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Mistley, Thorpe And Walton Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Numerous holiday trains from the Midlands to Clacton and Walton could have passed beneath this brickwork - if only the line had not been abandoned while half completed. In November 1977, this infilled bridge east of Mistley was one of the few tangible remains of the Mistley, Thorpe and Walton railway whose construction was abandoned after the contractor was forcibly removed from the works in 1869. The line would have allowed excursion trains from the Midlands to reach Walton (and then Clacton) directly via Ely, Bury St Edmunds and Manningtree north curve without reversal. In the event, Walton and Clacton became primarily a destination for holidaying Londoners while the Midlanders mostly headed to Yarmouth and Lowestoft. <br><br>[Mark Dufton 06/11/1977]](/images/50000/50677.jpg "Mistley")
