Cholsey & Wallingford Railway 13.12.08
The first time I've ever witnessed the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway at work and this is my 5th visit! It does seem a cracking little railway.
Today was Santa Special day. A green liveried 08123 on one end with another shunter on the other end of which I haven't a clue on the number. All the volunteers are extremely kind and helpful and my full thanks goes out to them.
I was also lucky enough to be offered a look in the cab of the industrial Class 08. A guided tour of the cab provided by a volunteer.
I certainly hope to visit again in the Spring when they have their next event.
Enjoy!
Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
A great little heritage line from Cholsey to Wallingford in Oxfordshire. Sadly, no steam running on the day I visited, but shunters provided a great trip through the glorious countryside. At Wallingford there's an excellent little museum with railwayana and history of the Bunk Line, shop and cafe. The platform at Cholsey is the bay platform of the main station. All the staff and volunteers were very friendly.
Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Steam Gala Sunday 24th August 2014
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Cholsey+Wallingford railway with class 08 shunters 5/5/19
Cholsey & Wallingford railway
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway - '30th ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND' 14/08/2011
Yet another railway celebrating an anniversary in 2011 was the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway.
Whilst the neighbouring Didcot Railway Centre is celebrating its 50th Anniversary, the Cholsey & Wallingford celebrates it 30th. Mainly a Diesel railway, the C&WR now often hires-in a visiting steam loco to work most of the summer trains as well as the 'Santa Specials' in December.
This '30th Anniversary Weekend' held over the 13th/14th August 2011 was to feature this year's guest loco: 'Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns' 0-4-0ST No.7386 Birkenhead from Southall Railway Centre. But Birkenhead had unfortunately failed and was only in 'light-steam' at Wallingford. Services therefore had to be shared between the railway's three BR Class 08 Shunters: No.08123 George Mason and former 'Guiness Brewery' shunters Lion and Unicorn.
This footage is from Sunday 14th August.
Locos in this video are...
- BR Class 08 0-6-0DE No.08123 George Mason
- BR Class 08 0-6-0DE No.08060 Unicorn
- 'Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns' 0-4-0ST No.7386 Birkenhead (in 'light-steam' only at Wallingford)
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Places to see in ( Wallingford - UK )
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Wallingford is an ancient market town and civil parish in the upper Thames Valley in England. Historically in Berkshire, it was transferred to Oxfordshire for the purposes of administration in 1974. Wallingford is situated 12 miles (19 km) north of Reading, 13 miles (21 km) south of Oxford and 11 miles (18 km) north west of Henley-on-Thames.
The town's royal but mostly ruined Wallingford Castle held high status in the early medieval period as a regular royal residence until the Black Death hit the town badly in 1349. Empress Matilda retreated here for the final time from Oxford Castle in 1141. The castle declined subsequently, much stone being removed to renovate Windsor Castle. Nonetheless the town's Priory produced two of the greatest minds of the age, the mathematician Richard of Wallingford and the chronicler John of Wallingford.
Wallingford is on the west bank of the River Thames downstream of Oxford and lies at the foot of the Chilterns. On the opposite bank are the villages of Crowmarsh Gifford and Newnham Murren, connected to the town by Wallingford Bridge, a 300 yard long medieval stone bridge crossing the river and adjacent flood plain. At southern end of the town is the settlement of Winterbrook. The town bypass crosses the river to the southwest over Winterbrook Bridge.
Wallingford grew up around an important crossing point of the River Thames. The place has been fortified since at least Anglo-Saxon times, when it was an important fortified borough of Wessex with the right to mint Royal coinage. It was enclosed with substantial earthworks by King Alfred the Great in the 9th century as part of a network of fortified towns known as burhs or burghs to protect Wessex against the Vikings.
Wallingford Castle was built soon afterwards and became a key strategic centre for the Empress Matilda's party during the civil war that began after her father Henry I's death. After the fall of Oxford Castle to Stephen in 1141, Matilda fled to Wallingford, according to some historic accounts in the snow under a moonlit sky.
