Johann Marsbar Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Found this whilst out on this mornings wanderings.... It's the only one I've found locally on my walks over the past couple of months, as most seem to have been replaced by "normal" storage sheds nowadays, but seemed in fairly decent codition. More unexpected was coming across this little group of locals.... 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 There's quite a lot of them in the UK now, in fact an episode of Michael Portillo's Great British Train Journeys featuring, IIRC Saltaire among other places, discussed how they first came to be here. In September I helped my daughter transport two alpacas, quite an experience; Suffice it to say, if they do not want to move, they won't ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Ok. Challenge accepted. These are about 400m from the Nicky Line and I did walk along the old railway line to get there. Just pre-covid so does not really count. But I like them. Bernard 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 The other side of town. The entrance to the goods yard at Hemel Hempstead on the WCML. The left hand line for a short time around 1959 served the local gas works and actually connected with the Midland Railway Nicky Line. Bernard 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 On 21/02/2021 at 15:39, eastwestdivide said: Often they put X weeks on the works notice to cover the maximum amount of time, and complete it in far less than X. You can always hope. Heard today that they are on schedule to finish on time. I am probably in a minority of the local townsfolk in wishing they would overrun, as the road is much more pleasant to walk along without any traffic and I seldom drive that way! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted March 7, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7, 2021 Managed to coincide my walk with an early running visit by a bit of a "star" this morning. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted March 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2021 Todays walk. Not a train to be seen. A nice 3 and a bit mile round trip. Was a little chilly to start off with however. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted March 7, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7, 2021 Some photos from this mornings walk. The former Selby - Market Weighton line where it used to cross the River Derwent at Bubwith. North side of part of the bridge looking west (generally). Then two views of the bridge from the south. And finally, a view along the former track bed looking east (generally) towards the former Bubwith station. For anyone interested, the map coordinates are: 53.811193, -0926242 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) On recent weekends I walked the Ebury Way just beyond the fringe of North-West London, with two diversions of under a mile each way across Croxley Common Moor, and to the Hamper Mill on the far side of the valley. The Hamper Mill - image refuses to load correct way up. The Way itself is fairly level other than short inclines and takes the route of the Rickmansworth Church Street branch from the junction for the Croxley Green branch to almost to the former station site at Rickmansworth Church Street. Some bridges survive, others have been replaced or earth-filled to make ramps, and the route is more wooded than past times. Other than bridges and earthworks, the only obvious railway survivor seems to be a concrete gradient post on the stretch near Rickmansworth. I've long been aware of the old railway and its re-use as a walk so very overdue to make a visit. My secondary school was on the opposite side of the valley and often I saw trains of a few bogie oil tanks passing along the branch as far as the siding into the Dickinson's Paper premises. I regret not paying attention to the type of loco and wagons and worked out where the trains ran from, as information is hard to trace. The other railway interests in the area for me were of course the Metropolitan and some long-gone narrow gauge, a short sand and gravel line on the fringe of my school grounds, and the Colne Valley Waterworks Railway which had a transfer siding to the Rickmansworth branch. The line crossed the valley to the pumping station. References: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rickmansworth_church_street/ https://www.croxleygreenhistory.co.uk/ https://www.croxleygreenhistory.co.uk/the-railway-to-croxley-green.html https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/31111251125/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/31111254095/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/31111257165/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/31111259715/in/photostream/ Dickinson https://www.croxleygreenhistory.co.uk/the-mill-railway.html Colne Valley Waterworks Railway http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/r/rickmansworth_church_street/index100.shtml https://www.westwatfordhistorygroup.org/p/colne-valley-light-railway.html http://www.industrialgwent.co.uk/wuk21-se/index.htm See Hertfordshire, Colne Valley Waterworks Railway https://www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/5550481363/in/album-72157626336121110/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/31111247605/in/photostream/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/30304650923/in/photostream/ Edited March 9, 2021 by Engineer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted March 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 10, 2021 (edited) Ram Hill Colliery was yesterdays walk. Top of the Dramway at Coalpit Heath Edited March 10, 2021 by Gilbert 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 On 07/03/2021 at 17:05, iands said: Some photos from this mornings walk. The former Selby - Market Weighton line where it used to cross the River Derwent at Bubwith. North side of part of the bridge looking west (generally). Then two views of the bridge from the south. And finally, a view along the former track bed looking east (generally) towards the former Bubwith station. For anyone interested, the map coordinates are: 53.811193, -0926242 Few sadder sights than railway architecture with no trains 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagrizz Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Today's walk was a path I'd not done before, over the hill above Kilsby tunnel.... And down to the DIRFT headshunt. The loco is Hunslet 'Lily Izabella' Graham 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin.divall Posted March 13, 2021 Share Posted March 13, 2021 On 23/01/2021 at 14:26, Peter Kazmierczak said: Today our little walk takes us along the old carriage drive to Canford Manor (now Canford School). At the end we find this rather elaborate railway underbridge. The occupants of the Manor didn't want any old bridge over their drive, so when the Southampton to Dorchester line opened on 1st June 1847, they built this. Once the main route between London and Weymouth, as Bournemouth grew, the line through Ringwood and Wimborne declined. On summer Saturdays, through expresses between Weymouth/Swanage to Waterloo continued along this line into the early 1960s; even the "Bournemouth Belle" has passed over here when the direct route was closed due to engineering work. Closed to passengers from 4th May 1964, the tracks clung on with occasional freight traffic until May 1977. To be strictly accurate, this bridge wasn’t the original - probably a timber structure like many underbridges on the cheaply built Southampton & Dorchester - but a replacement from ca 1853, 1854. It was designed by Charles Barry and paid for by Lady Charlotte Guest after the death of her husband Sir J. John Guest, the iron-master. