The Dean Forest Railway is a heritage line that runs 4.25 miles between Parkend and Lydney in Gloucestershire. It was formerly part of the Severn and Wye Railway that ran from Lydney to Cinderford. The railway is run by volunteers who manage the track, buldings and a variety of heritage steam and diesel powered locomotives, carriages and goods wagons. There are plans to extend the line a further 2.5 miles to near Beechenhurst. Currently the railway's activity is curtailed by the Covid19 pandemic but the outside of the station at Parkend is open to visitors. As I stood on the footbridge to take this photograph I was struck by how much the scene resembled a model railway layout and how it was the sort of shot that some would process with a "toy" or diorama camera effect.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon D5300
