Guest Jack Benson Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Hi, Elsewhere comment has been made about the goods traffic originating from Poole (Hamworthy), notably cider apples from Normandy. However. there is very little photographic evidence of SDJR goods traffic in the Poole area, presumably the traffic originated or rather was assembled in Poole Goods Yard and on the Hamworthy branch. There was considerable potential for freight traffic from/to Poole. In 1960 the following Mon-Friday scheduled services from/to the SDJR:- 08:17 arr exEvercreech 11:43 arr exEvercreech 12:27 arr exBroadstone (was this SDJR traffic?) and 10:57 dep to Broadstone (was this SDJR traffic?) 15:05 dep to Templecombe 20:10 dep to Bath Cheers Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailWest Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Do not forget that in the early days a lot of the marshalling of goods trains to/from the S&DJR appears to have been dealt with at Wimborne, until such time as the facilities at Poole were expanded. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted June 29, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 29, 2019 There are sadly very few details recorded about freight south of Templecombe and photos are very rare. I cannot think of one among by thousand or so negs of the line. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
down the sdjr Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Hi all, first post. I am modelling the stour valley in my loft, Stur to Blandford. After trawling through all the Ivo books i have come to realise that theres not much info on this section of the line. Apples going north, milk for Bailey Gate,fertilizer and seeds at Blandford, maybe beer from Hall and Woodhouse, Stur cattle market and dairy, maybe the odd banana van, etc. I am scaling down my ambitions from double headed west countrys to small local services. I walked the section from Blandford to Stur recently and there is much to see, lots of bridges, lovely 10 mile walk (including a couple of pub stops). Looking forward to posting here, have read for a while and you all know the line well. Thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailWest Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 >>>After trawling through all the Ivo books i have come to realise that theres not much info on this section of the line... Not surprising really, as the 'Dorset' was the bit of the S&DJR furthest from his flat in Bath. Also perhaps not so much in terms of heavy gradients to get photos of engines working hard, unlike the Mendips. A shame though.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
down the sdjr Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, RailWest said: >>>After trawling through all the Ivo books i have come to realise that theres not much info on this section of the line... Not surprising really, as the 'Dorset' was the bit of the S&DJR furthest from his flat in Bath. Also perhaps not so much in terms of heavy gradients to get photos of engines working hard, unlike the Mendips. A shame though.... I have long realised the section from Templecombe down was overlooked but in my opinion the most scenic part of the route. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 2 hours ago, down the sdjr said: Hi all, first post. I am modelling the stour valley in my loft, Stur to Blandford. After trawling through all the Ivo books i have come to realise that theres not much info on this section of the line. Apples going north, milk for Bailey Gate,fertilizer and seeds at Blandford, maybe beer from Hall and Woodhouse, Stur cattle market and dairy, maybe the odd banana van, etc. I am scaling down my ambitions from double headed west countrys to small local services. I walked the section from Blandford to Stur recently and there is much to see, lots of bridges, lovely 10 mile walk (including a couple of pub stops). Looking forward to posting here, have read for a while and you all know the line well. Thanks. Well if you live local, you're always welcome at the Blandford Railway Society, we meet Wednesday mornings, see link in my 'signature' below. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
down the sdjr Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 15 hours ago, bike2steam said: Well if you live local, you're always welcome at the Blandford Railway Society, we meet Wednesday mornings, see link in my 'signature' below. I grew up in Blandford but have lived in London for many years now. Thank you for the offer, i visit often and if i am around on a Wednesday i will pop in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffers Posted June 30, 2019 Share Posted June 30, 2019 Some pictures of freight south of Templecombe are about. If you can source G.A. Richardson's "Steam on the Somerset and Dorset" (Bradford Barton publication) there are three photos of 44102 on the 6-35am Evercreech to Poole goods between Blandford and Bailey Gate. Likewise this service also pictured leaving Poole Yard on return in "The Last Days of Steam in Dorset and Bournemouth" by David Haysom and Julien Parker on page 31 (an Alan Sutton publication), the loco this time 44560 in 1964. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted July 1, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 1, 2019 Jack, Pm's sent, more to follow. Kind regards Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium tingleytim Posted July 3, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 3, 2019 Jack, There’s some info and pictures about Dorset end freight in the last 2/3 Midsomer Norton Telegraph magazines, principally about the fertiliser traffic. Also SDRT Pines Express issue 214 re the last three years. Have a look through “Somerset and dorset Railway” on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/396180353778795/ where there’s some that I took, the attachment here being the last one. It means scrolling back a few months, though I’m sure that would be time enjoyably spent! Tim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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