A 1900 Metropolitan Railway trip to Brill and Verney Junction 

Very good. Have always been interesting in Verney Junction. Writing a cat story about the station at the moment. Part of my Railway Cats of Wetherfield Junction stories. Brian

Loved that little window into the past

A remarkable technical achievement.

Amazing

Fantastic editing and sound mixing. Great job.

Very interesting presentation. I believe the Brill branch was originally the Oxford and Aylesbury Tramroad, although it never reached Oxford. I was told that there would be a station at St. Clements. I've never seen any plans or documentation for this part of the line. When I was little we had a 'Buckingham' Ordnance Survey map at home, based on a survey from the 1930's but updated to 1948. The Brill branch had gone by then, but the line to Verney Junction was still extant, although all the stations were shown as 'closed'. I spent some time looking for the town of 'Verney', but couldn't find it, I later discovered that the Verney family owned the land on which the railway was built, and there being little in the way of habitations near the station, it was named after the landowner.

When I worked on the BR bridge department at Reading in the 90s we used to check the railway bridges on the Aylesbury to Verney junction section. The junction where the line left the Main line near Quainton to head to Verney was called Upper South Farm Junction on old GCR / MET paperwork.

Be wonderful to see that old footage restored and colourized.

Well done! It must have taken ages, but it's worth it.

All these Big names made sure they had their own stations. The Rothchilds at Wadesdon and. The Verneys at Claydon manor's 🧐

What happens to all the stations?

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