The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Spartak]

Lawrence Hill station this afternoon ...

 

[Jenkins]

Driver swap at Ipswich

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Our trip to the furthest north you can go by train was a success.
Kings Cross to Inverness,
Inverness to Thurso, reversing at Georgemas junction
Bus to John o'Groats and Wick
Then a train back to Thurso going straight through Georgemas junction.
Back via Inverness to Glasgow and down the west coast route to Euston.
In between we got the ferry from Scabster across to Orkney for the day.
6 days away in total and excellent weather to boot.
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The 4th ever class 158 there! 😀

Lawrence Hill station this afternoon ...

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Ah yes, Lawrence Hill, where a class 67 headbutted a bridge there once and as far as I can tell, the general area is a bit of a dump!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Saturday 22nd

'Memorial'
Market Place
Normanton
Wakefield

This is a very recent addition, as I have't seen it in the past week or so, plus the local feral youths haven't spray-painted over it

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The section of the building to the extreme left was 'Rushworths', the local papershop, where I bought my Cycling Weekly
(with a 'railway related' building in the background, the Midland Hotel)

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I know of the railways history, but not about the post office
At the time of construction, it was the worlds longest platform, at 1/4 mile long!

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1970s?
I remember the buildings being there, but not in use (barring, maybe a couple of store-rooms?)

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1975
All of the sidings/goods yard have gone, with houses built there
Every trace of a building is now obliterated (the road bridge is the same)
The pedestrian bridge to the 'Station Hotel', later the Flying Scotsman has gone, with just traces of the abutments left (now rebuilt, as 'apartments')
Queen Victoria stayed there once
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2009; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3460793

More information;
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-rail-enthusiast-thread.130375/page-135#post-5773836

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/the-rail-enthusiast-thread.130375/page-233#post-7174710 (including my photo of 'Flying Scotsman' pub & footbridge abutment)

I walked past this afternoon, & was very surprised, & even more pleased, that the entire mural is still pristine!!
Not a single local feral has spray-painted it!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Save Possil:

https://chng.it/k5F7Bmm4Bh

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AZfaKtwkP/?mibextid=wwXIfr

 

[Spartak]

 

[Jenkins]

66735 (Peterborough United) Heading towards London

 

[Spartak]

 

[Spartak]

Vilvoorde, Belgium this afternoon ...

 

[Jenkins]

Knaresborough

 

[Mike_P]

Knaresborough
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Possibly the beter view now the semaphores at the viaduct end have been felled.

 

[Jenkins]

69007 (Richard Trevithick) at Peterborough

 

[Jenkins]

While travelling back from Leeds on Saturday & York this morning, I thought I'd seen LNER Azuma trains on the Ely - Peterborough branch line which is normally the preserve of freight, Cross Country, EMR, & Greater Anglia passenger services. Turns out I wasn't mistaken and they seem to be testing a diversionary route for East Coast Mainline engineering work next year.
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/unusual-lner-movement-at-peterborough.291004/

 

[Bristolian]

Knaresborough
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