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Shrewsbury And Hereford Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Start of the Heart of Wales Railway at Craven Arms, looking south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7078.jpg "Craven Arms")
![All four roads through Hereford in use.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7275.jpg "Hereford")
![Ex-GWR 4-6-0 no 6992 <I>Aborfield Hall</I> photographed on the turntable at Hereford shed (85C) in the late 1950s.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/26000/26447.jpg "Hereford Shed")
![Collett 0-6-0 no 3203 stands on Hereford shed in September 1958. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 29/09/1958]](/images/32000/32369.jpg "Hereford Shed")
![Collett 4-6-0 no 7828 <I>Odney Manor</I> on Hereford shed in September 1958. [See image 40304]<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 29/09/1958]](/images/34000/34705.jpg "Hereford Shed")
![Collett 2-6-2T no 4135 on shed at Hereford in August 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 13/08/1962]](/images/41000/41803.jpg "Hereford Barton Shed")
![Although the up platform buildings at Craven Arms had been replaced by a shelter (a very sturdy looking one it has to be said), this September 1972 view north under the covered footbridge reveals that the carriage shed (left) and goods shed (right) were still extant, albeit no longer part of the active railway. <br><br>[Bill Jamieson 11/09/1972]](/images/40000/40143.jpg "Craven Arms")
![Not long after restoration from Barry scrapyard condition to main-line running order, Jubilee No.5690 <I>Leander</I> prepares to take 'The Cathedrals Express' railtour forward from Hereford as far as Chester on 4 October 1975. <br><br>[Bill Jamieson 04/10/1975]](/images/42000/42029.jpg "Hereford")
![A southbound passenger train at Craven Arms on 18 August 1979 double-headed by 25122+25156.<br><br>[Peter Todd 18/08/1979]](/images/37000/37448.jpg "Craven Arms")
![Stanier Coronation Pacific no 46229 <I>Duchess of Hamilton</I> northbound out of Hereford with the <I>Welsh Marches Pullman</I> on 6 November 1982.<br><br>[Peter Todd 06/11/1982]](/images/27000/27213.jpg "Hereford")
![I think I can, I think I can - this Cardiff-bound DMU seemed to be struggling to reach the summit just North of Onibury crossing, between Ludlow and Shrewsbury. The station building was a B&B at this time, but as I had relatives close by, I always stayed with them instead.<br><br>[Ken Strachan /04/1987]](/images/26000/26701.jpg "Onibury")
![A Northbound DMU (probably for Shrewsbury) has just passed the former junction for Tenbury Wells and Bewdley in September 1988. The road bridge had a sharp left-right kink at this time (now, don't titter), which has since been straightened out at vast expense.<br><br>[Ken Strachan /09/1988]](/images/27000/27301.jpg "Woofferton")
![Looking south at Hereford station. Barrs Court Sidings are on the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/10000/10014.jpg "Hereford")
![Looking north at Hereford Yard Junction. The line to the left runs to Hereford Barton (ahead) and Barrs Court Sidings (behind camera).<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/07/2006]](/images/10000/10015.jpg "Hereford Yard Junction")
![Things to photograph while waiting for freights which never come. 1) The former Dinmore station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 09/07/2006]](/images/9000/9966.jpg "Dinmore")
![Heading north through the former Dinmore station heading for the twin tunnels.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/07/2006]](/images/9000/9890.jpg "Dinmore")
![Milford Haven - Manchester Piccadilly train arrives at Church Stretton on 31 May.<br><br>[John McIntyre 31/05/2007]](/images/15000/15400.jpg "Church Stretton")
![A Manchester - Carmarthen via Newport evening service formed by 175105 calls at Craven Arms on 2 May 2008.<br><br>[John McIntyre 02/05/2008]](/images/18000/18908.jpg "Craven Arms")
![Craven Arms looking north from the footbridge towards Shrewsbury on 2 May 2008.<br><br>[John McIntyre 02/05/2008]](/images/18000/18945.jpg "Craven Arms")
![A single car class 153 unit passes Marsh Brook signal box on 18 November with a service to Swansea via the former L&NW Heart of Wales line. Marsh Brook station closed to passengers in 1958. <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21557.jpg "Marsh Brook")
![A southbound class 158 runs throught Moreton-on-Lugg on 18 November with the access to the exchange sidings and the former Army depot to the left behind the train.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21573.jpg "Moreton-on-Lugg")
![Arriva Trains Wales service from Cardiff to Manchester passes the site of the former station at Marsh Brook between Craven Arms and Shrewsbury.<br>
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<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21579.jpg "Marsh Brook")
![A Class 60 heads south with a freight past the former Woofferton station, Shropshire, on 18 November 2008. The station, closed in July 1961, still retains its signalbox, passing loop and fine array of ex-GW signals together with a former goods shed (although it has seen better days). Just beyond the signal box was the junction for the branch line to Tenbury Wells where the S&HJ stopped but the GW continued through Cleobury Mortimer to Bewdley. The Clee hills form the backdrop.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21588.jpg "Woofferton")