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 14, 2021 Author Share Posted March 14, 2021 First, thanks to Colin for putting me straight about the origins of Lady Wimborne's bridge. Today's lockdown walk is a case of the, "you'd never guess a railway ran through here" syndrome. We're in Harrier Drive, Merley near Wimborne, looking eastwards. The LSWR line between Wimborne (to the left) and Broadstone (to the right) would've passed through here, just where the tarmac changes across the road in front of the street light and the "sold" sign. Obviously, the railway closed before there was any housing development. Wonder if the new occupants of the house just sold realise that their property lies directly over the old railway line? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted March 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2021 A few pictures from my walk last Sunday. The weather was nice, and not being such a well known path, it was nice and quiet. The path follows the path of the old LBSCR Pulborough - Midhurst route, which at this early stage skirts the sides of the Arun and Rother flood plains - the line to Midhurst and the continuing LSWR route to Petersfield more or less followed the entire length of the river Rother. It starts at Hardham Junction, and at this point the track bed is used as an access road, so is in really good condition. After half a mile or so the road became more of a farm track - still in pretty good condition. Finally the path diverts to follow the river bank to Fittleworth and the track bed is fenced off. This was one of the last stretches of the Midhurst branch to close; the Pulborough - Petworth section succumbing in May 1966. Most of the trackbed along the routes is pretty clear - there's plenty of good walking to be had west of Petworth, and the track bed from Chichester to near Singleton has been converted to a cycle way. I know we have plenty of preserved railways, but these lines were wonderfully scenic and being surrounded by so many tourist centres (Amberley Chalk Pits, Weald and Downland Open Air Museum, Petworth House, Uppark - to name just four) and within a national park, they would have made a great steam railway. This stretch has lovely views of the plains; you can imagine a nice little D1 with a couple of carriages puffing along here! What I suppose keeping it as a path does give you is the wildlife. The area of the plains a mile or so to the east of this spot form part of the RSPB Pulborough Brooks reserve. Plenty of wildlife was seen and heard - lots of small rodents and birds, as well as a distant cormorant on a tree and a couple of red kites overhead. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted March 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 24/02/2021 at 14:34, Rivercider said: We visited Portreath in 2019 and had a look around before walking along the coast. I found it interesting and would like to read up about the area and the history before we visit again. Is it possible to walk any of the old track bed of the Portreath Branch? cheers Went along the small rural section of the old GWR line to Portreath today. The photo below show what you can see (nice views but nothing to show it was a railway). 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Kris said: Went along the small rural section of the old GWR line to Portreath today. The photo below show what you can see (nice views but nothing to show it was a railway). Thanks for that. We will no doubt be down to visit Cornwall again (hopefully) before too long. When we are in the area I would like to go to Portreath again, so will try to explore some of the old rail routes, either GWR or Tramroad. cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Today, HS2 work site north of West Hyde, near Rickmansworth. View from footpath, looking roughly north. Several road and footpath closures in the area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nickey Line Posted March 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2021 5 hours ago, Claude_Dreyfus said: and a couple of red kites overhead. Your picture is actually a buzzard... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted March 14, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14, 2021 41 minutes ago, Nickey Line said: Your picture is actually a buzzard... My mistake. We have kites nesting in the area, so thought that was one of them... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nickey Line Posted March 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Claude_Dreyfus said: My mistake. We have kites nesting in the area, so thought that was one of them... The key ID feature for red kites is the deeply forked tail. Buzzard's tails are more fan-shaped. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cunningduck Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Engineer said: Today, HS2 work site north of West Hyde, near Rickmansworth. View from footpath, looking roughly north. Several road and footpath closures in the area. Is this what you can see from the m25? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 "Is this what you can see from the m25?" Yes, not sure of the visibility but very close nearby. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted March 15, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2021 Today's dog walk near Ram Hill. We followed the track bed of an old colliery line from some pits at Nibley, Mayshill and Frog Lane which joined the Bristol to Gloucester MR line that used to go down through Mangotsfield to Bristol and Bath and had a chord to the GWR S Wales mainline which it passes under...I'm not sure the Overhead line warnings are entirely necessary! The remains of the chord. and we saw a real train..Mk 4s on the way to Newport 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Came across this yesterday. It is in the grounds of the house where Lady Arran used to live near King's Langley. Bernard 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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