Stroud
47 488 is seen pulling away from Stroud station with a morning Cheltenham to Paddington train on 7 March 1986.
The sidings in the foreground have since been disconnected, but at the time they did still see some very occasional use.
I remember seeing a class 47 with an engineers train in these sidings in October 1988.
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This picture was taken about half an hour later and shows 31 466 passing through Stroud, heading towards Swindon
with a breakdown crane. In the background, a Cheltenham bound class 120 diesel multiple unit has
stopped in the station.
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50 042 seen arriving at Stroud on 4 June 1986 with the 16.15 Paddington to Worcester train. At this time, most trains
on this line were formed of DMUs, with only a handful of through London trains each day.
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Three miles east of Stroud is Brimscombe where the railway runs alongside the Thames & Severn Canal.
On 23 May 1986 an HST from London is seen a few minutes before stopping at Stroud.
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50 023 is seen at Brimscombe with a Sunday evening train from Cheltenham to Paddington. Picture taken on 12 April 1987.
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The former signal box at St. Mary's Crossing, Brimscombe remains open to manually control the crossing
gates over a no-through-road. In fact I believe it is a listed building. On 23 May 1986 a DMU passes heading
towards Swindon.
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47 647 at Frampton Mansell with the 18.15(Sundays) Cheltenham to Paddington train on 10 May 1987. I believe
this was the very last timetabled loco-hauled train on this line and HST's worked all London trains from the following morning.
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