Pictures of quaint small goods yards in the 70s-90s

[stivesnick]

13 hours ago, sb67 said:

 

Thanks for that Nick, do you know how the yard would have been operated, i.e. bringing a train in and exchanging wagons etc?

Steve. 

 

Hi Steve

 

I don't know and can only guess.. 

 

If there was any traffic for North Walsham, then might have been easier to shunt on return trip to Norwich by backing into the yard. If only traffic for Wroxham, my guess would be; run past the platform, run around train, draw into Norwich platform and then shunt back into the sidings. 

 

Repeat again, this is only a guess, hopefully some former railwaymen will be able to explain.

 

Nick   

[Enterprisingwestern]

10 hours ago, stivesnick said:

 

Hi Steve

 

I don't know and can only guess.. 

 

If there was any traffic for North Walsham, then might have been easier to shunt on return trip to Norwich by backing into the yard. If only traffic for Wroxham, my guess would be; run past the platform, run around train, draw into Norwich platform and then shunt back into the sidings. 

 

Repeat again, this is only a guess, hopefully some former railwaymen will be able to explain.

 

Nick   

 

From an East Anglian DVD on 70's freight operation ISTR there was a bit of freewheeling going on in the area to save running round in tricky situations.

 

Mike.

[montyburns56]

Sutton Park in 1980

 

 

 

 

 

[lmsforever]

Just were is Sutton Park looks interesting.

[Fat Controller]

34 minutes ago, lmsforever said:

Just were is Sutton Park looks interesting.

It's on the line from Water Orton to Walsall, close to Sutton Coldfield. At one time it dealt with all the mail for the American Forces in Europe.

[montyburns56]

21 hours ago, lmsforever said:

Just were is Sutton Park looks interesting.

 

Yeah, it is next to a Royal Mail depot which used to be rail connected.

[SouthernBlue80s]

I like the Sutton Park pictures. It would make a great model

[Rugd1022]

Close to where the 31 is standing in the photograph there is now just a short length of isolated track with a pair of Sea Urchin wagons marooned on it, one of them has a tree growing out of it .

 

Working along the route at night in the Winter months is quite spooky particularly in thick fog, there's a strange remoteness about the place despite being just a few miles from the middle of Brum.

Edited September 4, 2019 by Rugd1022

[SM42]

12 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

Close to where the 31 is standing in the photograph there is now just a short length of isolated track with a pair of Sea Urchin wagons marooned on it, one of them has a tree growing out of it .

 

Working along the route at night in the Winter months is quite spooky particularly in thick fog, there's a strange remoteness about the place despite being just a few miles from the middle of Brum.

 

I think those wagons are leftover from a collision between two ballast trains in the late 90s, just up the line, near where it crosses Chester Road.  There were two down the bank too, but I think those have gone now.

 

Andy

Edited September 5, 2019 by SM42

[montyburns56]

23 hours ago, Rugd1022 said:

Close to where the 31 is standing in the photograph there is now just a short length of isolated track with a pair of Sea Urchin wagons marooned on it, one of them has a tree growing out of it .

 

Working along the route at night in the Winter months is quite spooky particularly in thick fog, there's a strange remoteness about the place despite being just a few miles from the middle of Brum.

 

If you look at the last picture on this page you can see them!

 

http://www.railaroundbirmingham.co.uk/Stations/sutton_park.php

 

There's also a bit of history about the Royal Mail depot here with a couple pictures of the sidings.

 

http://www.sutton-coldfield.net/sorting office.html

 

Also looking on Google Street View it looks like the site has been redeveloped with housing, but the goods shed has been preserved and was for sale! 

 

https://tinyurl.com/yxfh7qqa

[montyburns56]

Coupar Angus 1981

 

 

 

 

And I don't know what year this picture was taken (60s??) , but it's very atmospheric.

 

 

[DLT]

Gorgeous, thanks very much for sharing.

Any idea where I can find more photos of that level-crossing?

Thanks very much, Dave.

[D1059]

On 02/09/2019 at 15:50, SED Freightman said:

 

Whitlingham Jn used to receive occasional trainloads of cement from BCI Northfleet when demand was heavy, but I think it was normally served by wagonload (Speedlink) services.

 

Back in the 70s and very early 80s I lived only half a mile from Whitlingham Jn. 

 

I've seen photos of cement wagons being in the sidings as late as 76 and remember them there myself, but I don't think it lasted long after that. I certainly never saw a loco in there

[russ p]

They were in use into the 80s

[montyburns56]

22 hours ago, DLT said:

Gorgeous, thanks very much for sharing.

Any idea where I can find more photos of that level-crossing?

Thanks very much, Dave.

 

Not really, however it does seem to be a picture of the branch to Blairgowrie just where it leaves the main line at Coupar.

[montyburns56]

Morpeth in *ahem* 2009

 

 

Two 56's pretending to be wagons in 88.

 

 

[Mark Saunders]

Dave

 

Nice to see a shot showing the Butterwell to Oxwellmains stabled waiting to go in the morning!

 

Mark

[montyburns56]

Braintree Goods Yard 1976

 

 

1978

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[sb67]

Love the Braintree photo's. Lots of atmosphere and def a layout idea there! 

[sb67]

1 hour ago, montyburns56 said:

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

I would love to build a model of that building. Can anyone tell me what the rear is likely to have looked like, would it be plain walls or have windows?

[Enterprisingwestern]

12 minutes ago, sb67 said:

 

I would love to build a model of that building. Can anyone tell me what the rear is likely to have looked like, would it be plain walls or have windows?

 

Perfect for my requirements too.

I would imagine a plain back wall, which mine will have anyway as it abuts the line in from the fiddlestick.

Thanks to the OP, the pallet van details are very useful as well.

 

Mike.

[LBRJ]

That building looks like it used to be symmetrical... as in had a window bricked u at some point in its life.

[Regularity]

You might want to ask Hywel Thomas about his mess cabin:

[sb67]

6 hours ago, Regularity said:

You might want to ask Hywel Thomas about his mess cabin:

 

 

Nice photo, I've seen that before somewhere. I like the armchair and cuppa outside, and the stuff lying around makes a really nice scene.

[Chris Turnbull]

This is Thurston on 24th September 1970

 

 

 

 

Chris Turnbull

 

 

 

Edited January 18 by Chris Turnbull