Algakirk station
 (c1985) :
David Webdale
/
Information : Chris Armour
Algakirk
station on the former line from Boston to Spalding.
I'm not sure when the line closed, but virtually the whole of the
trackbed is now under the A16.
The station building is by a roundabout where the A16 crosses the A17.
In January 2006, the building was being restored, probably to become an
expensive house. |
America
 Illinois
Railway Museum, Union, Illinois, June 2006 : Gareth Beaumont
8500 series Gas Turbine No18
179 ft long, 10,000 HP, 380 tons,
General Electric (Co-Co+Co-Co) Union Pacific. |
 DD
40 Centennial Double Diesel (Do-Do)
98 ft long, 8,000 HP, 244 tons, No, 6930, General Electric, Union Pacific.
Ex southern Pacific Rotary snow plough. |
 Chicago
Burlington & Quincy (Zephyr)
No,9911A E5 (Co-Co) |
Steamtown, Scranton, Pennsylvania,
June 2006 : Gareth Beaumont
   Union
Pacific 4-8-8-4 "Big Boy" ALCO Class 4884-1 No 4012.
Weight :- 772,000 lbs (engine)
1,198 000 lbs (engine & tender)
535 tons |
 Canadian
National 4-6-4 T No 47 |
 Rahway
Valley Railroad No 15 2-8-0 |
Austria
   Innsbruck
Station (2008) : Philip Hardaker
These were taken at Innsbruck Station in 2008.
This
loco was painted for the UEFA Euro 2008 football which was held in
Spain. |
   Innsbruck
Station (2008) : Philip Hardaker
These were taken at Innsbruck Station in 2008 |
     Kitzbuhel-
Hahnenkamm & St.Johann in Tirol (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Various pictures from Kitzbuhel and St.Johann
stations. |
     Kitzbuhel-
Hahnenkamm & St.Johann in Tirol (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Various pictures from Kitzbuhel and St.Johann
stations. |
   Lower
Austria (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Photographs taken by me in Lower Austria 2008. |
    Lower
Austria (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Photographs taken by me in Lower Austria 2008. |
Barry Island
 Barry
Island 1980 : Dave Walbank
I
visit preserved railways when I get the time well I lived for a time near
the Keighley Worth Valley Railway, my saddest site of all was when my family
and I went to Wales and I tracked down Barry Island the big scrapyard there
back in 1980, as I stood there reading some of the messages people had
written on the engines like "Gone But Not Forgotten" and "Save Me" I got a
lump in my throat and a tear in my eye I can tell you. |
Bideford
  Bideford
Station (23-08-08) : David Webdale
Took a trip down south last summer. Bideford station
building & signal box.
|
  Bideford
Station (23-08-08) : David Webdale
On the other side of the road bridge the hotel entrance
opening directly onto the platform. |
Bromyard - Leominster
(01-05-06) :
Ralph Rawlinson Website -
www.Railway
Ramblers.org
 These next six shots cover a one mile section west of
Fencote station.
Primroses
at missing bridge (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR586589 |
 Fencote
north hidden semaphore (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson |
 Leaving
Fencote (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR597594 |
 Absent
bridge (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR596593 |
 Trackbed
- west (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR588591 |
 Trackbed
- west (01-05-06) : Ralph Rawlinson
GR587591 |
Burn
  Flying
Scotsman Kings cross to York NRM (25-02-16) : Philip Hardaker
Two pictures I took of the Flying Scotsman at Burn
as she passed through on Thursday 25th February. |
Chislehurst
Glass Negatives : Roy Lambeth Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
Selection
of very old glass negatives, originally all unidentified locations, see
below.
Information : Stephen Wood
These pictures all show the line about ¼ mile north of
Chislehurst station.
Picture 'Southern 4-4-0 No1789.jpg' shows the 10 ¾ mile marker. This is
the
10 ¾ mile marker from Charing Cross, which is located between Elmstead
Woods
station and Chislehurst station on the Charing Cross to Orpington line.
