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Title: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: bradshaw on August 18, 2023, 07:05:39 I was out and about yesterday and came across this railway line and thought it might be worth an entry in the quiz
Title: Re: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: PrestburyRoad on August 18, 2023, 07:10:55 I'll offer a guess at the purpose. Is it a former military site where munitions were stored underground and were loaded/unloaded at the platform on the left?
Title: Re: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: bradshaw on August 18, 2023, 08:19:49 It has military connections
Title: Re: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: Gordon the Blue Engine on August 18, 2023, 09:38:10 Is it on Portland?
Title: Re: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: Clan Line on August 18, 2023, 12:10:43 Lulworth ranges/Tyneham ??
Title: Re: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: bradshaw on August 18, 2023, 12:54:19 Yes, Tyneham adjacent to the lane from the village to Warbarrow Bay. Marion was meeting a friend she has known since primary school so I took myself and the dog to revisit Tyneham since the range walks are open until the schools go back.
The attached photograph shows the target railway climbing diagonally from the wooded area near Warbarrow Tout. It meets another target railway seen sa the horizontal line running below the dark green of the bracken. The second image shows the cable return pulleys on the lower run. Controlled by an motor hidden in a concrete bunker which out of view to the left. The constant danger of straying off the range walks is encapsulated in the third photo! Title: Re: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: Clan Line on August 18, 2023, 13:28:11 Yes, Tyneham adjacent to the lane from the village to Warbarrow Bay. Interesting to look at on Google Maps. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.6184013,-2.1751507,486m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu Title: Re: A railway but where and for what purpose Post by: bradshaw on August 18, 2023, 14:32:17 There is also a more complex system to the north in Povington, complete with four road shed. This appears also to be a target railway but loco operated?
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