Stenlake Publishing - The Yate to Thornbury Branch
The Yate to Thornbury Branch
Author : Colin G. Maggs ISBN : 9780853615859 Cover : paperback Price : £10.95
This Midland Railway branch was originally built to serve iron ore workings and also provide a passenger service. While the line’s passenger trains have long since gone, the branch still provides a link to Tytherington Quarry for stone traffic to this day.
Read the line’s story up until closure in 1966 – in its last few years it became very busy with ‘Presflo’ trains in connection with building the M5 motorway – then discover the branch’s renaissance with new investment and reopening in 1972 to Tytherington.
The author is well-known for his railway histories in and around the Bristol area and south-west England. Colin Maggs’ put his local knowledge to good use to add colour with stories of life on the railway from some of the line’s railway staff.
