In search of the M&SWJ: water-tower at Faberstown
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In search of the M&SWJ: water-tower at Faberstown
Image: © Stefan Czapski Taken: 10 May 2017
These two towers stand close to the route of the old Midland & South-Western Junction Railway, east of Ludgershall. The one with the open steel frame is a recent structure, but the brick-built one is plainly a relic of the steam age. It stands at a certain distance from the surviving railway line - but I'd read that as evidence that the land between line and road was once a railway yard. The M&SWJR existed as an independent entity from 1884 until 1923, when it was absorbed into the Great Western. Its main line (if 'main line' you could call it) ran cross-country from Swindon south to Andover and north-west to reach Cheltenham. Traffic seems to have been pretty sparse except during the two world wars. At the time of writing, the line still connects a military depot at Ludgershall with the national rail network at Andover.
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