sidings

an early finish today prompted a visit to the former colliery site at manton and the sidings at manton wood after parking the car  in manton pit wood park trying to look like an afternoon stroller and not an urban explorer  a circuitous walk through manton pit wood was required to reach my goal...

Yet another delayed report! Visited with TBM and Friends. Very little on this but what I do know is it was possibly used by The Atomic Weapons Research Establishment as a fuel sidings for trains. The site is very trashed and looks to have been closed for at least a decade. Not much left but...

Oakamoor railway station is a closed railway station in the Churnet Valley, Staffordshire. The station was opened in 1849 as part of the Churnet Valley Line constructed by the North Staffordshire Railway. Serving the village of Oakamoor the station remained open until 1965 when all services were...

I was in the area and couldn't think of a better way to spend a dinner hour than walking about the trains