Transport inc Railways

Taken in the 1950s with a Kodak box camera and captured on the Somerset and Dorset Railways Bridgwater North to Edington Junction Line which had by then been connected to the GWR Docks branch at Bridgwater North station, The employees in the photograph are setting the points to allow access to John Boards brick and tile works siding which sat at the start of the 1 in 72 bank that raised the line over the GWR Main Line and the A38 trunk road which was at that time the main route to the West Country. Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © all rights reserved.

Bridgwater High Street, Thanks to Tiabunna it dates to early 1960s and what I take to be a Scammel tractor unit, with my Triumph Herald car parked behind the man stood with his bicycle, A wide load with no signs, orange beacons or escort vehicles not even extended wing mirrors how times change, Please enlarge for details. This was the main A39 road, hard to believe when you see the amount of traffic it carries now. Found in a box of old photographs so not my image.

At Kennacraig preparing for the early morning 2hours 20 Minutes sailing to Port Ellen, Islay Sony SLT-A65V & Sigma 18-300.

At Minehead on the West Somerset Railway, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway (S&DJR) Locomotives 7F 2-8-0 53808 and 53809 under repair outside the shed, The fireman waits at the points as GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T 5199 prepares to run around the train that it has hauled from Bishops Lydeard. Enlarge for detail.

A slide from 1984, A Type 3 Hymek on an 11 coach fast train failed at Bridgwater, the solution was to couple on the following train with class 50, "50043 Eagle" to push and pull both trains,

Found this old image from a few years back, Near the start of the cutting on the West Country main line just north of Bridgwater Ex GWR 4036 Kinlet Hall heading for the West Somerset Railway in March 2009.

Sailing through the narrows of Kyle Akin and into Loch Alsh, Captured from Kyleakin, Isle of Skye.

The West Somerset Railway Skirts the sea at Blue Anchor as Locomotive 7828 Odney Manor on a Minehead to Bishops Lydeard train prepares to cross the main road and enter Blue Anchor Station. Large if you please Link for sight and sound , Smoke along the track www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNoQrOxAx3o

Discovered this shot from way back during a file tidy up, Ex GWR 2-8-0 number 2807 at Bishops Lydeard on the West Somerset Railway, Large may be good. For Sight and Sound Group, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo_-716N3Y8 because it's a mystery where the rest of the train is.