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'''To Yate''': [[Robins Wood]] | '''To Yate''': [[Robins Wood]] | ||
<br>'''To Thornbury''': [[Bristol Road]] | <br>'''To Thornbury''': [[Bristol Road]] | ||
<br>'''To Frampton Cotterell''': [[Frampton Cotterell]] | <br>'''To Frampton Cotterell Iron Mine''': [[Frampton Cotterell]] | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
Opened on 2nd September [[1872]]. Closed on 19th June [[1944]] except for a coal depot which closed on 10th June [[1963]]. | Opened on 2nd September [[1872]]. Closed on 19th June [[1944]] except for a coal depot which closed on 10th June [[1963]]. | ||
== Track Plans == | |||
== | <gallery> | ||
Image:Iron Acton and Area Track Plan 1988.jpg|A track plan of Iron Acton and [[Tytherington Quarry]] from 1988. | |||
</gallery> | |||
== 1950-60s == | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Iron Acton22.jpg|Shunting wagons at '''Iron Acton'''. The loco is [[w:LMS_Fowler_Class_4F|Fowler 4F]] '''44573''', which can also be seen shunting at [[Thornbury]]. ''© Gerald Peacock'' | Image:Iron Acton30.jpg|'''9769''' heads for [[Thornbury]] with a RCTS special on 26.9.59. ''(c/o The Railway Magazine)'' | ||
Image:Iron Acton21.jpg|The loco backs onto a siding. This was the stub of a branch that led to iron mines at [[Frampton Cotterell]]. | Image:Iron Acton22.jpg|Shunting wagons at '''Iron Acton'''. The loco is [[w:LMS_Fowler_Class_4F|Fowler 4F]] '''44573''', which can also be seen shunting at [[Thornbury]]. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Iron Acton20.jpg|Having dropped off one wagon, the loco recouples to its train. | Image:Iron Acton21.jpg|The loco backs onto a siding. This was the stub of a branch that led to iron mines at [[Frampton Cotterell]]. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | ||
Image:Iron Acton20.jpg|Having dropped off one wagon, the loco recouples to its train. ''© [[:Category:Gerald Peacock|Gerald Peacock]]'' | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== | == 2003 == | ||
18.11.03 | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Iron Acton5.jpg|Standing on Station Road and looking in the direction of [[Yate]]. | Image:Iron Acton5.jpg|Standing on Station Road and looking in the direction of [[Yate]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:04, 18 April 2018
To Yate: Robins Wood
To Thornbury: Bristol Road
To Frampton Cotterell Iron Mine: Frampton Cotterell
History
Opened on 2nd September 1872. Closed on 19th June 1944 except for a coal depot which closed on 10th June 1963.
Track Plans
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A track plan of Iron Acton and Tytherington Quarry from 1988.
1950-60s
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9769 heads for Thornbury with a RCTS special on 26.9.59. (c/o The Railway Magazine) -
Shunting wagons at Iron Acton. The loco is Fowler 4F 44573, which can also be seen shunting at Thornbury. © Gerald Peacock -
The loco backs onto a siding. This was the stub of a branch that led to iron mines at Frampton Cotterell. © Gerald Peacock -
Having dropped off one wagon, the loco recouples to its train. © Gerald Peacock
2003
18.11.03
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Standing on Station Road and looking in the direction of Yate. -
The view of the crossing. The crossing keepers house can just be seen to the right. -
The crossing keeper's house is now a private dwelling. -
The view across the crossing in the other direction. -
The line disappears around a bend as it heads off towards Thornbury. The bridge in the distance is on Bristol Road. The line to the iron mine left the Thornbury branch here and swung around to the left of this photo. -
Stretching the digital zoom to the limit in order to get a close up shot of the Bristol Road bridge.
