Avro York failed take off from Brize Norton 1946
On 28 November 1946 an Avro York MW168 belonging to the Transport Command Development Unit at RAF Brize Norton failed to become airborne and instead crashed on to the railway line between Brize Norton and Carterton stations, coming to rest in a field, as pictured. Needless to say the line was closed for several days while the RAF effected recovery.
Photograph from the Martin Loader Collection
Janet Westman
Locomotive 7412 at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in 1959
Locomotive 7412 at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in 1959
Nik Stanbridge
Locomotive 7412 at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in 1961
Locomotive 7412 at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station in 1961
Nik Stanbridge
A freight wagon and engine at Brize Norton and Bampton station
A freight wagon and engine at Brize Norton and Bampton station
Nik Stanbridge
A steam engine pulling three coaches leaving Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
A steam engine pulling three coaches leaving Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
Nik Stanbridge
Engine 9653 at the end of the platform by the signal box at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
Engine 9653 at the end of the platform by the signal box at Brize Norton and Bampton railway station
Nik Stanbridge
Steam engine and three coaches coming into Brize Norton and Bampton railway station. Lew Barrow can be seen in the distance
Nik Stanbridge
Beeching axe falls on Witney's rail link
Beeching axe falls on Witney's rail link
Nik Stanbridge
Bampton Shirt Race. The entrants are getting their drink at The Lamb Inn in the Market Square. This pub was pulled down in 1960 so this race must have taken place in the 1950s. Notice the British Railways timetable poster on the wall on the right for trains from Bampton and Brize Norton station.
Nik Stanbridge