Welwyn North - Circa late 60's early 70's

[malc-c]

Hi,

As a kid of seven or eight I used to cycle to Welwyn North and sit on the road overbridge watching the trains go past. I didn't collect the numbers, but other than deltics which were obvious, would try and guess if the trains were hauled by type 4, 3 or 2. Back then we had non of the tracking technology of today, but we did have the early indication warning system.... the twang of the wires as the signal box raised the signals indicated a train was due...

I would love to see any photos forum members may have of Welwyn North around that time, purely for nostalgia reasons

 

[55002]

Hi,

As a kid of seven or eight I used to cycle to Welwyn North and sit on the road overbridge watching the trains go past. I didn't collect the numbers, but other than deltics which were obvious, would try and guess if the trains were hauled by type 4, 3 or 2. Back then we had non of the tracking technology of today, but we did have the early indication warning system.... the twang of the wires as the signal box raised the signals indicated a train was due...

I would love to see any photos forum members may have of Welwyn North around that time, purely for nostalgia reasons

There was a good book about Welwyn’s railways that I got sent by one of the authors in the late 80s

https://onlineshop.oxfam.org.uk/welwyns-railways/product/HD_300331364?pscid=ps_ggl_OOS+-+Smart+Shopping+-+Books++-+2021_Ad+group&crm_event_code=20REUWWS08&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI7pGKqbmE9AIVkuvtCh0h8QEKEAQYASABEgINJPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[malc-c]

Yeah, my late father-in-law had that book, but just wondered if any members had private pictures not featured.

 

[John Webb]

Try https://www.geograph.org.uk/stuff/list.php?gridref=TL2415&premill=1 which shows three photos from 1950, one from 1980 and two from 1992 which may be of interest, plus more recent pictures.