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The Dean Forest Railway is the railway in Gloucestershire where Wilbert works. The Reverend W. Awdry was once the president of the line. Wilbert, formerly "G. B. Keeling", was named after the Reverend W. Awdry.

The line is a 4 ¹⁄₄-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.

The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from British Rail in 1986. Reaching Both Lydney Junction and Parkend railway stations by 1995 and 2005 respectively. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units.

The Dean Forest Railway has been given the former Great Western Railway signal box that stood slightly to the east of Codsall station in Staffordshire. Its removal was completed in July 2007, and was placed at the newly restored Whitecroft station.

The Dean Forest Railway has also been given the former Griffithstown Station building. Its removal was completed in June 2016, and is expected to be placed at the new upcoming Speech House Road station.

CrossCountry are now providing a combined fare for travel to Lydney mainline station (on CrossCountry services only) and then onto the Dean Forest Railway.

The Dean Forest Railway plans to extend its heritage services a further 2 ¹⁄₂ miles (4.0 km) through/into the middle of the Royal Forest at Speech House Road (close to the nearby Beechenhurst Visitor Attraction), bringing the line to a total of about 6 ³⁄₄ miles (10.9 km) in length.

Gallery

External links

Dean Forest Railway official site
The Dean Forest Railway on Wikipedia

United Kingdom

* RWS only | ** T&F only

Locomotives	SR	Stepney \| Boxhill* \| Bluebell and Primrose* \| Adams*
	LNER	Gordon's Brothers* \| Flying Scotsman \| Pretty Polly \| Lemberg \| Green Arrow* \| Mallard* \| Silver Jubilee* \| Toby's Brothers* \| 1020* \| 8783*
	LMS	Jinty and Pug* \| The Foreign Engine* \| Bahamas* \| Duchess of Hamilton* \| Duchess**
	GWR	City of Truro \| The Dukes* \| King James I* \| Iron Duke* \| Earnest**
	BR	Diesel* \| Class 40 \| D199* \| Old Stuck-Up* \| British Railways Diesels \| D5705* \| 31120* \| 10751*
	Other	The Coalbrookdale Locomotive \| Midland Railway Engines* \| Awdry \| Albert* \| The Highland Engines* \| 98462 and 87546* \| Workshop Engines \| The Foreign Engines* \| Scrapped Engines \| Cromford* \| Captain Baxter* \| War Department Diesels* \| Stephenson's Rocket* \| Novelty \| Sans Pareil \| Wilbert* \| Sixteen* \| Sixteen's Friends* \| Alfred and Judy* \| The Hunslet Diesels* \| Eurostar \| Other Real Locomotives \| Puffing Billy \| The Mainland Engines \| Splatter and Dodge \| Spencer \| Connor \| Caitlin \| Samson \| Logan \| The Mainland Diesels \| Merlin \| Lexi \| Theo \| Hurricane \| Frankie**
Rolling Stock		Henrietta's Sister \| Thomas' Special Coach* \| Helena* \| Spencer's Coaches \| Connor's Coaches \| Caitlin's Coaches \| Plank Trucks \| Troublesome Trucks \| Flatbeds, Conflats and Well Wagons \| Ladle Trucks \| Brake Vans \| Bradford
Vehicles		North Star* \| Mermaid Liverpool \| Dilly \| Beresford \| Mitchell \| The Hawker Hurricane
People		Elizabeth II \| The Thin Clergyman \| The Fat Clergyman \| The Duke and Duchess of Boxford**
Locations		Vicarstown Bridge \| Walney Channel \| Barrow-in-Furness \| King's Cross \| Paddington \| Euston \| St. Pancras \| Brighton \| Carnforth \| Crewe \| Fletcher, Jennings & Co. \| The Scottish Engine Company \| The Great Railway Show Yard \| The Mainland Canal \| The Steelworks \| The Experimental Engines' Yard \| Bridlington Goods Yard \| Victoria Station
Railways		Talyllyn Railway \| Ffestiniog Railway \| Snowdon Mountain Railway \| Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway \| Bluebell Railway \| Dean Forest Railway \| Toby's Old Tramway

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-The '''Dean Forest Railway''' is the railway where [[Wilbert]] works, in Gloucestershire.
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+The '''Dean Forest Railway''' is the railway in Gloucestershire where [[Wilbert]] works. The [[Reverend W. Awdry]] was once the president of the line. Wilbert, formerly "G. B. Keeling", was named after the Reverend W. Awdry.
+<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The line is a <span class="frac nowrap" style="white-space:nowrap;">4<span class="visualhide" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:auto;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;"> </span><sup style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">1</sup>⁄<sub style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">4</sub></span>-mile (6.8 km) long heritage railway that runs between Lydney and Parkend in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.</p>
+<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The route was part of the former Severn and Wye Railway which ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The society that operates the line started steam operations in 1971, and bought the trackbed and line from [[British Railways|British Rail]]  in 1986. Reaching Both Lydney Junction and Parkend railway stations by 1995 and 2005 respectively. Trains are operated by both steam and heritage diesel locomotives, and heritage diesel multiple units.</p>
+<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Dean Forest Railway has been given the former Great Western Railway [[Signal Boxes|signal box]]  that stood slightly to the east of Codsall station in Staffordshire. Its removal was completed in July 2007, and was placed at the newly restored Whitecroft station.</p>
+<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Dean Forest Railway has also been given the former Griffithstown Station building. Its removal was completed in June 2016, and is expected to be placed at the new upcoming Speech House Road station.</p>
+<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">CrossCountry are now providing a combined fare for travel to Lydney mainline station (on CrossCountry services only) and then onto the Dean Forest Railway.</p>
+<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.4px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;">The Dean Forest Railway plans to extend its heritage services a further <span class="frac nowrap" style="white-space:nowrap;">2<span class="visualhide" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:auto;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;"> </span><sup style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">1</sup>⁄<sub style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">2</sub></span> miles (4.0 km) through/into the middle of the Royal Forest at Speech House Road (close to the nearby Beechenhurst Visitor Attraction), bringing the line to a total of about <span style="white-space:nowrap;">6 </span><span class="frac nowrap" style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;white-space:nowrap;"><sup style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">3</sup>⁄<sub style="line-height:1;font-size:11.2px;">4</sub></span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:22.4px;">miles (10.9 km) in length.</span></p>
+{{Clear}}
+==Gallery==
+<gallery position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center" bordersize="none">
+File:Percy'sPorridgeRS2.png|Wilbert on the Dean Forest Railway
+File:RealWilbert.jpg
+File:LydneyJunction.JPG|Lydney Junction
+File:LydneyTown.jpg|Lydney Town
+File:Norchard.JPG|Norchard
+File:Whitecroft.JPG|Whitecroft
+File:Parkend.jpg|Parkend
+File:WilbertAwdryatDeanForestRailway.jpg|Wilbert Awdry and Mike Pearce at Dean Forest Railway
+</gallery>
+==External links==
+* [http://www.deanforestrailway.co.uk/ Dean Forest Railway official site]
+* [[Wikipedia:Dean Forest Railway|The Dean Forest Railway]] on Wikipedia
+{{The Mainland}}
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+[[Category:Real Landmarks]]