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Illustrated History of The Stratford on Avon to Cheltenham Railway, An by Baker
Illustrated History of The Stratford on Avon to Cheltenham Railway, An by Audie Baker
Hard Cover
Copyright 1994
156 pages
Contents
1Introduction1
2From Humble Beginnings3
3Lines to Stratford4
4Proposed Routes and Forgotten Failures9
5Under Pressure11
6Seasons of Labour14
6.1Spring 1903 14
6.2Summer 1903 17
6.3Autumn 1903 17
6.4Spring 190420
6.5 Summer 190420
6.6 The Opening of the Line to Broadway21
6.7 Autumn 190422
6.8Winter 1904/0525
6.9Spring 1905 27
6.10 Summer 1905 30
6.11 Spring 190630
6.12 Summer 190630
6.13 Winter 1906/7 32
6.14 Spring 1907 to 190932
7Stations and Junctions35
7.1Introduction 35
7.2Stratford on Avon37
7.3Wilcox & Raites Siding 50
7.4 Chambers Crossing Halt50
7.5Pearces Crossing50
7.6Milcote 51
7.7 Long Marston54
7.8Broad Marston Halt 59
7.9Pebworth Halt59
7.10 Honeybourne61
7.11 Honeybourne and its Junctions 71
7.12 The Moreton Slips 76
7.13 Bretforton & Weston sub Edge81
7.14 Willersey Halt83
7.15 Broadway85
7.16 Laverton Halt89
7.17 Toddington91
7.18 Hayles Abbey Halt 102
7.19 Winchcombe 103
7.20 Gretton Halt 108
7.21 Gotherington 109
7.22 Bishops Cleeve 111
7.23 Cheltenham Race Course Station 114
7.24 Cheltenham (High Street Halt) 111
7.25 Cheltenham (Malvern Road) 119
7.26 Cheltenham(StJames) 123
IBlanketing127
9Rise and Fall131
10 A New Dawn139
Coffepot Demise141
BGradient Profile143
CSignal Box Register145
DTrain Loads147
EFare Structure149
FStation Reference Numbers151
GWhistle Codes and Routing Bells153
HGlossary of Terms and Bibliography155
This book describes the history of the line from Stratford to Cheltenham from its embryonic beginnings right through to todays preservation efforts at Toddington.
From humble beginnings, as the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, the text relates the lines steady growth to become an important through route by the turn of the century. The author has unearthed a wealth of new material including the havoc wrought on the local community by the influx of hundreds of unruly navvies!
143 illustrations have been included, most of which are previously unpublished - well researched and with a considerable amount of new material this book makes for a most enjoyable and leisurely read.
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