Former railway yard at Bilson
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The photograph on this page of Former railway yard at Bilson by John Winder as part of the Geograph project.
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Former railway yard at Bilson
Image: © John Winder Taken: 24 May 2020
This open expanse was once Bilson yard, site of a number of holding sidings for freight wagons as well as a couple of rail junctions, a signal box and a short-lived passenger halt. Railway age photos taken from the same spot (lots of these are to be found in Neil Parkhouse's excellent book "Forest of Dean Lines and the Severn Bridge", volume 2 of his "British Railway History in Colour" series, published by Lightmoor Press) show the signal box and a lamp hut on the extreme left of this shot, while there were a couple of permanent way huts where the two small trees are on the centre right of the shot. Lots of railway fenceposts are still present on the former boundary of the railway land; if you have sharp eyes, you may just be able to make a few out in front of the tall trees on the right! The route of the old line is now a footpath and cycle way.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.823316
Longitude
-2.514155