Wallingford flourished as a trading centre throughout most of the Middle Ages, and Wallingford Priory produced two of the greatest minds of the age, the mathematician Richard of Wallingford and the chronicler John of Wallingford. After the opening of Abingdon Bridge in 1416 the town went into economic decline.
The River Thames has been a transport route for centuries and Wallingford's growth as a town relied partly on it. Coal was supplied from North East England by coaster to London and then by barge upriver to Wallingford. This supply could be unreliable in seasons when river currents were too strong or water levels were too low. In 1789 the Oxford Canal reached Oxford from Warwickshire and the Duke's Cut at Wolvercote gave it a connection to the Thames.
On 2 July 1866, the Wallingford and Watlington Railway was opened between Cholsey and Wallingford. Its relative speed and reliability enabled it to take a large share of goods previously carried on the Thames. Unfortunately, two months earlier, in May 1866, the Overend, Gurney & Co bank had crashed causing one of the severest financial crises of the 19th century.
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A Little Steamer on the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
Filmed from Manor Farm Bridge
A little steamer with 2 coaches heads to Cholsey from Wallingford
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Cholsey & Wallingford Railway 'EASTER TRAINS' - 17/04/2017
Whilst Didcot Railway Centre held a fairly big Easter event over the weekend of April 14th-17th, a somewhat smaller event was held a few miles down the line at the Cholsey & Wallingford Railway.
Trains were being held by 'Peckett' 0-4-0ST W/No.1555 (running as Ivor the Engine).
Filmed on Monday 17th April 2017.
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway 1940s weekend 2016
8th & 9th October 2016 we held our annual 1940s weekend.
This is just a small tid bit of an event that is growing each year!
Enjoy and we hope, if your watching this, that you'll join us for the next one!
Featuring clips and pics from the weekend to the wartime sounds of the Andrews Sisters - Chatanooga Choo Choo and Boogie woogie bugle boy plus The Glenn Miller band - In the mood.
All pictures and video clips are owned by the video editor. We do not own the rights to the music played with this video.
Class 08 shunters at the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway May 2018
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I must stress that all of my videos are shot purely for my own memories to watch back when i'm old, shot on amateur equipment of varying picture quality.
Therefore you will see a lot of wobbly footage and fingers in the way of the lens, it's not supposed to appear professional and is not an official representation of the place or event named in the title.
Its just me filming interests and days out.
Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
Saddle tank 'Birkenhead' running round at Wallingford
Northern Gas Board No.1 on the Cholsey and Wallingford Railway
Recently arrived 'Northern Gas Board No.1' passes Winterbrook Crossing with the 1205 for Cholsey on Monday 26th May 2014
City of Truro - Wallingford 2008
City of Truro way back in 2008 - it visited the Cholsey & Wallingford railway back then & is just seen outside Wallingford heading to Cholsey
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First UK Vid! A Saturday afternoon at Cholsey 27/9/14
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Cholsey & Wallingford Railway - BunkFest, 30th August 2014.
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway - BunkFest, 30th August 2014.
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Peckett 0-4-0 saddle tank Northern Gas Board No. 1.
That's Oxfordshire TV - Residents in Wallingford Are Desperate For A Second Supermarket
CUE : Residents in Wallingford are desperate for a second supermarket. That’s according to a local councillor who says the search for a second store needs to be renewed. It comes after developers announced plans to build an extra 1,000 homes in the area. Currently, Waitrose is the only supermarket in the town, meaning residents wanting to shop at a value store need to travel to Didcot or Oxford. More details in this report.
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway aka The Bunk Line
The Bunk Line is the charming ex-GWR branch from Wallingford to Cholsey, where it joins the big boys. Peckett 1555 is seen 1. entering Wallingford station and ready to depart, 2.from the bridge by Cholsey church where Agatha Christie is buried, 3. running round her train at Cholsey, 4. back at the bridge. It is a friendly little line, as you can tell from the engine's greetings.