Field Trip 2006.
Culham to Windsor
In 2006 the field trip started at Culham station and ended at Windsor. Full details of the trip are available in the September edition of the BGS News-Sheet (Number 153) published in September 2006. Photos taken on the trip by one of the members are included here for the benefit of members.
Culham station the starting point of the 2006 field trip. This station was built in 1856 and was originally known as Abingdon Road station. It is situated on the Didcot branch line to Oxford.
The Moulsford viaduct crossing the Thames built in 1839. It consists of four 62 foot arches skewed across the river. Additional arches were added when the line was quarupled in the 1890s. The viaduct was designed by I. K. Brunel.
Brickwork on one of the Moulsford viaduct original arches.
One of the two large houses at Steventon that were used as the GWR offices for the Director's meetings, Traffic Committee and the contractors working for the company before Paddington was built.
Mortimer station on the Reading Branch line to Basingstoke.
The A4 bridge across Sonning Cutting.
The famous Maidenhead bridge carring the Paddington-Bristol line across the Thames.
The underneath of one of the Maidenhead bridge arches.
The unique iron bridge over the Thames at Windsor.