RMweb Premium Reorte Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 6, 2019 Sometimes interesting trying to find surprising little details that haven't changed when all around them has. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pobrien Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Weymouth Station Bristol Barrow Road (although the arches were demolished in 1991 to make way for a dual carriageway) Bristol Barrow Road Coaling Plant The view from the Road at Lawrence Hill Station Bristol, looking towards the Midland mainline and Fisponds Bank 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev52A Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Hoping to get this thread back on track (groan) here are a couple separated by 41 years A coal train heads in the Heaton direction through Manors on 18th June 1978, photographed from the (now demolished) footbridge which joined Manors North and Manors East. The tracks on the left are the up and down main lines; those on the right are the corresponding slows. With suburban traffic to and from the coast now handled by the Tyne&Wear Metro, which uses a different route at this point, the importance of Manors rapidly fell and now oniy one or two trains an hour stop here on their way to/from Morpeth. This is the scene from a different (newer) footbridge, so the viewpoint is not exactly the same. 43314 leads an Aberdeen-Kings Cross train towards Newcastle on 19th August 2019. Trevor 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev52A Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 Here's the view at Manors looking the other way... 55005 heads for Edinburgh on 6th August 1975, having just passed under the footbridge linking Manors East (on the main line) and Manors North (on the route to the coast via South Gosforth). The modern footbridge was erected on the site of my 1975 viewpoint - seen from the steps, 91107 also heads for Edinburgh on 19th August 2019. The remains of part of the platform of Manors North can just be made out to the right of the loco, level with the top edge of the windscreen. Trevor 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev52A Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Two more from Manors (Newcastle): The view from Manors(North) looking towards the junction with Manors(East) in 1978 A shot through the fence from the same spot taken just last week showing most of the surviving platform - the site of the rest, behind me, is now under a complex of buildings. Trevor 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev52A Posted September 27, 2019 Share Posted September 27, 2019 How's this for a transformation? Class J27 No 65879 heads east near Dunston with coal empties from Stella South Power station (out of shot to the left) returning to the Durham coal fields on 8th July 1967. The cooling towers behind the train are part of Stella North, on the opposite bank of the Tyne. This is the modern view from the same spot - now the site of the station which opened in 1987 to serve Gateshead MetroCentre. Northern's 158845 arrives with a train for Newcastle on 21st September 2019. Trevor 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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