Blog- Tewkesbury MPD - S7 - Prototype photo's

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Many of the photo's published have come from various collections, a few of which are available for purchase. I've collected a few from The Transport Treasury and from the HMRS Photo collection. Both of whom have very graciously allowed me to publish a selection on this blog.

 

So as a reminder the map is shown below

 

 

Starting from the East side, where the later station is situated, first we come to the shed area alongside Station Street with the raised coaling stage. This photo is taken from Oldbury road looking East up towards the station. This is the bit that I'm hoping to model for the 2010 challenge. My aim is to try and recreate something similar to this photo. The terraced houses on the right hand side providing a useful backdrop, as is the line disappearing behind the Maltings building. Not too sure about leaving a bloke stuck in the 4ft though!

 

Moving further East over Oldbury Road we come to the old station. The building and platform on the lefthand side was the original Birmingham and Gloucester station in Tewkesbury. When built originally all this area was under a large wooden canopy. This photo is published in the Wild Swan LMS Engine Shed book and is one of the original photo's that piqued my interest in this location. The loco in the old station is an 8F, No.48388, stabled here because the shed was overcrowded! Another photo in the engine shed book shows 5 loco's stabled in the shed area. This has caused a few problems with the track plan. The track in the foreground then runs down to the quay side.

 

Now in all the books it mentions the line running down to the quay, the flour mill buildings are still there, but there was not one single published photo of the quay area with the railway still present. Then searching through The Transport Treasury archives I came across these 2 fine photo's from the James Harold Collection. The track layout seems to have been simplified compared to the original plans but is still very evocative.

 

 

Hopefully this gives a flavour for the line, for the 2010 challenge I can only really concentrate on the main shed area. However if it works out ok then future plans would include extensions in stages down to the quay.

 

 

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