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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    A move further south to Claydon, just south of Ashchurch and 220015 approaches the former level crossing, now replaced by a bridge, with 1E46 1258 Bristol Temple Meads to Newcastle.
    Traffic was very sparse especially from the north with no trains for well over an hour. Meanwhile 170635 forms 1M66 1245 Cardiff Central to Nottingham.
    A very pleasant surprise as class 150 sprinter 950001 runs north with 2Z08 Network Rail Test Train. I found out that a bridge bash at Bromsgrove had stopped all traffic in the area. Time for a move again.