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Brock Hollow, TELFORD, TF4 3UN

Photographed from the bridge over Horsehay & Dawley Railway Station, part of which can be seen in this view. The line in this direction is already constructed for much of the way to Doseley Halt, as it was required for works trains to remove spoil from the northern extension to Lawley Common. However, in the direction to Doseley Halt, the track it is not yet up to the standard required to run passenger services. Going beyond the halt to Lightmoor, requires legal powers to cross a public road, and of course the money to finance the extension. If this happens, then the line will eventually be re-instated, where it is shown in this photo by Row17:- Image Longer term, there are hopes that the line could eventually cross the River Severn and terminate at Buildwas. However there are lots of things that need to happen before that could become a reality. Image Image

Railway House is the home of Telford Steam Railway's model railway exhibition. On its left is the Furnaces Tea Rooms. Both these can be accessed from the nearby Bridge Road, or by taking the path up from the platform of the adjacent Horsehay & Dawley Railway Station.

An OS cutmark on the side wall of a roadside house on Frame Lane; originally levelled at 163.184m above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.

Horsehay station.

see their web site for more details http://www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/index.shtml

An industrial diesel locomotive, built for the National Coal Board in 1964. It worked near Conisbrough in Yorkshire. It worked mainly there, and at Malby, for well over 20 years, before moving into preservation. Since then it seems to have moved around the country, but ended up being restored at the Rutland Railway Museum. It moved from there to the Telford Steam Railway on the 18th August 2010. It is picture on the sidings at Spring Village.

An industrial 0-4-0ST steam saddle tank locomotive, built by Peckett & Sons Ltd of Bristol, in 1940, for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority's power station at Ironbridge. It retired from there in 1980 and was purchased by the Steamport Museum at Southport. It was sold in 1984 to the Telford Steam Railway. It sometimes plays the role of Thomas the Tank Engine, but currently it is out of service, requiring a new firebox and boiler overhaul. Photographed on the sidings at Spring Village.

There's not much left to see at this railway station, but you can visit the nearby model railway exhibition, or the Furnaces Tea Rooms. Image The line ahead goes in the direction of Doseley Halt, but it's not open to passenger traffic at present. The bridge carries Bridge Road across the railway. For details of the DMU no. 50479, standing at the station, please see:- Image Image