The pictures above were all taken on the West Somerset Railway in the summer of 2023. L-R: WSR Mogul 9351 gets away from Watchet station in the late afternoon sun; 7812 'Erlestoke Manor' at Dunster West Level Crossing; and Class 33 D6566 arriving at Stogumber.

Tim Edmonds

Railway enthusiast and transport historian

I am retired and live at Hook Norton in Oxfordshire, where I research and publish on aspects of transport history that I find intriguing - primarily railways, but also on road and maritime subjects, often illustrated with my own photographs. My other interests include exploring and photographing industrial archaeology, landscapes, churches and historic houses. I

The pictures below were all taken in Hook Norton in 2023 and show railway remains. L-R: blocked tunnel mouth under the Milcombe Road on the 1ft 8in gauge ironstone tramway; four of the remaining piers of No 2 Viaduct on the dismantled Banbury-Cheltenham railway line; and a view from the edge of the former Park Farm ironstone quarry across to the end face - note the narrow-gauge rails reused as fence-posts.

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