![The 1852 Onibury Station building (now a private residence) stands beside the level crossing on the A49 road between Craven Arms and Ludlow on the S&HJ line. The door beneath the porch still states <I>Booking Office</I> although tickets have not been sold here for quite a few years now, having closed to passengers in 1958!<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21625.jpg "Onibury")
![An <I>Arriva Trains Wales</I> service heads north on 18 November past the unusual design of SB at Onibury, Shropshire. The box controls the level crossing over the busy A49 road.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21632.jpg "Onibury")
![Heading north from Onibury towards Craven Arms on 18 November 2008, a class 175 unit climbs to cross the River Onny.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21663.jpg "Onibury")
![Level crossing and signal box at Moreton-on-Lugg north of Hereford on the Shrewsbury & Hereford Joint line in November 2008. Note the telegraph pole behind the box still retaining its extensive array of cross arms and insulators.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/11/2008]](/images/21000/21664.jpg "Moreton-on-Lugg")
![Although the station has gone the signalbox remains at Dorrington as a northbound Class 158 heads towards Shrewsbury on 19 November past an upper quadrant home signal beyond which stands a lower quadrant starter.<br><br>[John McIntyre 19/11/2008]](/images/21000/21536.jpg "Dorrington")
![View south towards the level crossing and its signalbox at the old Onibury station. While the station was still open OS maps show it on the north side of the LC, but I suspect this had staggered platforms and certainly the goods yard was to the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/2010]](/images/27000/27527.jpg "Onibury")
![Arriva Trains Wales single unit DMU 153320 waits under the footbridge at Craven Arms for right of way prior to running forward onto the 'Heart of Wales' Line with the 14.36 service to Swansea.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 25/05/2010]](/images/29000/29134.jpg "Craven Arms")
![Arriva Trains Wales single unit DMU 153320 runs onto the 'Heart of Wales' Line on 25 May after leaving the northbound platform at Craven Arms with the 14.36 service to Swansea.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 25/05/2010]](/images/29000/29140.jpg "Craven Arms")
![A northbound train pulls in at Leominster in June 2010.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 05/06/2010]](/images/29000/29816.jpg "Leominster")
![66137 shut down in the up centre road at Hereford Station on 10 June 2010 awaiting the arrival of a new driver, whilst power car 43144 idles at the north end of platform 1 before leading the 15.11 First Great Western HST service to London via Worcester, the Cotswold line, and Oxford.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 10/06/2010]](/images/29000/29407.jpg "Hereford")
![66137 enters Hereford station from the south on 10 June with a steel working. The freight will shortly pass an ATW 175 at the opposite platform waiting to depart on the 14.12 service to Cardiff.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 10/06/2010]](/images/31000/31555.jpg "Hereford")
![66207 has stoppped to make a crew change at Hereford on a return Cemex working to Peak Forest at 16.40 on 9 November 2010. Note the new high intensity platform lighting recently installed here.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 09/11/2010]](/images/31000/31537.jpg "Hereford")
![The station footbridge at Hereford, looking towards the booking hall in February 2011. I passed the other way in a slightly intoxicated state once or twice when younger!<br><br>[Ken Strachan 05/02/2011]](/images/32000/32779.jpg "Hereford")
![Freightliner 66560, with 66601 dead in train, waiting at signals at the south end of Hereford Station on 16 July 2012. Up ahead the 12.49 ex Birmingham New Street via Great Malvern is crossing over prior to running back into platform 3 ready for its return to Birmingham.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 16/07/2012]](/images/39000/39739.jpg "Hereford")
![60100 idles on the centre road at Hereford on 30 March 2015 with a Margam-bound steel train. 150109 has recently arrived alongside with a service from Birmingham New Street. The HST just visible on the far right will shortly leave for Paddington. Notice the new lift towers at each end of the footbridge [see image 32779] - these are not in service just yet.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 30/03/2015]](/images/50000/50826.jpg "Hereford")
![175003 (heading for Cardiff IIRC) looks very bright and cheerful at Hereford station compared to the steel train on the left and the HST on the right. View looks North.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 30/03/2015]](/images/62000/62562.jpg "Hereford")
![The station at Ford Bridge, to the south of Leominster, operated from 1866 to 1954. The level crossing closed after the Leominster bypass (in the foreground) opened in 1988. I once paced a cement train here while driving down the bypass - the combination of a misty night and a white dust covered train made for a spooky experience. [Ref query 23 January 2018]<br><br>[Ken Strachan 15/01/2018]](/images/62000/62639.jpg "Ford Bridge")
