Month: July 2024

When Lord Peter Hendy chose to spend a Saturday morning (8 June 2024) addressing a gathering of mainly ageing rail campaigners at a WI Hall in the Cotswolds, it is a fair bet that he had worked out just what an influential a campaign group he was speaking to.

The ebullient Network Rail Chairman was guest speaker at the AGM in Moreton-in-Marsh of what must be Britain’s most enduring, and one of the most successful rail campaign groups in railway history, the 46-year old Cotswold Line Promotion Group (CLPG).

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There has been a a temporary reprieve for the semaphore signalling at Pembrey & Burry Port and at Ferryside until sometime next year, meaning the chance for a summer-time return (2-3 July 2024) to these two photogenic locations, in the hope of finally capturing some freight action.

After a detour on the way to Craven Arms, courtesy of some half-price TfW advance purchase tickets, my plan was a late afternoon stop at Pembrey & Burry Port, in order to see the westbound train of oil tanks to Robeston Sidings, an overnight stay in Carmarthen, then an early morning call at Ferryside to see the eastbound tanks.

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