Aylesbury-Calvert-Bicester line Phot Spot gen
| Location | Up Services (in sun) | Down services (in sun) | Addit Info | Car parking |
| Aylesbury Station | OK-pm | OK-am | line of stabled bubbles best photted am | safe, ching |
| Aylesbury, Oxford Rd Brdge | OK-pm | no-bush problem | Very Busy road | safe, nearby estate roads |
| Waddesdon "station" Bridge | OKish-am/pm | OK-am/pm | Busy, narrow road. Site of old Waddesdon Manor station | layby nearby |
| Quainton, Foot Crossing | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | "Dark hole" in Winter as. slightly treelined | safe, park at Waddesdon allotments. Cross fields via Midshires Way footpath, can be muddy |
| Quainton Rail Centre, new bridge | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | need to entre centre (ching) | safe |
| Quainton, Station Road bridge | OKam- | OK-am/pm | parking at foot of bridge, quietish road | safe |
| Quainton South Farms bridge | No-bushes | OK-am/pm | Nice spot, quiet road | safe, nearby turn |
| Shipton Lee bridge | OK ish | OK-am/pm | Nice spot, quiet road | safe, nearby layby |
| Shipton Lee Road underbridge | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | interesting relics incl track! under trees of the long closed Grendon-Ashendon link. | safe, nearby layby |
| Grendon Underwood Jn/Greatmoor Foot Crossing | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm-backlit around noon | very quiet spot, crossing hut survives, access via footpath, can be muddy | probably safe, park on verge at start of path outside farm |
| Greatmoor Bridge | OK-am/pm | OK ish | quiet location, access via footpath, can be muddy | probably safe, park on verge at start of path outside farm |
| Sheephouse Wood Foot crossing | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | quiet location, access via footpath, can be muddy | probably safe, park on verge at start of path outside farm |
| Calvert Yard | No | OK-am/pm | Arriving trains are easily photted from bridge, path follows railway | round corner |
| Steeple Claydon bridge | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | Locos detach and run round close to this overbridge. Quiet busy fast road | not secure |
| Calvert Road Bridge | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | Busy road, bushes | nearby |
| Grebe Crossing path | OK-pm | OK-pm | A gem, path can be muddy but as remote as you can get. Bin loco can be seen in loop prior to leaving from here. | OK.at Charndon Road |
| Charndon Road bridge | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | Good long straight approach | nearby |
| Charndon Foot Crossing | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | good long straight approach, ex double track gives plenty room | Park in Charndon and follow sometimes lost footpath |
| Charndon Grounds Crossing | OK-am/pm | OK ish | A good, quiet spot , well worth the walk! | Park in Charndon and follow footpath |
| Launton Foot Crossing | OK-am/pm | OK-am/pm | At best for any up evening traffic | Park in Launton and follow path. Path can become overgrown in Summer |
| Launton Crossing | OK ish | OK-pm | Crossing clutter can get in way, but gives advance warning of train | nearby, old station building and part of platform survives, quiet road |
| Bicester London Road | OK ish | OK ish | Locos wait for road at crossing just east of station. | small free station carpark. |
Note...Traffic on the Bicester-Claydon is limited to a single Bath-Calvert working which is only really phottable on its return at 1050 ish ex Claydon.
Note ...traffic on the Aylesbury-Calvert-Claydon section is limited to 3 bin workings each way with the down wkgs passing Aylesbury at 1340/1640/2110..ish.
Thanks to Geoff Robinson and Richard Tearle for supplying the info...
Updates, corrections welcome as we don't get out to this area often enough!
Thanks, [email protected]