Dean_Forest_Railway Dean_Forest_Railway

Dean Forest Railway - Definition

Related Words: Branch, El, Embankment, Feeder, Junction, Line, Metro, Monorail, Rail, Railroad, Roadway, Siding

The Dean Forest Railway is a 4.25 mile long heritage railway, that runs between Lydney and Parkend, located in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. The society that operates the line, started steam locomotive operations in 1971, and purchased the trackbed and line from British Rail in 1985. Services extended from Norchard to Lydney in 1991, and to Parkend in 2004. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units.

Stations

  • Lydney Junction
  • St. Mary's Halt
  • Lydney Town
  • Norchard
  • Whitecroft
  • Parkend

Locomotives

  • Steam Locomotives
    • GWR 0-6-0PT '5700' Class no. 9681
  • Diesel Locomotives
    • BR 0-6-0 Class 03 nos. 03128 and 03141
    • BR 0-6-0 Class 08 nos. D3308, D3769 and 08734
    • BR 0-6-0 Class 14 no. D9555
    • BR Bo-Bo Class 25 no. D7633
    • BR Bo-Bo Class 27 no. 27103
    • BR A1A-A1A Class 31 no. D5634
    • BR Co-Co Class 37 no. 37263
    • BR Bo-Bo Class 73 no. 73002, 73101 and 73901
  • Diesel Multiple Units
    • BR Class 108 units 50619+56492 and 51914+56495

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British Heritage and Private Railways
England

Appleby - Avon Valley - Barrow Hill - Battlefield Line - Birmingham Rly. Mus. - Bluebell - Bodmin & Wenford - Bowes - Bredgar & Wormhill - Buckinghamshire Rly. Centre - Bure Valley - Chasewater - Chinnor & Princes Risborough - Cholsey & Wallingford - Churnet Valley - Cleethorpes - Colne Valley - Coventry - Dartmoor - Dean Forest - Derwent Valley - Didcot - East Anglian Rly. Mus. - East Kent - East Lancs. - East Somerset - Ecclesbourne Valley - Eden Valley - Embsay - Epping-Ongar - Foxfield - Glos. Warks. - Great Central - Isle of Wight - Keighley - Kent & East Sussex - Lakeside & Haverthwaite - Lappa Valley - Launceston - Lavender - Leighton Buzzard - Lincolnshire Wolds - Lynton & Barnstaple - Mangapps Rly. Mus. - Mid-Hants - Mid-Norfolk - Mid-Suffolk - Middleton - Midland Rly. Centre - National Rly. Mus. - Nene Valley - North Norfolk - North Tyneside - North Yorkshire Moors - Northampton & Lamport - Northampton Ironstone - Paignton & Dartmouth - Peak - Plym Valley - Ravenglass & Eskdale - Ribble - Romsey, Hythe & Dymchurch - Rutland - Seaton Tramway - Severn Valley - Sittingbourne - Somerset & Dorset - South Devon - South Tynedale - Spa Valley - Swanage - Swidon & Cricklade - Telford - Walthamstow - Weardale - Wensleydale - West Somerset - Wisbech & March

Scotland

Alford Valley - Bo'ness & Kinneil - Caledonian (Brechin) - Keith & Dufftown - Leadhills & Wanlockhead - Isle of Mull - Royal Deeside - Scottish Industrial Rly. Centre - Strathspey

Wales

Bala Lake - Brecon Mountain - Bridgend Valley - Cambrian Rly. Soc. - Cambrian Rly. Trust - Corris - Fairbourne - Ffestiniog - Gwili - Llanberris Lake - Llangollen - Pontypool & Blaenarvon - Rhyl - Snowdon Mountain - Swansea Vale - Talyllyn - Vale of Glamorgan - Vale of Rheidol - Welsh Highland - Welshpool & Llanfair

Isle of Man

Douglas Horse Tram - Groudle Glen - IoM Steam - Manx Electric - Snaefell

Channel Islands

Alderney Railway

Northern Ireland

Donegal - Downpatrick - Giant's Causeway

Example Usage of Railway

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