RMweb Premium Daddyman Posted September 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, TheSignalEngineer said: It's now possible to ride the whole railway from Chimney Bank to The Depots. the bits past Blakey Junction round the head of the valley where cuttings were flooded or there are landslips have now been cleared or diversions added. It was always possible (it was my favourite MTB ride in my late teens), just a bit challenging! I was passing (on the Blakey road) the other day and there was actually a vehicle parked near what used to be the worst part of the route. Edited September 29, 2020 by Daddyman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Well, the sheep are still there! Or their descendants! Unless, of course, new breed stock have been introduced. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted September 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 29, 2020 The current sheep look like Rough Fell to me. They're indigenous to south Cumbria and the western Dales, so it may well be that a different breed was farmed on the North York Moors a century ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 29, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 29, 2020 12 hours ago, Daddyman said: It was always possible (it was my favourite MTB ride in my late teens), just a bit challenging! I was passing (on the Blakey road) the other day and there was actually a vehicle parked near what used to be the worst part of the route. I did it once before but had to carry the bike round the top of two of the cuttings. Last time I tried was just before they started improving the path. I got blown off the track just past the path down from the Lion, went head first into the cinder ballast and ended up going to York hospital to have nine stitches in my face. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted October 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2020 Not done a lot here lately, managed to get a bit of weathering done on some wagons. well over 3/4 of them are now a bit grubby. Even my beloved H&B pair... Every once in a while I spot something in a photo and I have a go recreating it. Zoom in to the right hand side and the shunter appears to be lighting a tab... https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co423015/gateshead-darlington-collection-collection-of-photographs 30 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2020 , but you haven't got overhead wiring. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 3, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2020 51 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: , but you haven't got overhead wiring. Mike. Got one of these though... 14 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2020 Not so implausible, I reckon a bustling metropolis like Rosedale East would have been a high priority! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 13 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: , but you haven't got overhead wiring. Mike. Third Rail ? (for the low clearance tunnel obviously) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr.king Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Or is it now modified for use as a heavy mineral brake, having become redundant from original duties, but with pantograph left in place, in hope... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted October 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2020 Hitherto little-known fact*, but the NER pioneered li-ion battery packs. *Little-known hitherto, because I have only just made it up. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Naw !! They’ve turned it into a static water tank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted October 4, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, Mrkirtley800 said: Naw !! They’ve turned it into a static water tank. Shocking! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHC Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Maybe up Norff they called them King George’s or Cunarders. Keith i’ve got my hat and coat Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 4, 2020 A picture putting Paul's layout into the context of the landscape taken from Blakey Junction on one of our bike rides last week. The Goods Shed is about two miles as the crow flies from where I was standing. I have video taken all along the East Mines line, so will try to edit into a 'Cab Ride' during the coming week. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2020 On that picture, to give us clueless some concept, where is the railway line, does it just appear at the LHS and run to the goods shed via the kilns? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 1 minute ago, Enterprisingwestern said: On that picture, to give us clueless some concept, where is the railway line, does it just appear at the LHS and run to the goods shed via the kilns? Mike. Clueless you say... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Indomitable026 said: Clueless you say... , and after I was nice to you you old git. Mike. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 5, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: On that picture, to give us clueless some concept, where is the railway line, does it just appear at the LHS and run to the goods shed via the kilns? Mike. The 'main line' ran along the bottom of the kilns around to the goods shed on quite a tight curve, there was also a high level line at the top of the kilns to feed them. https://maps.nls.uk/view/125627278 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indomitable026 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 32 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: , and after I was nice to you you old git. Mike. That’s why I questioned it - I didn’t know what was going on... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: On that picture, to give us clueless some concept, where is the railway line, does it just appear at the LHS and run to the goods shed via the kilns? Yep, and ended some here, some thirty five miles to the North West (in civilised country). Just by the blast furnaces. Surprised if this map hasn't been posted before as it shows both the end of the railway and Bell End. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Daddyman Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, Porcy Mane said: it shows [...] Bell End. And The Bottom (snigger). My dad always calls what on the map is labelled "Holling Lane" (from Lower Bell End to The Bottom) "The Knott" (The Knot?). It was my brother's favourite climb on his bike in his teens, and we've called it that for 40-odd years. But there's no mention on this map or the modern one of that name. Has anyone ever heard it called that before? And "Pig Lug" - anyone know where that is? (You can actually see it in The Signal Engineer's photo.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ArthurK Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2020 50? You are just a young lad then! ArthurK 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Daddyman Posted October 5, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 5, 2020 18 minutes ago, ArthurK said: 50? You are just a young lad then! ArthurK Who? Me? 49. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 On 03/10/2020 at 20:30, Worsdell forever said: Got one of these though... Didn't an English Electric Type 3 roll up to that shed once upon a time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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