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Graham Ellis
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Where is this?
« on: March 11, 2007, 07:50:06 PM »


Not got it?   Within 20 miles of "our" line?



More clues?





Frankly, it's a bit depressing - a magnificent old main line turned into a cycleway, and another old branchline that shares the valley crumbling away.
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2007, 08:53:48 PM »
I'll give others a clue - The spendid and delightful  Smiley
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2007, 09:05:48 PM »
Quote from: Nick Field on March 11, 2007, 08:53:48 PM
I'll give others a clue - The spendid and delightful  Smiley

Neat; you have it.
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #3 on: March 13, 2007, 09:10:58 PM »
Bristol & Bath Railway Path?
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2007, 06:53:21 AM »
I know it - it's Titfield Thunderbolt country  Smiley

I can never work out where the best place to park and access that stretch of (former) line is though - any suggestions gratefully received
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Re: Where is this?
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2007, 11:04:36 AM »
Its the old Somerset and Dorset line in Midford - Park up in one of the boozers and have a beer before exploring, or catch a bus from Bath Spa!
One wonders how useful this line could be now - some reasonably large settlements are no longer rail connected (Midsomer Norton, Radstock, Shepton Mallett, Wincanton and Blandford Forum)
I have a very interesting book about the line full of 'then and now' pictures.
I am actually quite glad parts of it are a cycle track.  I think that after reopening its the second best thing for lines closed under beeching - better than losing them altogether to development.
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