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  1. woodenhead

    Browsing Flickr I came across these images of an old rail connected distribution centre, I once walked past in in the four foot and got a telling off from someone who worked there.  I'd never seen any images of this place till now and I realised that now I have no-one to share this with as anyone who may have been interested is no longer with me, how sad...

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    1. Jim76

      Jim76

      It must've been Long Welded Rail. Continuously Welded Rail would've necessitated concrete sleepers and heaped ballast shoulders to help resist the high thermal stress.

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  2. woodenhead

    Browsing Flickr I came across these images of an old rail connected distribution centre, I once walked past in in the four foot and got a telling off from someone who worked there.  I'd never seen any images of this place till now and I realised that now I have no-one to share this with as anyone who may have been interested is no longer with me, how sad...

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    1. Jim76

      Jim76

      Judging by the title and other photographs I wonder whether the condition is due to the Platt Brook Culvert works? Later the rail was flat bottom. Do you know if there were any concrete sleepers and Continuously Welded Rail (CWR)? Any later photos I've seen appears to still be timber sleepers and jointed track. I found a Pandrol clip just before the cycle track opened. 

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  3. woodenhead

    Browsing Flickr I came across these images of an old rail connected distribution centre, I once walked past in in the four foot and got a telling off from someone who worked there.  I'd never seen any images of this place till now and I realised that now I have no-one to share this with as anyone who may have been interested is no longer with me, how sad...

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    1. Jim76

      Jim76

      Thanks Woodenhead. Do you happen to have a link to the 1972 photo at Cringle Brook? Cheers, Jim 

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  4. woodenhead

    Browsing Flickr I came across these images of an old rail connected distribution centre, I once walked past in in the four foot and got a telling off from someone who worked there.  I'd never seen any images of this place till now and I realised that now I have no-one to share this with as anyone who may have been interested is no longer with me, how sad...

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    23-09-1970_TP&B_SPD Ltd Alexandra Road_TP Appeal

     

    1. Jim76

      Jim76

      Hi Woodenhead, fascinating photographs. Thanks for posting. I had heard about this facility but can't remember seeing it. I believe it was in on the site of Wilbraham Road station former goods yard. Interesting that it was rail-served although by the time those photos were taken in 1970 it already looks to have been severed. When did it survive until? Jim 

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