- Lambourn Valley Railway
The Lambourn Valley Railway was a minor railway running from the town of
Newbury, Berkshire north-west to the village ofLambourn . It was opened in 1898. In 1904, the locomotives were sold and two steamrailmotor s were hired from theGreat Western Railway . The GWR took over the line in 1905.The line closed to passenger traffic in 1960, but a section between Newbury and Welford remained open for freight traffic to
RAF Welford until 1973.The line served intermediate stations and halts at West Fields Halt, Speen,
Stockcross andBagnor , Boxford, Welford Park,Great Shefford ,East Garston , and Eastbury Halt. The line ran from a bay platform at Newbury with a connection into the main London-bound platform, and ran parallel to the double track main line west of the station for half a mile (800 m) before veering to the north. It was single-track throughout with passing loops at several of the intermediate stations.The connection to
RAF Welford was added in the 1950s. The line north of this point was lifted in 1962.Rolling stock
* Aelfred
Chapman and Furneaux 0-6-0T, built 1898
* EahlswithChapman and Furneaux 0-6-0T, built 1898
* EadweadeHunslet Engine Company 0-6-0T, built 1903These three locomotives were sold to the
Cambrian Railways in 1904 and re-acquired by the GWR when it took over the Cambrian in 1922. They became GWR nos. 820, 821 and 819.The GWR used, at various times, steam
railmotor s, diesel railcars and an ex-M&SWJR 2-4-0.* see also:
Locomotives of the Great Western Railway Further reading
* Price, M. R. C. (1964) "The Lambourn Valley Railway". The Oakwood Press. Locomotion papers number 32. 22pp.
External links
* [http://www.lambournvalleyrailway.com/ The Lambourn Valley Railway]
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