The
photographs were taken from near Chislehurst Goods signal box, looking
north. Picture 'Schools poss 906.jpg' shows the shadow of the signal
box. |
Glass
Negatives : Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood
  Southern 4-4-0 No1789
& Schools poss 906
1st photo is the Southern 4-4-0 No178 & shows the 10 ¾
mile marker. This is the
10 ¾ mile marker from Charing Cross, which is located between Elmstead
Woods station and Chislehurst station on the Charing Cross to Orpington
line. The second photo Schools poss906 shows the shadow of the signal
box. |
Glass
Negatives : Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood
     SR
4-4-0 No1441, 4-4-0, 4-4-0 b, 0-6-0, 0-6-0
b |
    Glass
Negatives : Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood
Schools, Schools Poss 922, Schools Poss 914, Poss
Schools |
Glass Negatives : Roy Lambeth Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
Information : Stephen Wood
More of the Selection of very old glass negatives of various originally
unidentified locations.
 Portsmouth
Glass negatives: Photo: Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood.
Southern 0-6-0T No2694.
I do not know which location this is. However the Southern E-Group
website
www.semgonline.com/shed_allocations/sr-shed-alloc2.html
indicates
that the engine was allocated to Fratton in 1939, and so possibly before
this, hence the location could be in the Portsmouth area. |
St Budeaux and Bere Ferrers
 Glass
negatives: Photo: Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood.
0-4-4T poss No111. I am not certain of the
location of this picture, but it is probably on the line between St
Budeaux and Bere Ferrers, in Devon, where the line runs alongside the
river Tamar for quite a distance. The locomotive could be a class O2
0-4-4 locomotive, which were regular performers on the branch
between 1929 and 1961. |
Gillingham station
Glass negatives: Photo: Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood.
 LSWR
4-4-0 No. 717 The white discs on the locomotive, top middle and bottom
middle, indicate the Waterloo and Plymouth route. The locomotive is a
class T9, which were first introduced in 1899. The station in this
picture is Gillingham (Dorset), on the Salisbury to Exeter line. A
number of the stations on this line have three floors, but 3 floored
stations are rare elsewhere. Sherborne and Crewkerne have similar
buildings but Crewkerne has a round topped 2nd floor window and
Sherborne has a level crossing in the direction the train is facing. |
 Glass
negatives: Photo: Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood.
Unidentified location. poss 4-6-0 No335. This
locomotive also has the disc combination of white discs top middle and
bottom middle so is probably on the Waterloo to Plymouth route (see
above). I have no idea where, but perhaps it is close to Gillingham
(Dorset) station, where the previous photograph was taken. If it is 335,
it is a class H15, which were introduced in 1914. |
Bedford Midland Station.
 Glass
negatives: Photo: Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood.
Midland Railway Spinner No 689 at Bedford Midland
Station. The factory of W H Allen, Son and Co, which is shown in the
background, was built
next to the station in 1894. The W H Allen Engineering Association
website
www.whallenengasn.org.uk/whaeaweb_003.htm has more details. |
Salfords station
Glass negatives: Photo: Roy Lambeth. Information: Stephen Wood.
 This
is a picture of Salfords station, in Surrey, on the London Bridge to
Three Bridges line. This station is very unusual as it only has
platforms on two of the four tracks. The waiting shed is a typical of
those south of London. Information on Wikipedia indicates that the
station was originally built in 1915 for workers at the Monotype
Corporation, which had constructed a factory next to the railway line in
1899. The station looks new and perhaps shows the station soon after
opening. The line was electrified in 1932, at which point the station
was opened to the public.
The Old Riegate website
www.oldreigate.com/?goto=salfordsstation has a photograph of
the station after electrification. |
Claythorpe
 Claythorpe
Aby station (10-07-02) : Patrick Blow
Aby station was closed to passengers on September
11th, 1961.
