LMS Newport Valley Branchline

LMS Newport Valley Branchline

The Newport Valley Line was a short branchline of Midland Railway ownership, coming to life in 1908 after years of construction. It connected to the Midland Mainline at Portsmouth, a city just north or Leicester, and passes through the towns of Tattershall, Midhurst, and Chatterley before arriving at Newport station, with its own small goods yard and servicing area. This representation shows the route during 1935, twelve years after the Midland Railway became part of the London, Midland, and Scottish Railway during the 1923 Railroad Grouping, and three years after the extension to Wickham, just south of Newport, was opened by the LMS.

The route handled considerable freight service, fueled by the Rickley Bros. Steel & Iron Works outside of Chatterley, and the Midhurst Colliery, as well as a daily stopping passenger service between Portsmouth and Wickham, until the line's closure in 1964 as part of Dr. Beeching's Axe.

This model railway representation of the line includes the section from Portmouth to Newport Station, with Portmouth Yard, the short Tattershall industrial spur, Midhurst Colliery, and Rickley Bros. Steel works all included. However, this recreation does not include the extension from Newport to Wickham, even though it was opened before 1935, the year this model railway is set in.

You can read more about the line's operation and rolling stock in the Microsoft Word document titled 'The LMS Newport Valley: Locations and Operations', available as a free download from my site, www.vscaleproductions.weebly.com

LMS Newport Valley Branchline
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