Popular Post montyburns56 Posted November 23, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 23, 2021 Milford Haven 1981 by Murray Liston 1972 KDH Archive 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted November 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 24, 2021 (edited) 22 hours ago, Zomboid said: They're probably the same height, but the lack of track and ballast makes it seem that the other one is higher. Ah, yes, lack of ballast and track is an obvious difference, duh! Edited November 24, 2021 by Reorte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed1234 Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 On 23/11/2021 at 13:52, montyburns56 said: Milford Haven 1981 by Murray Liston Prototype question, out of curiosity: does anyone know the purpose of the long concrete 'supports' behind the buffer stops in these pictures? They seem rather too 'beefy' for simply supporting the buffers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted December 3, 2021 Author Share Posted December 3, 2021 Cullompton Station 1978 by blue-pelican railway 1988 by Lewis Bevan 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted December 3, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2021 Don't forget the "ground rules" in @montyburns56's first post in this thread: "So I just thought that we could have a photo competition to post pictures of the most filthiest, derelict looking stations that were still in use at the time that the photo was taken". Stations which have become derelict after closure are cheating! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
csiedmo Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 I'll try to dig out the photos that I took of Mytholmroyd station in 1989 for a school project. The place was terrifying and the makeshift underpass walkway to the Up platform seemed to be genuinely dangerous. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post simon b Posted December 6, 2021 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2021 (edited) Manors station, 1974. And again in 1971. Edited December 6, 2021 by simon b 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted December 6, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2021 (edited) On 06/12/2021 at 11:28, csiedmo said: I'll try to dig out the photos that I took of Mytholmroyd station in 1989 for a school project. The place was terrifying and the makeshift underpass walkway to the Up platform seemed to be genuinely dangerous. Not the station, but here's a snap of the signal box (taken on a dodgy 110 format camera) in 1986. I seem to remember that the station wasn't much better. Edited April 6, 2022 by Northmoor 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben B Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 18 hours ago, Northmoor said: Not the station, but here's a snap of the signal box (taken on a dodgy 110 format camera) in 1986. I seem to remember that the station wasn't much better. It was looking incredibly rough when I used the station to get to a job interview in about 2008. Main building was a crumbling ruin, platforms pretty desolate and windswept. I remember thinking it was going to be a dreadful place to commute to regularly, particularly in the winter, but as it happened I made a stuff of the interview. I gather the station building was fairly recently high up on some sort of list of neglected but historically significant buildings considered to be at risk. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2mm Andy Posted December 7, 2021 Share Posted December 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Ben B said: It was looking incredibly rough when I used the station to get to a job interview in about 2008. Main building was a crumbling ruin, platforms pretty desolate and windswept. I remember thinking it was going to be a dreadful place to commute to regularly, particularly in the winter, but as it happened I made a stuff of the interview. I gather the station building was fairly recently high up on some sort of list of neglected but historically significant buildings considered to be at risk. The station building is being restored - I believe the exterior has now been done with the interior still to be finished; https://paulbigland.blog/2021/09/03/the-friends-of-mytholmroyd-station-celebrate-once-more/ Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 I find it slightly odd that Morecambe still had such a complex track layout well into the 90s. Don't know if that was because of the Heysham nuclear trains or because the station was about to be moved. Morecambe Promenade 1994 by Martyn Hilbert 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Looks as if HQ entirely forgot about the place, forgot even to rationalise it. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 15, 2023 Author Share Posted May 15, 2023 Kilmacolm 1982/3 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 I suspect your pictures are very close to closure ......... this was 13/9/81 when the building looked quite presentable : - .... but by 30/9/83 ( 8 months after closure ) it was looking very rough : - 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 20 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: I suspect your pictures are very close to closure ......... this was 13/9/81 when the building looked quite presentable : - Great pictures! It's interesting that Kilmacolm still features the old regional station sign as I found this picture of Bridge Of Weir which shows the old one at that station just lying on the ground. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 16, 2023 Author Share Posted May 16, 2023 Paisley Canal 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 Hmm ...... that brake van was there when I was there, too : - ..... at least the sun had come out at Houston - so I didn't have a problem ! all 13/9/81. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted May 16, 2023 Share Posted May 16, 2023 3 hours ago, montyburns56 said: which shows the old one at that station just lying on the ground. I acquired a few signs in the late 70s and early 80s, because re-signing of smaller stations was in full swing then and often odd signs got missed at the end of each job, just left in the grass. One hefty and verbose cast iron one wasn’t even on BR property, it had somehow got dumped on a bit of wasteland where I guess the signage gang had parked their vans. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 11 hours ago, Nearholmer said: ... One hefty ... cast iron one ... got dumped on a bit of wasteland where I guess the signage gang had parked their vans. Probably intended to return after dark and flog it to the local scrappie in the morning. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 Tardy bunch then, because I walked past it for many days in a row before tidying it up. I refurbished and painted it, and hung it on the wall of my parent’s house, which caused lots of confusion, because people couldn’t work out how come the railway owned property that you weren’t allowed to go on in accordance with some obscure act of Parliament three miles from the nearest line. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted May 17, 2023 Share Posted May 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Nearholmer said: ... I refurbished and painted it, ... You did WHAT ??!? .......... totally diminishing its 'original, unrestored' retail value .............................................................. I bet it looked a darned sight better, though ! 😊 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 (edited) 21 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: ..... at least the sun had come out at Houston - so I didn't have a problem ! all 13/9/81. That's interesting as I noticed that it says on Wikipedia that the station was originally named Houston & Crosslee, although if you look on maps the station wasn't exactly close to Houston. And by a weird coincidence I was watching Bangers & Cash today and they mentioned that the Talbot Sunbeam was built at LInwood which is very close to the eastern end of the line. Edited May 17, 2023 by montyburns56 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Andy Kirkham Posted May 17, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 17, 2023 On 15/05/2023 at 18:14, montyburns56 said: Kilmacolm 1982/3 I went there shortly before closure and what remains most strongly in my memory was that there was a coal fire in the booking office. Not really decrepit at all, other than the other platform being without track. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted July 9, 2023 Author Share Posted July 9, 2023 Reedsmouth 1961 by Kevin Lane 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted July 9, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2023 (edited) I think that should be Redesmouth (in Northumberland) rather than Reedsmouth. You can see where the junction was on Google Earth. Cheers Darius Edited July 9, 2023 by Darius43 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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