The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Tuesday 6th

Railway Station
Station Road
Cattal
North Yorkshire

Between York & Knaresborough

Primarily, this is a single-track line, but doubled between here, & Kirk Hammerton station (to the east)
Semaphore signalled too
The signaller closes/opens the gates too

https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4186843
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4186835
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3272566

 

[Spartak]

Queen Victoria pulling out of Filton Abbey Wood at lunchtime today.

 

[rogerzilla]

Queen Victoria pulling out of Filton Abbey Wood at lunchtime today.

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It would have been funnier if you'd caught Prince Albert* pulling out of Victoria.

*sadly it looks as if the last motive power with that name was a GWR Star Class, which would never have gone there

 

[Jenkins]

Sorry for the poor quality pic - taken from the train this afternoon. One of a collection of oldies sitting outside Leicester station...

 

[Andy in Germany]

Paris-Zurich TGV Thundering through Emmendingen.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Monday 4th

NewLands Lane
Normanton
Wakefield

Whilst walking Doris the Dog, along a regular route, l glanced at one of the signs
For some reason, this time it ‘clicked’

Presumably the ’L & Y’ is a nod to this being part of the ‘Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway’

The bridge is located between Normanton Station & KirkGate Station (Wakefield)

It’s just to the right of the bridge, at the photographers side of it
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/366371

 

[Spartak]

Couple of pictures from Bitton station on the Avon Valley Line today....

 

[Spartak]

D3669....

 

[wiggydiggy]

Monday 4th

NewLands Lane
Normanton
Wakefield

Whilst walking Doris the Dog, along a regular route, l glanced at one of the signs
For some reason, this time it ‘clicked’

Presumably the ’L & Y’ is a nod to this being part of the ‘Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway’

The bridge is located between Normanton Station & KirkGate Station (Wakefield)


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It’s just to the right of the bridge, at the photographers side of it
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/366371

Looking at some old maps that rather impressive tower was once part of a brickworks on the site, there was once quite the network of track there supporting various works. All long gone now. And yes it does stand for Lancashire and Yorkshire, its the Calder Valley line.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sid...69574&lon=-1.43068&layers=193&right=ESRIWorld

http://lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Calder Valley.htm

I've done a fair amount of riding in that area, there loads of unadopted paths and trails in the area to explore. My most recent one was bit further North East were I persuaded a friendly security guard to let me down an otherwise closed lane past where the new Leeds incinerator is being built.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Looking at some old maps that rather impressive tower was once part of a brickworks on the site, there was once quite the network of track there supporting various works. All long gone now. And yes it does stand for Lancashire and Yorkshire, its the Calder Valley line.

https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sid...69574&lon=-1.43068&layers=193&right=ESRIWorld

http://lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/Calder Valley.htm

I've done a fair amount of riding in that area, there loads of unadopted paths and trails in the area to explore. My most recent one was bit further North East were I persuaded a friendly security guard to let me down an otherwise closed lane past where the new Leeds incinerator is being built.

Yes, that was the (St Johns Colliery) brickworks, there's another chimney (Normanton Brickworks) still standing, less than half a mile away too!
An old photograph, it's quite overgrown around it now; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/366363

If you look at your (linked) maps, the line heading south-east from Goosehill Juntion, allowed trains to run towards South Yorkshire
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2043110
The line went off through the vegetation to the right; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3520307

 

[Sallar55]

 

[Mike Ayling]

Visited SteamRail Victoria open day yesterday. 39C with a brisk hot north wind.

Hope you can open the video that someone kindly prepared earlier.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26XvUe_EPSc

 

[classic33]

Visited SteamRail Victoria open day yesterday. 39C with a brisk hot north wind.

Hope you can open the video that someone kindly prepared earlier.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26XvUe_EPSc

Any Gresley A4's present?

 

[robjh]

Two ex-Great Western lovelies from my ride yesterday.

1) Wilmcote station just north of Stratford on Avon, retaining its classic GWR rural station look

2) some lower quadrant signalling weirdness at Droitwich. Can someone tell me what sort of signals these are?
nb. if you squint under the bridge you can just about make out another set of lower-quadrant signals.

 

[Mike Ayling]

Any Gresley A4's present?

No. See fleet details.
https://www.steamrail.com.au/fleet-steam