2. Railways

Besford to Merehead

Besford is near Pershore to the south of Birmingham on the line to Gloucester and the South West. It is a busy line and freight can be boundiful if the traffic demand is high. I think I hit it on a bad day combined with a bridge strike in the Bromsgrove area which had an adverse affect so I left early and headed for Kemble then Westbury with detour to Sapperton Tunnel on the derelict Thames and Severn Canal. Also included is a look at the freight only Merehead Branch in Somerset. 6-7/4/2006
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    Another move and I am at the overbridge at Fairwood Junction, just west of Westbury. The lowering sun glints off 59202 as it runs back from either Merehead or Whatley quarry to Westbury shed for the night.
    A former Central Trains class 158 sprinter unit clatters over the pointwork of Fairwood Junction with the late running 2C60 1754 Bristol Filton Abbey Wood to Frome service. The setting sun lights the sky red behind the unit.
    A short while later 158792 is seen again running back ECS towards Westbury and possibly onto Bristol for overnight stabling.