3rd September 2007

Branch Line Society
Twigs & Branches

Route:

Notes :
(1) DMU was in use prior to this tour on a private charter (Wedding Anniversay Special) which terminated at Norchard High Level, the DMU then immediately departing as this tour.
(2) The plan to run two trips from Norchard High Level into the headshunt at Parkend, (to allow participants to travel on & photograph that section), was cut back to one trip to catch up lost time, although a reversal was made in platform 2 into the siding next to the RR headshunt, so it was still possible to travel into the headshunt & photograph the event, (this, of course, meant you missed out on one of the tracks).

Source : Alan Sheppard

Photo Review
(all photos: Alan Sheppard)

The train arrives at Lydney Junction having come from Norchard High Level.

At the boundary to Network Rail - marker on sleeper reads;
RAILTRACK - Track Maintenance Boundary

The tour arrives in the "Western Sidings Headshunt" by Lydney Junction.

At Parkend (before heading over the level crossing into the headshunt).

In the Parkend Headshunt Siding - as for progress, eventually the foliage won!

Timings (Booked & Actual)
(from Alan Sheppard)

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