Wansanfer Hall
Sidelined in Wiltshire.
GWR ‘Networker Turbo’ Class 165 waits patiently in the sunny siding for its turn to form the 14.57 shuttle to Newbury. Just operating as a two car unit, it represents and almost embodies a bygone era, when train travel out here in the sticks was less frenetic than today. I always refer to them as Annie and Clarabel. Bedwyn station marked the edge of the Western Region London Area. Yards down the track, the line was controlled by Bristol. And I guess that’s why the trains from London still end here, and not further down the line - That and the availability of a suitable siding and crossover.
Sidelined in Wiltshire.
GWR ‘Networker Turbo’ Class 165 waits patiently in the sunny siding for its turn to form the 14.57 shuttle to Newbury. Just operating as a two car unit, it represents and almost embodies a bygone era, when train travel out here in the sticks was less frenetic than today. I always refer to them as Annie and Clarabel. Bedwyn station marked the edge of the Western Region London Area. Yards down the track, the line was controlled by Bristol. And I guess that’s why the trains from London still end here, and not further down the line - That and the availability of a suitable siding and crossover.