Updates & copyright
Latest updates
- 7 June 2022: Added a photo of a diesel railcar heading out of Newbury on the LVR branch line. Also tidied up some of the copy.
- 19 March 2022: Added new photos of the fate of Boxford station's shelter. Also new photos of trains on the last day of operation on BR Years page.
- 3 February 2022: Added dedication on front page to site originator Ken Tarbox, RIP.
- 18 January 2022: Added new page dedicated to the special run on the last day in 1973, plus four new photos. Also added new photos from 1977 at Speen and Newbury.
- 18 November 2021: Added three new photos by Chris Gammell of Lambourn station in the late 1950s, two of Great Shefford and one of Boxford.
- 12 November 2021: Moved wrongly positioned photo from Lambourn 1950-1960 to Lambourn 1898-1939. Removed typo.
- 14 March 2021: Add new page discussing the bigger picture: could the LVR have survived had things been different?
- 19 February 2021: Added an image of the goods yard at Lambourn.
- 16 August 2020: Tidied copy on LVR Story page. Added railcar image to Boxford page. Added lots of LVR-related links to the Snippets page. Added one recollection on the line.
- 23 July 2020: Updated copy & captions, and enlarged images on the At A Glance page
- 9 July 2020: Added more detail about and an image of a steam railmotor to the Motive Power page.
- 8 July 2020: Added financial details of the LVR Company here.
- 30 June 2020: Added external and internal links, and tweaks to copy
- 28 June 2020: Minor updates to pages Home, LJ Bodman, & Motive power
- 15 June 2020: Minor tweaks to the copy on the At a Glance page
- 13 June 2020: Added goods waybill image to Independent years page
- 7 June 2020: Site re-platformed on Weebly. Launched complete site redesign, together with new copy, updated and new photos and captions
- 7 May 2020: Added new images for Speen and Lambourn stations today
- 28 November 2019: Added Google Earth comparison image to 1950s Lambourn station page, plus more captions to Lambourn station images
- 18 November 2019: Added two images of Lambourn station entrance as it is today
- 22 June 2019: Added detail to Lambourn station image caption
- 24 April 2019: Added image to Lambourn station page. Updated and tidied Can You Help page
- 14 December 2018: Fixed typo on the front page. Eek!
- 7 August 2017: Added "Memories driving the line" section
- 31 July 2017: Added section with 1899 timetable to Independent Years page
- 21 February 2017: Added several new images of the LVR today, specifically West Fields Halt to Boxford, and Great Shefford
- 1 December 2016: Added new images from flickr. Tidied up code, layout
- 15 February 2016: Corrected file permissions, verified access to all pages & images
- 8 February 2016: Fixed a few broken links, tidied up heading styles
- 19 January 2016: Tidied up text on End of the line and Copyright pages
- 18 January 2016: Added link to YouTube video on links page
- Sep 2015-Dec 2015: Numerous updates including:
- new copy edits on every page
- new images and graphics added
- new motive power page added
- various updates with new research
- 18 September 2015: Site moved to current address, with the kind permission of site originator:
Ken Tarboxesigned, researched and maintained by Ken Tarbox & Manek Dubash
Copyright policy
Material on this site is for the general public about the history and operation of The Lambourn Valley Railway.
The material within the LVR site has been forthcoming from private individuals and from personal collections supplied by second and third family generations, original sources unknown.
In many cases it has proved virtually impossible to trace copyright ownership given that some of the pictures are now over 100 years old. Where possible, photos have been credited, but in the event of any unintentional breach of someone else's copyright, the copyright owner is requested to provide details by email and the material will be credited or removed accordingly.
Please bear in mind that this site has been designed purely out of a wish to preserve and make available
the story of a small part of railway history and not for personal gain in any form whatsoever.
All contributions to the LVR site are submitted on the basis that the contributor accepts this Copyright Policy.
To contribute to the site please e-mail: webmaster@lambournvalleyrailway.info. If you have any photos or articles of interest relating to this site and which you wish to be included please email the webmaster (link above).
Huge and grateful thanks to the many individuals and families who have so kindly and enthusiastically contributed to the content of this site.
The material within the LVR site has been forthcoming from private individuals and from personal collections supplied by second and third family generations, original sources unknown.
In many cases it has proved virtually impossible to trace copyright ownership given that some of the pictures are now over 100 years old. Where possible, photos have been credited, but in the event of any unintentional breach of someone else's copyright, the copyright owner is requested to provide details by email and the material will be credited or removed accordingly.
Please bear in mind that this site has been designed purely out of a wish to preserve and make available
the story of a small part of railway history and not for personal gain in any form whatsoever.
All contributions to the LVR site are submitted on the basis that the contributor accepts this Copyright Policy.
To contribute to the site please e-mail: webmaster@lambournvalleyrailway.info. If you have any photos or articles of interest relating to this site and which you wish to be included please email the webmaster (link above).
Huge and grateful thanks to the many individuals and families who have so kindly and enthusiastically contributed to the content of this site.
