations at Wickwar Tunnel, Saturday 12th August, 1961 153
Appendix Five Logs of Runs 155
Appendix SixStaff Employed by the B&GR 1844 156
Appendix Seven Quantity of Coal Taken Down the A&GR from the Bristol & Gloucestershire Railway 1st January-
31st December, 1843 157
Bibliography 158
Index 160
In the latter half of the 18th century, Bristol was a flourishing city and required coal for its developing glass, pottery, sugar refining, brewing, distilling, soap making and smelting industries. There were some pits close to the city, and more coal was readily available at Coalpit Heath, 9 miles to the north; but road transport by packhorse or wagon was difficult and expensive. Often in the winter, mines were only worked two or three days a week because of the difficulty of transporting the coal.
In February 1783, Lord Middleton, one of the Coalpit Heath colliery proprietors, wrote to his partner Thomas Smyth of Stapleton, proposing a canal straight out of the colliery levels to Bristol, to save the expense of horse gins raising coal and also to ease the surface transport. Nothing was done, and, nearly three years later, in January 1786 he wrote: `Can a wood wagon way be got to Bristol from ye Colliery, or can one be got to ye Canal yt is cutting from ye Severn to ye Thames?' In 1788, 1792 and 1793 further canal schemes were proposed, but proved abortive.
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