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  1. euryalus

    Heacham old signal box

    The signal box at Heacham, on the Hunstanton branch, was sited to the north of the platforms on the down side. However, I have been looking at some old photographs and have discovered that there was a second box on the up side of the line. This wooden structure seems to have appeared around...
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    Great Western '97XX' class 0-6-0PTs

    Back in the 1960s the range of locomotives available to railway modellers was somewhat limited. However, K's produced '00' and 'TT' gauge kits for the construction of '97XX' class condensing panniers and, in consequence, these models ran on many layouts, including branch line layouts set in...
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    Staines Moor Signal Box

    A question has arisen regarding the wartime signal box erected at Staines Moor by the Southern Railway during World War Two. Briefly, a Ms. source refers to the box having windows on all sides, unlike a GWR 'ARP' box which would have been designed to withstand blast damage. But the SR had its...
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    Community Railways

    In December 2005 The Railway Magazine stated that the proposed "Greater Western" franchise would include "three of the new Community Railway (CR) Pilot schemes. It said that, under CR, rural lines would be "operated and managed on a different basis", the implication being that they would be run...
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    Chesterfield Central

    I was looking at a map of Chesterfield the other day and was quite surprised to find that there is a substantial tunnel beneath the town, which once connected the Chesterfield Central branch to the GCR main line, thereby creating the "Chesterfield Loop" between Staveley, Chesterfield and Heath...
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    Wigan North Western Platforms

    In his excellent book 'Crewe to Carlisle' (1969) Brian Reed refers to Wigan North Western station having "two islands and one single platform". He makes no mention of any bay platforms, so does this imply that the present bay platforms were added during the 1970s reconstruction scheme?
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    "Abandoned Railways"

    I have been following some of the so-called "urban exploration" video episodes on YouTube, and came across an "abandoned train" blog (or should that be vlog?) However, the abandoned train appears to me to be parked somewhere on a preserved railway - in other words it is not abandoned at all. I...
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    Midland Railway distances

    I have been looking at the 1947 and 1970 LMS/LMR timetables and have noted various differences in terms of distances. For example. the distance from St Pancras and Sheffield is given as 128.5 miles in both tables, but in 1947 the distance from London to Chesterfield was said to be 146 miles, as...
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    Loughborough Derby Road

    Does anyone know what was "up" and what was "down" on the Charnwood Forest Railway between Loughborough Derby Road and Coalville? The 1889 L&NWR timetable does not say, although the 1922 timetable implies that "up" was from Loughborough towards Nuneaton.
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    Closure of Nottingham Direct Line

    Does anyone know the "official" closure date of the Nottingham direct route between Kettering and Nottingham? Rationalisation of this line had in fact commenced with the closure of Geddington, Harringworth, Upper Broughton, Widmerpool, Plumtree and Edwalton stations during the 1940s, followed by...
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    Falmouth Freight Traffic

    Does anyone know what, if any freight traffic has been carried on the Falmouth branch in recent years. I know that, in the 1990s there were one or two freight workings, including loads of scrap from the dockyard and incoming loads of coal. There was also a limited amount of bulk traffic from...
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    Great Western Journal

    It is said that the Great Western Railway Journal will no longer be published quarterly, although it had been suggested that "special issues" may still occasionally appear - is any of this correct?
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    Norton Bridge - Open or Closed?

    Does anyone know the present status of Norton Bridge station? I know that trains have been replaced by a "temporary" bus service, but is that service still running and, if not, has the official station closure procedure been initiated?
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    Ilfracombe Gas Works

    Looking at a relatively modern (ie post-1928) signal box diagram of Ilfracombe station, it appears that the "down siding" at the rear of the signal box extended towards the gas works, although the 1938 RCH Handbook of Stations makes no mention of a private siding. I wonder, however, if...
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    "Happy Valley"

    Has anyone been watching Sarah Lancashire in the ironically-named TV series "Happy" Valley, which appeared to have been filmed in and around the Calder Valley. The final episode featured some scenes shot at Sowerby Bridge (?) station, with a class 66 in the platform.
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    Oxenholme Signal Boxes

    I note that, in the L&NWR period, Oxenholme was signalled from three signal cabins which were, according to Brian Reed in his book Crewe to Carlisle, designated "Oxenholme No.1 South Box", "Oxenholme No.3 Yard Box" and "Oxenholme No.3 Junction Box" (is this correct, or was the Yard Box in fact...
  17. euryalus

    Kidwelly Flats Halt

    I have been looking up some details about Kidwelly Flats Halt which, according to M.E.Quick, was opened on 6 August 1941 to serve a "military depot". Would it not have been more accurate to have said that the halt served nearby Pembrey aerodrome - or was there more than one wartime installation...
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    Severn Tunnel Junction

    I have read somewhere (I think it must have been in Wikipedia) that, prior to rationalisation, Severn Tunnel Junction station had been equipped with five platforms, comprising four through platforms and a terminal bay. However, looking at photographs, it appears to me that there may in fact have...
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    Accrington Viaduct

    A simple question, perhaps, but how many arches are there in Accrington Viaduct. Early press reports refer to 21 arches, but the English Heritage listing text implies that there are "19 (originally 21) semicircular brick arches (40ft. span, 60ft. high) with stone plinths, gritstone facings...
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    Cornholme Accident 1967

    I have been reading about an accident that occurred at Cornholme, on the Copy Pit line, on the night of 15 August 1967, when a freight train headed by class '40' No.D398 ran into a class '8F' 2-8-0 after the driver of the diesel locomotive, who had recently consumed 'the equivalent of five and...

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