At Defford there was a small station and goods yard. Local services between Gloucester and Birmingham stopped here until closure on 4th January 1965.
There was also a small narrow gauge railway nearby at Bredonvale Products Ltd.
This photograph from the collection of Andrew Smith was taken on 1st April 1962.
A green livery class 31 locomotive passes the site of Defford station with a southbound goods train in 1972. Photograph taken by Andrew Smith.
Class 45 locomotive No.121 is heading a northbound express past the site of Defford station on 27th May 1974. Photograph taken by Andrew Smith.
A green peak is heading a northbound express in June 1972. Photograph taken by Andrew Smith.
Nearly forty years separate this photograph from the one below which shows a Worcestershire rarity in the form of class 59 diesel locomotives No.59205 towing class 66 diesel locomotive No.66056 on train code No.0Z50 from Hincksey Yard, Oxford to Bescot. The class 59 was being transferred for use in the Liverpool area and earlier in the day it had worked train No.6M50 from Westbury to Hincksey Yard. The class 66 locomotive is one of those fitted with slip couplers for use on the Lickey Incline. Photograph taken by Robert Cooke.
