Bath Green Park Station as it is today, Right: The remaining girder bridge leaving Green Park station.
SOMERSET & DORSET RAILWAY WALKS
OLDFIELD PARK TO MIDFORD
(4th July 2018) Update 17th Aug. 2018.
I had another
walk, this time taking the bus from Bath to Midford and after a while
looking around the two old railways
walked back into Bath, covering the S&D track bed to where it
starts/ends at Lower Bristol Road, Oldfield Park.
where an iron bridge took the branch from Bath Junction onto the
D&S branch to Bournemuth.
Bath Green Park Station
as it is today, Right: The remaining girder bridge leaving Green
Park station.
Bath Green Park station (Author Unknown)
Girder bridge leaving the
station. There was a second such bridge but that was replaced by a
modern foot bridge, seen to the right.
Left: The site of Bellotts Road viaduct. Right: As it was in the 1950's by
Peter Leigh. The train had just taken Bath Junction onto the S&D line
to Bournemouth.
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Gap where the viauct crossed Bellots Road beyond the houses.
Left: The climb up to the S&D bridge over the Ex GWR main
line.
Right: From the over bridge looking back towards Bath Green park.
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Left: Oldfield Park Station from the Ex GWR over
bridge.
Right: The
entrance onto the track bed at Ringwood Road, Oldfield Park.
The new S&D under
bridge from Ringwood Road.
Railway Ganger's entrance to the track bed between the two bridges.
The public entrance onto the Ex S&D line at Ringwood Road.
Steam train crossing the original S&D bridge, over the GWR
mainline. (Author Unknown).
Just getting into the
walk and starting to walk around the south of the City before heading
south towards the two tunnels and Mideford.
The new foot bridge over Millmead
Road.
Left: Millmead Road from
the Footbridge. Towards
Bath.
Right: Millmead Road southwards.
The first over bridge, heading
southwards.
The bridge over Bridge Road.
Right: By Ex Co-op Sidings.
New footbridge over Monksmead Road.
Both: Brooksmead Road from the
footbridge.
Catholic Church by
Oldfield Lane.
Kiscocks Drive over
bridge.
Left: Hiscocks Drive
from over
bridge.
Right: Track bed back towards Bath.
Maple Grove over bridge.
Maple Grove over
bridge. Left:
Southwards.
Right: Northwards back to Bath.
Th tree-Arch bridge, back towards Bath.
Metal engravings. To
the south of Devonshire Tunnel.
Approaching the north portal of Devonshire tunnel.
Northern entrance
to Devonshire Tunnel. Hensley Road is above the tunnel portal.
Southern Portal, Devonshire Tunnel.
Left:
Northwards, towards Bath. Right: Looking towards the
northern portal of Combe Down Tunnel.
Northern portal to
Combe Down Tunnel. Left: Site of the Ex Ganger's Hut.
Right: The railings above are where the late Ivo Peters took some
cine film of a banking loco dropping back to Bath once the train had
reached the summit.
From qabove the northern portal of Combedown Tunnel, looking down on where
the Ganger's Hut stood.
From the same spot in the 1960's by Ivo Peters. The banking loco drops off
at this point and returns light engine
back to Bath Green Park. (Video Scree Grab).
The narrow path above the tunnel where Ivor shot his film.
The southern
entrance of Combe Down Tunnel.
The Southern portal of
Combe Down Tunnel. I believe Summer Lane runs over the top!
Tucking Mill Viaduct.
Tucking Mill Viaduct
and Lake.
Midford Castle.
Remains of the Goods
Shed in Milford Goods sidings.
Midford Tunnel. South portal, towards Midford.
Midford Tunnel.
Remains of the Up
starter signal at the north end of Midford station.
North end of Midford
station platform.
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Other
railway walks:
The Dundee & Newtyle Rlwy Walks Opened in 1831 the route had three incline planes. The
first was from the terminal station on Ward Street, up the
Dundee Law, where there was
also a tunnel. The second was the Balbeuchley incline at
Rosemill and the third at Hatton that ran down to Newtyle station.
It was also the very first passenger train service in Scotland.
Worked by Horse over the levels until the first steam engine was
purchased in 1833. Came under the Caladonian Railway with it's
terminal moved to Dundee West station. Passengers
service ended in 1952 and the line totally closed in the mid 60's.
The inclines were by-passed in the 1860's.
The Cromford & High Peak Incline
railway in Derbyshire has been luckier in having much of it's
buildings, including an Engine House preserved. This is what could have happened
with
the D&N, indeed, should have happened with at least one of the
D&N inclines. However, the C&H gives an excellent comparison
of what
the D&N would have looked like, albeit the
inclines were only single track.
Boddam To Ellon Branch (Walks) By Bill Reid. Ex GNSR branch line.
Dyce To Fraserburgh and Peterhead Walks. Ex GNSR
Bath To Wellow Rlwy Walks Ex Somerset & Dorset Rlwy.
The Test Valley Railway Walk. (New Mills To Hayfield).
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