| This is the fascinating story of the railway, which had its junction with the Midland Railway's Bristol to Gloucester line at Stonehouse. Initially the line was built to Nailsworth. The intermediate station of Dudbridge became a junction when the line to Stroud was opened. The railway carried an extraordinarily varied range of goods traffic including cattle feed, stone, timber, bricks, coal also serving various mills producing cloth, flour etc and even violin strings and umbrellas! The author is well-known for his railway historys in and around Bristol and south-west England. Colin Maggs' local knowledge make this a vibrant and colourful story and it is interspersed with first-hand reminiscences from some of the line's railway staff. Contents:
- The History of the Stonehouse & Nailsworth Railway
- The Wiltshire & Gloucestershire Railway
- The Stroud Branch
- Description of the Line
- - Stonehouse to Nailsworth
- - The Stroud Branch
- Closure
- Signalling, Permanent Way and Accidents
- Locomotives and Locomotive Working Passenger Train Service
- Statistics of Nailsworth and Stroud Branches
- Log of 815 am Gloucester to Stroud and Nailsworth Goods Train, l3th June, 1962
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
Continent: Europe
Country: UK
Area: UK Gloucestershire |
