Wild Swan Books
The Forest of Dean Branch Volume Two
Ian Pope & Paul Karau
Hardback - 200 pages - £27.95
Contents- The Churchway Branch
- Bowson Colliery
- Hawkwell Colliery, Tinplate Works & Brickworks
- The Coleford Brick and Tile Co. Ltd.
- Churchway
- Woodside & East Slade Collieries
- Addis Hill & Churchway Collieries
- Nelson Colliery & Nelson Green Brickworks
- Meadow Cliff & Northern United Collieries
- The Whimsey Branch
- Haywood, Winning & Duck Collieries
- Broadmoor Brickworks & Regulator Colliery
- Whimsey
- Whimsey Colliery
- William's Saw Mills
- Steam Mills Halt
- Nail Bridge Halt
- Newbridge Engine Colliery
- Speedwell Siding & Harrow Hill Colliery
- Drybrook
- Drybrook Quarry
- Hawthorns Tunnel
- The Postwar Years
- Appendix
- Signalling on the Forest of Dean Branch
- The Westbury Brook Tramroad
- Wigpool Iron Mine and Tramroad
- Timber Trestle Bridge at Harrow Hill Sidings
Part Two of a detailed study documenting this fascinating and little known line which connected numerous industries in the depths of the Forest with the South Wales main line at Bullo. Generously illustrated with photographs, maps and track diagrams, this account also details the various industries served by the railway, the belated introduction of passenger services, and operational details.
Although self-contained, the two volumes of the Forest of Dean Branch complement the "Severn & Wye Railway" series. The first volume took the reader from Newnham, the junction station for passenger services, through Bullo (where the Forest of Dean branch connected with the South Wales main line), to Bilston and Cinderford. Volume Two covers the lines north of Bilson - the Churchway and Whimsey branches.
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