April 2024 marks the 60th anniversary of the closure of the Tetbury to Kemble railway line, closed like many others by Dr Beeching.
An exhibition marking the event was held at the Tetbury Goods Shed showing information about the railway.
There was an O gauge model of Tetbury station and the goods shed. All that now remains of the original railway is the goods shed. O gauge is a larger scale than the more common OO gauge.
One of the old diesel rail buses that once used this line after the steam trains stopped running can be found at the new Swindon and Cricklade Railway.
The above shows the Engine shed with water tank.
Goods shed in the foreground, the station is at the far end.
The existing goods shed is top left
I presume the old railway carriage shown below that forms part of the cafe sits on what would have been some of the original track.
Below is an interesting poster as it was once intended to link the railway line that terminated at Nailsworth to Tetbury. That would have been an interesting route to get out of the valley!
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