Served the nearby Claythorpe water mill (next photo) |
 Claythorpe
water mill (10-07-02) : Patrick Blow
http://www.claythorpewatermill.co.uk/
Near Aby, Alford, Lincolnshire. The watermill at
Claythorpe, built during the 1700s, was recorded in the Doomsday Book.
During the 1800s the original water wheel was destroyed and replaced with
a turbine, a modern piece of technology in that era. |
 Esholt
Ehsolt Old Station (14-01-22) : Malcolm Mallison
Long gone, but not completely forgotten. |
Germany
    Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
These were taken in Rudesheim on the Rhine the
place can only be described as a train spotters paradise as there are
trains on both sides of the river every few minutes both day and night.
Mostly freight on one side and mostly passenger on the other. |
    Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Rudesheim on the Rhine. |
    Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Rudesheim on the Rhine. |
    Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Rudesheim on the Rhine. |
    Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Rudesheim on the Rhine. |
    Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Rudesheim on the Rhine. |
    Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Rudesheim on the Rhine. |
     Rudesheim (2008) : Philip Hardaker
Rudesheim on the Rhine. |
Goyden Pot tunnel
Goyden Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
See the full set here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/sets/
 A
nice green glow of daylight radiates down the tunnel through a small gap in
the portal stonework here, from this view it's pretty evident to see just
how steep the climb, and curve of this tunnel is. At times the
gradient ranged from 1 in 40 to 1 in 70, no wonder four engines were needed
to get the trains up here. The tunnel is relatively dry, and in good
condition at this point. Sections of patched brickwork has been used to
build up the uneven rockface. |
Goyden Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
 This is not the end It is not even the beginning of the end. but it is,
perhaps, the end of the beginning! Well actually Goyden Pot isn't a very
long tunnel, but you can't beat a good Churchillian quote now and again. The
tunnel measures in at 180 yards (540 feet) long. What strikes me about this
tunnel is how confined and narrow it feels for a standard gauge track, there
certainly isn't much clearance between train and tunnel. |
 Goyden
Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
It always feels a little bit strange stood
on the wrong side of a tunnel portal.
This is the view of the South portal from inside the tunnel, occasionally we
could here some passing hill walkers go by oblivious to us being down here. |
 Goyden
Pot tunnel interior (12-06-11) : Phill Davison
Close up detail of the South portal of
Goydon pot.
This railway tunnel is quite unique, there aren't many concrete
railway tunnels about in the U.K. |
Harrogate Barber narrow gauge gasworks tunnel
 The
Harrogate gasworks 1907-1956 (18-07-08) : Phill Davison
How cool is having a piece of railway
history at the bottom of your back garden?
Loads more information & links here -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/ |
 The
secret railway garden : Phill Davison
All is not what it first seems!! Looking at this
well tended garden, who would imagine there was an 800 yard long
railway tunnel lurking at the bottom of the flower beds?. The trackbed
was cut out of rock and has made a perfect rockery down the
embankement. The portal can just be seen poking out of the greenery. |
Mr Tickles tunnel : Phill Davison
 Somewhere
in Harrogate hides away one of the most unusual garden features you
can find. The portal to the 800 yard long tunnel of the closed
Harrogate gas works narrow gauge railway stands at the bottom of a
well tended back garden in Bilton.
The Gasworks line ran from 1907 until 1956, These days there is very
little trace of the line, housing and industrial units have been built
on the trackbed. |
The Harrogate Barber narrow gauge
gasworks tunnel : Phill Davison
 The
portal and air shaft in a garden further down are the only clues the
railway ever ran here. With old maps, google earth and deduction
skills, the intrepid investigators of the L.H.E.S pin pointed exactly
were the portal should be. With tongue in cheek we approached the
owner to see if we could trample all over his immaculate back garden
to take a look. Luckily George had seen the groups previous Harrogate
investigations, and was suitably impressed enough to give us a big
welcome. |
Hest Bank
 Hest
Bank : Dave Walbank
Went up to Hest Bank and stopped there for a hour or so
to see the Virgin Pendelino as I do have a interest in modern aswell as
old. While I was there I discovered a steam special was due so it made
my trip worthwile and I saw a Pendelino a few in fact, while I was at
Hest Bank I got talking to a couple of blokes who where there for the
train, and we had a good chat about the old steam days. |
 Hest
Bank : Dave Walbank
The special was pulled by Black Five No
45407 with 10 carriages and Brush Sulzer 57601 running light on the rear, Crewe Carlilse steam special it came roaring through Hest Bank at full bore. |
 High
Royds Hospital Sidings
High
Royds Hospital sidings : Malcolm Mallison
Siding to High Royds Hospital, now in grounds of ambulance station.
