Peterborough North

[Flying Fox 34F]

The new connection for Lincoln went in around 1966.  This allowed the closure of the direct Grantham to Lincoln via Barkston and Honington to close.

The current arrangement of lines north of Newark Northgate date from the mid 70’s.

You are quite correct, there are more services to Lincoln than there ever was over the Joint line.

 

Paul

[simontaylor484]

Claypole cos it reminds me of Timothy Claypole the jester in Rentaghost

[figworthy]

Ranskill.

 

Adrian

[mullie]

Little Bytham, never been there but I believe someone on here has quite nice model of it in his shed!!!!!

 

Hat........  .........coat.......................gone!

 

(Martyn)

[great northern]

Another shiny KX A4 tonight, Lord Faringdon brings in the 2.00pm Newcastle.

 

 

 

 

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

I'm also going for Little Bytham, it's the families hometown, going back to pre 1790's, many an ancestor is buried in the area.

 

manna

[great northern]

Early this morning, as golf beckons. So too does heavy rain for an hour or two. The 2.00pm is what 60002 was waiting for, and it it has now backed on.

 

 

62529 is also starting on the one mile journey to east.

 

 

[great northern]

Newark 8 Bytham 5 in the poll, with mentions for 4 other long gone stations.

 

Today, we'll try the lines from Peterborough to Rugby and Northampton, and throw in the line to Leicester for good measure. Wayside stations again please.

[St Enodoc]

Lamport this time. Many years ago I rode on a freight train from Northampton to Market Harborough and the signal box at Lamport sticks in my mind for some reason.

[Flying Fox 34F]

Oundle, please. Combination of the level crossing, river bridge and staggered platforms.

Station building still intact, though the yard is now a housing estate.

 

Paul

[David Bell]

I will go with Ringstead & Addington. What a great name!

[FarrMan]

Ketton and Collyweston. I always liked the sound of it when the train stopped there.

 

Lloyd

[31A]

I'll say Wellingborough London Road, as we lived in Wellingborough when I was very young and I vaguely remember seeing a train at the level crossing there!

 

Would make a nice model with elegant buildings, even crossing, connection to the Midland main line, and sidings for ironstone quarries and the mill.

[Clive Mortimore]

Market Harborough.

[CUTLER2579]

Ketton and Collyweston as I often go there.

[Oldddudders]

Oakham? How many of us had an Airfix kit based on something from there?

[Metropolitan H]

My vote goes to "Oundle", the remaining buildings are interesting.

 

The other tempting ones would be "Wansford" or "Castle Ashby and Earls Barton" - but then there is "Seaton Junction" for Uppingham.

 

Trouble with a lot of those stations is they were quite a step from the places they purported to serve.

 

Regards

Chris H

[St Enodoc]

6 minutes ago, Metropolitan H said:

Trouble with a lot of those stations is they were quite a step from the places they purported to serve.

A good clue is when the station has two different places named in its name. That usually means it's miles from either of 'em.

[Oldddudders]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

A good clue is when the station has two different places named in its name. That usually means it's miles from either of 'em.

The suffix 'Road' can also be a clue. 

[St Enodoc]

18 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

The suffix 'Road' can also be a clue. 

Not to mention Parkway (I told you not to mention Parkway...).

[simontaylor484]

Wansford 

[TrevorP1]

As Oldudders had said, remembering all those Airfix kits that kept us going, I'll go for Oakham as well.

[46444]

Originating from Artleknock (Anglo-Saxon name for Irthlingborough) it has to be Irthlingborough Station on the Northampton to Peterborough Line.

 

Like other stations on the line it was originally known as Irthlingborough & Higham Ferrers owing to the central position in the Nene Valley before Higham Ferrers had its own station on the Wellingborough to Rushden/Higham Ferrers Line. 

 

Also agree with 31A about Wellingborough London Road as a source of modelling inspiration with the Whitworths Flour Mill and the Irchester ironstone traffic.

 

Plenty of industrial action finishing with one of Oxfordshire Ironstone Company's Sentinel in the style of Hornby`s outside cranked version. 

 

Someone mentioned Castle Ashby/Earls Barton as well. The goods shed survived as a restaurant called Dunkley's including an old LMS carriage. Sadly now gone I believe. 

 

Ditchford Station on the Northampton-Peterborough Line and the legend of the Treacle Mines also springs to mind. A far flung relative was supposed to be Station Master there. 

 

Ditchford in later years was very aromomatic with Chettles not far away.. 

 

Cheers, 

 

Mark 

 

 

 

Edited September 24, 2020 by 46444

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Oundle......................sounds Idyllic.

 

manna

[great northern]

Tonight, Deltic rumbles into view, on its usual afternoon working.