Middle Forge Junction

v t e Dean Forest Railway
Legend
Severn and Wye Railway Parkend Whitecroft Severn and Wye Railway Mineral Loop

	Tufts Bridge over River Lyd
	Severn and Wye Railway to Princess Royal Colliery
	Tufts Junction
	Norchard High Level \| Low Level
	Middle Forge Junction
	Lydney Town
	St Mary's Halt
	Pidcock's Canal
	River Lyd
	Lydney Junction National Rail for Gloucester–Newport line

Middle Forge Junction is an important junction on the Dean Forest Railway.

History

A 1911 RCH map of railways in the vicinity of Middle Forge Junction.

v t e Railways and Canals of the Forest of Dean
Railways legend Waterways legend
Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway		Mitcheldean Road
	Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway
	Mitcheldean Road & Forest of Dean Jn Ry
	Drybrook Quarry
Ross and Monmouth Railway			Drybrook Halt
Lydbrook Junction			Nailbridge Halt
	Steam Mills Crossing Halt
Lower Lydbrook			Churchway Colliery
Upper Lydbrook			Whimsey Halt
Mineral Loop
Drybrook Road
Coleford Railway
Serridge Platform			Cinderford New
Wimberry Quarry
Whitecliff Quarry			Bilson Halt
Speech House Road			Ruspidge Halt
Bicslade Tramroad			Staple Edge Halt
Bicslade Wharf			Eastern United Colliery
Coleford (CR)			Upper Soudley Halt
Coleford (S&WR)			Bullo Cross Halt
	Gloucester– Newport line
Milkwall			Newnham
Parkhill Colliery			Ruddle Road Halt
New Fancy Colliery			Howbeach Colliery
Parkend			Forest of Dean Central Railway
Whitecroft			Awre for Blakeney
Tufts Junction			Mineral Loop
Norchard			River Severn
Middle Forge Jcn
Lydney Town			Severn Railway Bridge
Severn Bridge			Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
St Mary's Halt			Sharpness
Lydney Junction			Sharpness Docks
Lydney			Sharpness branch line
Upper Forge			Lydney Harbour
Pidcock's Canal			Lydney Canal
Lower Forge
Gloucester– Newport line			River Severn

The junction is where the Lydney to Parkend (High Level) and Lydney to Norchard (Low Level) lines meet.

The name Middle Forge was chosen because the junction is close to one of three Forges in valley of the River Lyd.

One forge is located near to Tufts Junction and the other past Lydney Junction.

Middle Forge is 450 yards (410 m) away from Norchard and consists of a three lever ground frame locked by a Token.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Norchard Low-Level outer home is located on the Lydney Town side of the junction and is interlocked with the ground frame.

The signal is the longest pull from Norchard 'box and is worked from lever No. 13.^[4]^[5]

A cable tensioner is located behind the lever frame to help with expansion and contraction of the cable over its length.^[6]