Situated on the Midland line between Menston & Guiseley. |
 Howden
Howden
Signal box (08-04-07) : David Webdale
Situated next to Howden station on Station road
level crossing.
Driven past loads of times, the building is becoming more derelict each
time I see it. |
 Howden
Signal box (08-04-07) : David Webdale |
 Howden
Signal box (08-04-07) : David Webdale |
Ingoldmells
  World
war 1 trench railway vehicles
World war 1 trench railway vehicles on the narrow-gauge
Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway Ingoldmells near Skegness.
see
http://www.lincolnshire-coast-light-railway.co.uk/ |
 Isle
of Man
Maitland tank engine (2005) : Patrick Martin
Nothing much to do with this site, just a nice bit of engineering we
thought. |
 Little Weighton (Hull & Barnsley)
Little Weighton cutting : Graeme Bickerdike website - http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/
This
1-mile, 83-foot deep cutting at Little Weighton on the old Hull &
Barnsley
is being filled with 500,000 cubic metres of household waste. |
London
Blackfriars rail bridge (05-03-09) :
David Webdale
 Blackfriars
bridge was opened in 1864 by the London, Chatham and Dover Railway.
The deck was removed in 1985, having become too weak for modern trains,
leaving these bridge supports.
The grade II listed southern abutment is visible over there on the south
bank. The remaining bridge along side
was originally called St Paul's Railway Bridge, opened in 1886. St
Paul's station & the bridge were renamed Blackfriars in 1937. |
 Euston
(c1960) :
Mark Neale
46200 `Princess Royal` prepares to depart from Euston and delights a
youthful fan club in the process. |
Menston & Guiseley
High
Royds Hospital sidings : Malcolm Mallison
Siding to High Royds Hospital, now in grounds of ambulance station.
Situated on the Midland line between Menston & Guiseley. |
Moorhouse & South Elmsall
Halt
Moorhouse & South Emsall Halt (nd) :
Jonathan Armitage
 A
long lost station, the remains of Moorhouse and south Elmsall halt. Just
within west Yorkshire...the welcome to Doncaster sign is about 50 feet
down the road. We used to drive our van thro' the middle of the
platforms to gain access to the GN about 20 years ago until they
demolished the bridge over the road. Situated between Hickleton and
Wrangbrook jcn on the former Hull and Barnsley railway it closed on the
6th of April 1929. The station house is still in situ at road level. |
Northallerton
 Northallerton
(1960) : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
V2 60828 in the Wensleydale Bay at the North end of Northallerton Island
Platform picking up a parcels van to attach to its train in the back
road of the island. |
 Northallerton
(1960) : Roy Lambeth
Brand new D8052 with a 12 coach train of empty stock on running in
trials from Robert Stephensons at Darlington. It is waiting for the road
accross the ECML onto The Leeds Northern line.
The normal route was Darlington - Northallerton - Ripon - Harrogate -
York - Darlington. Taken in 1960. |
Ossett tram depot
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Nothing to do with railways but a sad loss none
the less.
Driven past this impressive brick built tram shed a few times, just
noticed the demolition signs took some photo's.
This is the view from Sowood lane on the way to Ossett, just
Before Sowood Lane & Horbury Avenue.
The last time I drove past the site was completely levelled. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Looking back the other way, the main entrance to
the long shed.
