The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Livery Street
Birmingham

(Saturday 23rd)

The old Snowhill Station entrance; now just a boundary wall

And the former Great Charles Street entrance

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Part 1.

Yesterday early afternoon

NewLands Lane

Just south-west of Normanton Station, on line to Wakefield-KirkGate

I wasn't expecting this, just the 'right place - right time'

I'd gone down the lane, it's now a dead-end, only goes to a fishing pond, & house (compulsory purchased, allegedly, due to HS2....)

It was 3 carriages, in almost the Royal train colours, & company signwriting on it
Inspection train, or 'Big-Wigs'???





Part 2.
I'm planning on taking Senior Management (wife) & my father-in-law, here, this afternoon; https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/
I've been on it before, as the outward leg of their 'Beat Badger' (running, against the train, back to Clayton West)

As, the http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/ hasn't reopened yet

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

......
Part 2.
I'm planning on taking Senior Management (wife) & my father-in-law, here, this afternoon; https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/
I've been on it before, as the outward leg of their 'Beat Badger' (running, against the train, back to Clayton West)

As, the http://www.middletonrailway.org.uk/ hasn't reopened yet

Say hi to Sian and Katie for me. I have lots of happy memories of trips on the Fairbourne Railway before the (then) new owner decided first to Americanize Sian then convert the whole lot to 12.25" gauge.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Say hi to Sian and Katie for me. I have lots of happy memories of trips on the Fairbourne Railway before the (then) new owner decided first to Americanize Sian then convert the whole lot to 12.25" gauge

We went, with less time there, than I really wanted
And, co-incidentally, our engine was ...………………...




https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/article.php/52/sian

And, on the turntable, at the Shelley terminus, with the full-size line, less than 200yards away, where it joined as the Clayton West Branch


Hawk was the other operational locomotive today
https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/article.php/13/hawk

I also managed to buy a book, in the shop
I have the North Yorkshire volume, & have had this one from the Library, but previously never seen it in any shop



And, one thing I didn't know, but was too late to photograph, the south-western entrance to Shelley Woodhouse Tunnels is crenelated, whereas the north-east isn't (or had been rebuilt?)


Back in the day
https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.co...out-with-yorkshires-great-little-steam-trains

http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Clayton West Branch.htm

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

We went, with less time there, than I really wanted
And, co-incidentally, our engine was ...………………...


View attachment 459984 View attachment 459983 View attachment 459981 View attachment 459982

And, on the turntable, at the Shelley terminus, with the full-size line, less than 200yards away, where it joined as the Clayton West Branch
View attachment 459985

Hawk was the other operational locomotive today
https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.com/article.php/13/hawk

I also managed to buy a book, in the shop
I have the North Yorkshire volume, & have had this one from the Library, but previously never seen it in any shop
View attachment 459988


And, one thing I didn't know, but was too late to photograph, the south-western entrance to Shelley Woodhouse Tunnels is crenelated, whereas the north-east isn't (or had been rebuilt?)


Back in the day
https://www.kirkleeslightrailway.co...out-with-yorkshires-great-little-steam-trains

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Remnants of Horbury Bridge Station
At the bottom of Quarry Hill (A642, to Huddersfield)
It's a Subway to the island platform

Private land, so not much access
I think there is access, from the other side (of the present tracks) but time was not on my side



I was stood opposite this junction; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/827826
Scroll down to Horbury & Ossett; http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Calder Valley.htm#Cooper Bridge station
https://www.flickr.com/photos/phill_dvsn/sets/72157613165150075/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Battyeford Viaduct, & site of station
A644 Huddersfield Road, between Cooper Bridge/'Three Nuns' & Mirfield
Saturday 30th

Known as the ; Leeds New Line

The other side of the arches, have a few small businesses in them

The Station was up here,
1905 OS; https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=18&lat=53.6777&lon=-1.7038&layers=168&b=1

See Battyeford, about half-way down the page; http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/leeds new line 1.htm

An old image;
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1772802

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Stanley Station (site of)
Aberford Road (A642)
Between Wakefield, & jct 30/M62

Today


View: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10217028339012942&set=ms.c.eJxNysENACAIBMGODNwpsP035s~%3B4nUyGskNjg0WdlU~_mW7g~_IVJs~%3BWcQ5gICeQ5X.bps.a.10216837124112689&type=3&theater


https://www.stanleyhistoryonline.com/Stanley-Station.html
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/966649

See about half-way down the page; http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Lofthouse Outwood.htm

 

[sheddy]

Charity fundraiser with East Anglia cab ride

https://raffall.com/3057/enter-raff...tQpTJNT5Hyr0-KVazm0-TgdKiAy5XwJ9qugBpRjmeU7xw

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway build
Aketon Road
Cutsyke
Castleford

View attachment 461601

Used in later years, to avoid running into Castleford Station, & reversing out, for Leeds bound trains, closed, even to freight (mainly coal) in 1981, so it seems
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2581968

See 'Overbridge' about 4th item downhttp://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Cutsyke%20Methley.htm​

 

[NorthernDave]

It seems that Northern plan to have some of their fancy new trains in service in May on the "new" Leeds - Chester via the Calder Valley, Manchester Victoria and Liverpool. South Parkway.
Much is being made of them being "100 mph" trains, although that seems like an irrelevance given the significantly lower speed limits on most of the lines that will be used.

It will be interesting to see how timekeeping fares on this service, given the trouble they have keeping the existing Leeds - Man Vic services to time, especially with Northern being bottom of the queue for track access if there are any problems at all...

Chester Chronicle: New direct Chester to Leeds train service starting in May.
https://www.cheshire-live.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/new-direct-chester-leeds-train-16114626

 

[classic33]

They've only four units on the tracks at present, "driver familiarisation", until the rest have been cleared for safe use.

"Greetland Triangle" due to be upgraded the end of June.

 

[classic33]

@northern dave, no mention made of the fact that the curved section of track, Leeds into Bradford, is too tight for the new units to travel on/negotiate.

 

[NorthernDave]

@northern dave, no mention made of the fact that the curved section of track, Leeds into Bradford, is too tight for the new units to travel on/negotiate.

I wasn't aware of that, but that's a problem that won't easily be resolved given the layout there.
Perhaps this means that they'll only be used via Dewsbury and Brighouse to Sowerby BridgeB missing out Bradford and Halifax altogether? Although that's at odds with their press releases

 

[robjh]

The former Linton station in Cambridgeshire, on the Cambridge-Sudbury-Colchester line. I don't normally ride down this road and didn't realise the station is still there, converted to offices. It's a classic Great Eastern building like many others round here.