21st April 2023

Nr. Stroud
Peter Griffiths

Dear CRS
Adding a splash of colour instead of the normal GWR green, a Civil Engineer movement 6J02 Gloucester Horton Road to Reading Triangle Sidings on 19th April 2023.
Location is between Bowbridge and Thrupp, to the south-east of Stroud on the Golden Valley line.
Also of interest is the partially restored Thames & Severn Canal, its towpath being an interesting walk from Stroud town centre and railway station. The photo was taken close to the Stroud Brewery & Taproom and I can recommend its viewing area over both railway and canal.

Hopefully of interest.  Best wishes, Peter Griffiths.

Near Stroud between Bowbridge and Thrupp on the Golden Valley line, Civil enginering movement twix Gloucester and Reading. Copyright Peter Griffiths

Many thanks Peter for your photograph plus the extra information.
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Additional information - Mick House.

Mick House kindly adds the following detail -
 Adding a splash of colour instead of the normal GWR green, a Civil Engineer movement 6J02 was: DR 73936 Plasser & Theurer 08-4x4/4S-RT Switch & Crossing Tamper

Thanks Mick.
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Awesome skies
Craig Munday

Hi Keith
A few images from the week gone by. Super April sunshine and "Constable" skies have produced some lovely backgrounds to the GWR fleet in the Duchy. 66060 is also seen at St Germans working 6C99. The new leaves on the trees are a particular favourite of mine, a promise of Summer on the way.

17th Dark skies over East Cornwall made a superb canvas for westbound GWR services at Restormel and Treesmill as the light held strong over St Austell Bay. 
18th 2P12 drifts down the bank into St Germans the gorse providing a nice foreground detail. 

The following day after the Par harbour trip, 5 empty JIA wagons were trailed at Fowey, Carne Point. They certainly dont make as good a picture as the photogenic CDAs winding their way along the causeway. 

Cheers for now, Craig. 

17th April 2023. 2C73 802009 Copyright Craig Munday.

17th April 2023. 2C27 43098 & 43186. Copyright Craig Munday.

18th April 2023. 66060 crossing St Germans viaduct with the 6C99. Copyright Craig Munday.

18th April 2023. Copyright Craig Munday.

19th April 2023. Golant. Copyright Craig Munday.

Many thanks Craig, Awesome skies creating awesome pictures.
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Radstock
Keith Gale

I saw today the pictures of the closed Radstock Wagon Repair Works and notes regarding its closure in 1988. It was always one of my 'bucket list items'  to get a photograph of a train on the branch and I cannot recall why I was in the area  - but I guess it was just pure chance that I happened to be around the Frome area when I saw a 'mixed freight' heading up the branch line. That was of course unusual because normally all of the freight trains in the area are consistently formed of stone wagons - even today. Of course there was no internet or Real Time Trains to tell me what was going on - so I just took the chance and drove to Radstock. Attached are the results - two photographs of 47125 negotiating the undulating track and dropping off some wagons at Radstock for repair before heading back light engine to Merehead, no doubt for more onerous stone train duties. The date was 20 March 1986.

Please feel free to use and put these on the Cornwall Society website if you think useful.

Kind regards Keith

47125 arrives at Radstock on the 20th March 1986. Copyright Keith Gale.

47125 stands on a 'double slkip point' at Radstock 20th March 1986. Copyright Keith Gale.

Good to hear from you Keith, thanks very much for your lucky chance shots.
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