Brian Stone

I assume that is Twyford East Box I noticed the "T" on the opposite embankment to photographer was this a drainage facility or an aid to drivers and fireman when they raced through? A Henley Man Ron Warner used to be a signalman at that box around this period. Great photo.

I managed to sneak inside the goods shed and have look around about 1966-7, my memory was of timber beams and I had no appreciation that it was a Brunel broad gauge design. Here is 6106 visiting Henley-on-Thames 24th June 1967 the goods shed demolished.

Hi all, As an ex employee of the "secret factory" I can confirm that it would not have generated much freight for the Henley Branch as most of the production was aircraft components and a much larger facility at Hanworth in Middlesex was the location of the main factory. During WW2 the tunnels were constructed in 1942/3 by Welsh Miners and there may have been activity delivering machinery by rail but it would have been in covered wagons, some of the capstan lathes we used in the 1970's still had "Strength from America" badges on them! Would they have come to docks at Southampton or Liverpool then by rail? The factory remained as part of the Ministry of Supply into the 1950's the main activity in the 60's & 70's was cabin pressure components for Military and Civil aircraft the company name being Godfrey Precision Products at this time. I agree with the Stationmaster that Henley only had light engineering companies like Stuart Turners and the brewery in the period Neal is modelling. The employee he refers to A.H. was a good engineer and also had some vintage motorcycles that were very rare and he used to ride them around town on sunny days.