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Historical Survey of the Forest of Dean Railways Layouts and Illustrations by Pe
Historical Survey of the Forest of Dean Railways Layouts and Illustrations by Peter Smith
Hard Cover w/ dust jacket
144 pages
Copyright 1983
CONTENTS
A LIST OF STATIONS AND SIDINGS COVERED BY THE PLANS
The numbers refer to the map, by which each site can be accurately located.
SECTION 1: LYDNEY JUNCTION TO CINDERFORD (S&WR)
1. Lydney Junction Stations
2. Lyndey Locomotive Shed
3. Lydney Docks
4. Lydney Town Station
5. Norchard Colliery Siding
6. Tufts Junction
7. Whitecroft Station
8. Parkend Station
9. Coleford Junction
10. Bisclade Tramway Wharf
11. Speech House Road Station and the Wimberry Branch
12. Serridge Junction
13. Drybrook Road Station and Trafalgar Colliery
14. Cinderford (old) Station
15. Cinderford Station
SECTION 2: LYDNEY JUNCTION TO BERKELEY ROAD (S&WR & MR)
16. Severn Bridge
17. Sharpness Station and Docks
18. Berkeley Station
19. Berkeley Loop Junction
20. Berkeley Road Junction Station
SECTION 3: THE S&WR MINERAL LOOP LINE
21. Crump Meadow Colliery
22. Woorgreen Colliery Siding
23. Lightmoor Colliery
24. Acorn Patch Depot
25. New Fancy Colliery
SECTION 4: THE COLEFORD BRANCHES (S&WR & GWR)
26. Futterhill Sidings
27. Milkwall Station and the Sling Branch
28. Coleford Stations
29. Whitecliff Lime Kiln Sidings
30. Newland Station
SECTION 5: THE LYDBROOK BRANCH (S&WR)
31. Micrystock Siding
32. Waterloo Colliery Siding
33. Upper Lydbrook Station
34. Lower Lydbrook Station
35. Lydbrook Junction Station
SECTION 6: THE FOREST OF DEAN CENTRAL RAILWAY (later GWR)
36. Awre Junction Station
37. Blakeney Goods Station
38. Howbeach Sidings
(For termination of line see plan for New Fancy Colliery; No. 25)
SECTION 7: THE FOREST OF DEAN BRANCH, BULLO TO BILSON JUNCTION (GWR)
39. Newnham Station
40. Bullo Pill Junction
41. Bullo Pill Dock
42. Upper Soudley
43. Staple Edge and Eastern United Colliery
44. Ruspidge Halt
45. Bilson Junction
46. Whimsey Goods Station and Halt
47. Steam Mills Crossing and Drybrook Halts
INTRODUCTION
To me, the Forest of Dean was, for many years, a rather mysterious place, seen in the distance from the other side of the River Severn. It was not easy to get at from Dursley, where I was brought up, which increased the aura of mystery, and not until I was older, did the forest glades and walks become more familiar. It was not the Forest itself which compelled me to return so often, but it was a siding at Parkend Station, where the fledgling Dean Forest Preservation Society was based in the old goods shed. From this introduction developed an interest in all the Forest's railways, now all but gone, but once so plentiful. Harry Paar's two books on the lines were invaluable. Without them, I think the area around Bilson J unction would have remained a tangled web in my mind, impossible to unravel, but with the help of these books I gradually got to know all the lines, and the lovely rural area through which they ran.
I hope this book will also serve to unravel the complicated story of the Forest's railways by taking each line as a separate entity. I have also included the Midland line to Berkeley Road, which could not really be left out, although by no means is it in the Forest. Perhaps also, the areas potential for modelling will be realized. One can imagine a miniature Lydney Junction, if you have an empty aircraft hanger to spare!
Fortunately, although most of the lines are gone, there is still a ray of hope, for the DF RPS is well established at Norchard, and a visit to the site is an excellent introduction 1 the Forest of Dean's railways.
Peter Smith1983
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