The Forest of Dean again. .....

[rogerfarnworth]

I continue to find tramways and railways in the Forest of Dean of great interest. For this next post we return to Mr Brain's Tramway which primarily served Trafalgar Colliery in the Forest.

Brain’s Tramway (Forest of Dean)

The featured image above shows the locomotive ‘Free Miner’ which was Works No. 61, at the Lilleshall Company Works, it was delivered to Trafalgar Colliery in February 1865 for use on th…

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Further research has resulted in a bit more information about the locomotives that worked on the Tramway. ....

Previous posts can be found on the following threads:

The Forest of Dean Railways and Tramways

My wife and I enjoy an annual holiday in the Forest of Dean. We have been there almost every year since the year 2000. During that time we have enjoyed exploring a number of the different railway routes in the forest and have begun to realise just how complex a network of tramways supported the...

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The Forest of Dean

The Bream Heritage Walk, the Oakwood Tramway and The Flour Mill Ltd The Forest of Dean continues to be one of my favourites places. In 2020 we, once again, stayed there in the first week of September. The old thread covering different aspects of the railways and tramways has been closed but is...

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The Forest of Dean again. ...

Humphrey Household included a short chapter about the Forest in his 1984 book about the railways of Gloucestershire in the 1920s http://rogerfarnworth.com/2021/09/17/the-forest-of-dean-tramways-and-railways-an-addendum While on holiday in the Forest of Dean in September 2021, I picked up a...

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[Madge Wildfire]

Somewhat O/T from the OP, but I have just discovered to my delight that Ben Ashworth is still alive and well. I worked with him in Cardiff at times during the 1980s, and have often wondered if he was still with us.

For those unfamiliar with his work, here is a link - https://anticsonline.uk/Product/Lig...graphs-of-Ben-Ashworth_BRSteamDean_N108270372

 

[rogerfarnworth]

Good news and thank you for the link.