Hi all ;
Just a quick one. Had to work thru all that gorgeous sunshine yesterday so was feeling a tad peeved,when i remembered this little beauty-so inbetween swopping trains at Oxford the camera was hastily summoned !!
Rewley Road swing bridge lies just to the north of the present Oxford stn-however this was not on the Great Western railway-this bridge was built as part of the LNWR route into Oxford from Bletchley and ran into a terminus stn directly opposite the present day one.It spans the Sheepwash channel,an ex navigable link between the river Thames and the Oxford Canal.The station (Rewley Road) was opened in 1851 and closed 100 yers later,but the bridge remained open until the early 1980's to serve a small freight yard.Since then it has lain derelict-but,presumably,a listed structure and only a couple of weeks ago was cleared of weeds.!! Not the easiest of structures to photograph,but,apparantly,a unique piece of railway history.!!
PS; All the above photos were taken on railway propoerty BUT it is easily photographed from a footbridge which crosses the channel just behind it !!
Just a quick one. Had to work thru all that gorgeous sunshine yesterday so was feeling a tad peeved,when i remembered this little beauty-so inbetween swopping trains at Oxford the camera was hastily summoned !!
Rewley Road swing bridge lies just to the north of the present Oxford stn-however this was not on the Great Western railway-this bridge was built as part of the LNWR route into Oxford from Bletchley and ran into a terminus stn directly opposite the present day one.It spans the Sheepwash channel,an ex navigable link between the river Thames and the Oxford Canal.The station (Rewley Road) was opened in 1851 and closed 100 yers later,but the bridge remained open until the early 1980's to serve a small freight yard.Since then it has lain derelict-but,presumably,a listed structure and only a couple of weeks ago was cleared of weeds.!! Not the easiest of structures to photograph,but,apparantly,a unique piece of railway history.!!
PS; All the above photos were taken on railway propoerty BUT it is easily photographed from a footbridge which crosses the channel just behind it !!