Back to Tewkesbury Quay Branch

For this week's blog post we return to the Tewkesbury Quay branch, the small 'branch within a branch' that ran from the Malvern-Ashchurch line down to Quay Street in Tewkesbury. This tiny line is really interesting when compared with the genteel country nature of the rest of the route, featuring as it did trains running through industrial and urban areas, as well as sections with on-street running. By far the best part of the Quay branch, however, was the evocative engine shed with its cobbled road and high brick walls. These pictures by Ben Brooksbank are among my favourite shots of the whole railway, so enjoy!
 
As a small aside, I have noticed in the last couple of days that 'Britain from the Air' have recently recatalogued all of their photographs. This has broken all of the links on my page to their shots, so please bear in mind while I track down and restore these resources over the next few days.

'Tewkesbury Old Station: View SW along Mill Branch towards High Street (level) crossing and Healing's Mill, showing remains of the original (1840) Tewkesbury Station'. Used under licence via Creative Commons 2.0.

'Tewkesbury Engine Shed: The small engine-shed, on the Mill Branch, with two occupants: ex-GWR '57XX' class 0-6-0PT no.7788 (built 12/30, withdrawn 7/62), behind it an ex-MR 3F 0-6-0'. Used under licence via Creative Commons 2.0.

'Tewkesbury Engine Shed, with a Midland 0-6-0 prominent: View eastward, towards Tewkesbury Junction and Ashchurch. The line is the original (1840) branch from Ashchurch to the terminus by the High Street that closed to passengers on 16/5/1864, when a new station was opened on the line to Upton-on-Severn and Great Malvern. Ex-Midland 3F 0-6-0 No. 3604 dominates the scene; ex-Midland 1P 0-4-4T is just outside the little shed'. Used under licence via Creative Commons 2.0.

'Tewkesbury Engine Shed, with a Midland 0-4-4T: View eastward, towards Tewkesbury Junction and Ashchurch. Ex-Midland Johnson/Deeley 1P 0-4-4T No. 1338 is beside the makeshift 'coaling stage''. Used under licence via Creative Commons 2.0.

'Tewkesbury Quay branch: View westward from near Tewkesbury Junction, towards the Engine Shed, Old Station and across the High Street to the Quay. The branch was closed in 12/57, some years before the line through the 'New' station to Upton-on-Severn closed in 1961'. Used under licence via Creative Commons 2.0.