Bridges, Viaducts & Tunnels Gallery

Bomb damage to Foxs Wood Tunnel, Bristol, 1941

A rather forlorn looking carriage can be seen here at the entrance to No.2 Tunnel at Fox's Wood near Bristol in 1941. A bomb had hit the tunnel mouth and ricocheted into the carriage, completely destroying it. The initial damage to the tunnel can be seen at the top of the entrance portal, but the coach took the brunt of the explosion. The whole side of the coach has fallen away revealing the vulnerability of such vehicles in these extreme circumstances

Severn Bridge Station, Gloucestershire, c.1910

This view from the western bank of the Severn shows the full length of the Severn Railway Bridge as it extends over to Sharpness, c.1910.
Severn Bridge station opened in Gloucestershire 1879 and closed in the early 1960s

© STEAM Museum of the GWR

1910, 1910s, Bridge, Gloucestershire, River Severn, Severn Bridge, Severn Bridge Station, Sharpness, Station

Old timber bridge spanning Radipole Lake, Weymouth, c1900

An unknown saddletank steams across the bridge heading towards Portland from Weymouth. The bridge was knocked down in 1908 and replaced. The swans in the foreground were a popular sight in Weymouth and still attract visitors today

Backwater, Dorset, Radipole Lake, Saddle Tank, Swans, Timber Bridge, Weymouth, Weymouth And Portland Railway