montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Heysham 1977 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium cornelius Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2020 On 15/05/2020 at 16:43, maico said: Correct, the Bridport branch was my nearest line and a delightful part of the World. Toller in it's pomp... This is adorable. If you laid a model railway out this way someone would call it contrived! 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) Hellifield Edited May 17, 2020 by montyburns56 15 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Middleton Towers Station 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 Liverpool Exchange 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2020 I feel like I'm posting unflattering pictures of my childhood sweetheart by including pictures of Manchester Victoria, but here you go... Here's a shot of the world famous filthiest platform in the world! 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2020 A rare spot of a cl.47/7 at Hellifield and great pic of the cl.129 parcels car in blue Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SouthernRegionSteam Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2020 55 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Middleton Towers Station A couple things stand out at me here: There are at least 4 speed limit signs within just over 200m That waiting room is crying out to be saved, and I'm amazed it has survived all this time (I can already see ideas in my head of converting it into a tiny house - albeit with a railway themed interior!) What an interesting set of photos; thank you for posting! There is definitely something fascinating about disused or barely-used railway stations; and even in their decayed state (like the photos of Middleton Towers), there's something to be said about a lot of old architecture that just isn't seen in new stations (or houses for that matter). 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2020 1 hour ago, keefer said: A rare spot of a cl.47/7 at Hellifield and great pic of the cl.129 parcels car in blue Wasn't there two 129s? Would be the last yellow diamond type left in service by then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2020 Heysham looks worse now than it did in 1977. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2020 (edited) If you were looking for a photo to sum up the morale-sucking mess that BR was in the immediate post steam era, you wouldn't find a much better one than the shot of the Cravens doing it's best to hide the Desolation of Smaug, I mean Manchester Victoria, with a cloud of carbon monoxide. Even the sunshine cannot hide the sense of glories too long past, hopelessness, and futility. I am put in mind of Jason, of the Argonauts, who, instead of living happily ever after on the proceeds of the Golden Fleece, became an embittered and lonely old man, all he loved lost to him forever, a useless has been, killed when the rotting stern post of the Argo, which he had hewn himself, fell on him. Nothing like a classical education to keep your spirits up, is there? Edited May 17, 2020 by The Johnster 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrushVeteran Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Considering Oxford's importance as a university city first impressions upon arrival at the station would have sent a few to the 'other' university! A truly run down and grotty affair until 1972 and then only half heartily rebuilt. They are still talking about rebuilding it and the talking bit will take longer than the actual work!...............because Oxford City Council are involved!! I well may be lucky enough to see it complete with overhead wiring. The pictures I attach are really the only ones I have showing any of the structure..................and in this case probably better to have a train to block out the decaying building! My option to travel to London would be to use Oxford Parkway to Marylebone anyway but I would like to see the GWR station re-generated into something more welcome and fitting than what we presently have. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold stovepipe Posted May 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2020 Stockton-on-Tees was in a shocking state in the late 1970s, despite hosting diverted HSTs. Stockton on Tees(decline) 1979 hst dmu. by Stephen Burdett, on Flickr Stockton on Tees (decline) dmu 1979 by Stephen Burdett, on Flickr 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted May 17, 2020 Share Posted May 17, 2020 Has anyone mentioned Croxley Green yet? I don’t have any pre-closure photos of my own but towards the end this had a ‘temporary’ platform, replacing the original station on the opposite side of the remaining single line. This has now gone although when I visited the site about 4 or 5 years ago the NSE lamp posts were still there. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/c/croxley_green/ Looking at some of the photos in that link it was pretty knackered before the temporary platform was built as well. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maico Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) Nature has reclaimed Croxley Green station. You can still see the rails on Google Earth. Edited May 18, 2020 by maico 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 6 hours ago, maico said: Nature has reclaimed Croxley Green station. You can still see the rails on Google Earth. If it’s anything like it was a few years ago the steps up to platform level and the lamp posts will still be there (hidden in the trees) although they may have been cleared by the Croxley Rail Link contractors before work on that stopped. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 12 hours ago, stovepipe said: Stockton-on-Tees was in a shocking state in the late 1970s, despite hosting diverted HSTs. Stockton on Tees(decline) 1979 hst dmu. by Stephen Burdett, on Flickr Nice find, but I think that there's a certain something missing from that picture, something that doesn't quite capture the true essence the station.... ....namely some dirty, rubbish strewn puddles... And I see that they dealt with the issue of the neglected overall roof by giving it a typical BR 80s refurbishment. 13 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Penistone Deepcar 1987 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2020 53 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Nice find, but I think that there's a certain something missing from that picture, something that doesn't quite capture the true essence the station.... ....namely some dirty, rubbish strewn puddles... And I see that they dealt with the issue of the neglected overall roof by giving it a typical BR 80s refurbishment. Surprised to see parcels vans still in the north bays at such a late date , especially with an NCL depot about a mile away 53 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) Liverpool Central 1969 And it's twin Manchester Exchange Edited May 18, 2020 by montyburns56 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted May 18, 2020 Share Posted May 18, 2020 I had a look at Broad St in the fifties whilst on one of my Liverpool St trips .it was derelict then and I never went back!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted May 18, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, montyburns56 said: Liverpool Exchange 1969 That's Liverpool Central (CLC), not Exchange (L&Y), which opens out onto a viaduct. Central had a reputation of being a dark and dingy hole.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 Blackburn Those 25's are only there to hide the state of the station. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 18, 2020 Author Share Posted May 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Northmoor said: That's Liverpool Central (CLC), not Exchange (L&Y), which opens out onto a viaduct. Central had a reputation of being a dark and dingy hole.... Yep, you're right. I was thinking of Exchange as both Manchester and Liverpool have had an Exchange and a Central station. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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