Judging by the sign next to the door, the buildings look to have been
used as a materials laboratory. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Points & rails leading into the doorway. |
 Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
The long shed showing evidence of some sort of
roof vent |
   Sowood
Lane Tram Depot (14-06-09) : David Webdale
Canteen window, various outbuildings & a solid
white coloured house in the middle.
|
Peterborough
Peterborough East engine shed (07-05-09) Ralph Rawlinson Website -
www.Railway
Ramblers.org
Note : The June edition of the Railway Magazine reports
that Peterborough Civic Society has placed a plaque on the Peterborough
East engine shed. They add that the 1848 shed has been boarded up since
2003 and faces an uncertain future.
This appears to contradict a report two years ago that the listed
building, which stood in the way of a £150m redevelopment scheme,
was conveniently wrecked in a huge fire on 4 April 2007.
Could the explanation be that there were two adjoining three-track sheds
and it was the Eastern Counties (later GER/LNER) 1845 shed that was
destroyed whilst the 1848 Midland Counties (later MR/LMS) building
survived and now has the plaque?
The combined sheds were located on the north side of the line at east
end of Peterborough East station (TL195979). and although officially
closed in 1939 continued to be used into the 1960s. |
Retford
  Retford
(c1980) : David Webdale
HSTs heading south through Retford. |
 Retford
(c1980) : David Webdale
Deltic heading south through Retford. |
 Retford
(c1980) : David Webdale
Deltic pulls away northward. |
Scotland
 Lochearnhead
(29-05-09) : David Webdale
Bridge Remnant over the A85 at Lochearnhead.
As far as I can work out part of the Caledonian Railways Lochearnhead to
Perth section. |
 Glen
Ogle Viaduct (26-05-09) : David Webdale
The Callander and Oban Railway Glen Ogle viaduct clinging to the side of
the hill, situated between Killin Junction & Dunblane.
Photographed by my eagle eyed missus from a moving car on the A85 north
of Loch Earn. |
 Strathpeffer
station (nd) : Dave Watson
Three photos I took of Strathpeffer station a few years ago when I
visited Scotland.
The station buildings are now a mixture of small shops. As you will see
the track bed is still there.
Apparently Queen Victoria used the station when visiting the highlands. |
 Strathpeffer
station (nd) : Dave Watson |
 Strathpeffer
station (nd) : Dave Watson |
Silkstone
 Silkstone
No.1 tunnel (04-02-07) : Graeme Bickerdike
An Interior shot of Silkstone No.1 tunnel, between Penistone and
Barnsley. The sharp winter sunshine was pouring into it, lighting up the
stonework and revealing some wonderful colours. And we normally think of
tunnels being black! The shadows on the floor are created by
substantial, permanent bars welded across the portal. Although it’s only
289 yards long, the eastern end has been infilled, hence the distant
gloom. |
Thetford
 1
(21-07 -04) : David Webdale
Found
this disused station near to where I was working.
Got myself one of those throw away cameras & took a few snaps.
The building to the right hand side looks like a parcels office. |
 2
(21-07 -04) : David Webdale
Platforms
are missing but the rest of it looks in good nick.
Someone told me the pebbles set within the brickwork came from the
seaside.
|
 3
(21-07 -04) : David Webdale
View
inside that open window. |
 4
(21-07 -04) : David Webdale
Disused
sidings behind the station, originally used for tankers. |
Unidentified Locations
 Old
family photo : Penny Broadway
I attach an old family photo of a small station
probably in west Yorkshire. My family (Briggs) started working on the
Hebden bridge & Sowerby bridge stations and my grandfather ended up as
station master at Doncaster Railway. The attached photo is probably of my
great grandfather, someone might be able to identify the station. |
Wennington
 Wennington
(11-1983) : Roy Lambeth
Website -
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
November 1983 and a shortened Trans-pennine set approaches Wennington.
1183 Trans-pennine DMU. |
