stewartingram Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Mildenhall, Aldeburgh, Wells, Outwell, Stoke Ferry, Ramsey (both of them), Benwick,....which do I choose? Mildenhall. Home of the last E4 in traffic. Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted July 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2020 I think I will have to go with Laxfield on the Mid Suffolk Light Railway - on the grounds of it being the most bucolic and minimal of rural termini! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Laxfield for me too though it was close. What about Tollesbury, Framlingham, Thaxted, Snape, Hadleigh as well as those mentioned previously? I nearly threw Ongar into the mix with a vote. There were so many to choose from. Martyn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Framlingham but only because the club I belong to is going to model it. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 2 hours ago, mullie said: Laxfield for me too though it was close. What about Tollesbury, Framlingham, Thaxted, Snape, Hadleigh as well as those mentioned previously? I nearly threw Ongar into the mix with a vote. There were so many to choose from. Martyn Ok , I say Ongar. One of the GER BLT’s still intact that can be visited today . Wonderfully atmospheric, and you can still get to it on a restored RT bus 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted July 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2020 20 hours ago, St Enodoc said: ...but never part of the North Eastern Region? Rules clarification please umpire! PS I lived in Garforth for about five years. The umpire allowed the Easingwold line. I spent my first 16 years in Garforth, Dad's side of the family go back beyond the parish records. Adrian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted July 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2020 I forgot about Ongar - although it is sbout the only eligible one that I have visited by rail! I first went there on the LT Track Recording Train as a Graduate Trainee circa 1973, We had a "Brown trousers" moment when we went round a bend and found the local track gang had not read the weekly traffic notices, had the track up on a pair of jacks to change a sleeper! An emergency stop and bad language ensued as we flatted the wheels coming to a stop, they did put the jacks down and clear so no derailment, but the unit had to retire for wheel turning befor recording was worthwhile again! My most recent visit to Ongar was on the footplate of Met No.1 a couple of years ago. An interesting ride. I'll still stick with Laxfield for bucolic charm. Did anyone else read or watch "Love on a Branch Line" - a delightful bit of silliness, but it gives a good feeling? Regards Chris H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Not really my part of the country so I'm tempted to abstain but I'll say: Long Stanton But only because it's one of the stations from the Flanders & Swann 'Slow Train' song. It's not (or wasn't) even a terminus, so I believe ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 20, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 20, 2020 We have a photograph of a triplet. Two things of note. One is that this was the only one rostered for Leeds trains, having gone Down at 1020 from KX, and the second is that our most generous duck, having made this for me some considerable time ago, left me only the painting of the roofs to do. As you can see, I still haven't done it. The next train on the Up was the last of the day from Grimsby, headed by one of New England's more presentable B1s. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 20, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2020 Hmm, Ongar or Upwell? Ongar! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2020 Tollesbury for me. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted July 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2020 Well, Mildenhall for this poll. Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 G'Day Folks Really ought to be County by County, with so many to choose from, I don't know which one to nominate, Ramsey St Mary, or Maldon.....................................Ramsey St Mary, you are a hard taskmaster Gilbert manna 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Ramsey St.Mary? I only know of Ramsey East and Ramsey North. Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drmditch Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Maldon East & Heybridge please. Edited July 21, 2020 by drmditch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 49 minutes ago, stewartingram said: Ramsey St.Mary? I only know of Ramsey East and Ramsey North. Stewart G'Day Folks Sorry, I used the Town name, should have been Ramsey North. manna 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2020 Nice sunny day again, and nowt I have to do, so an episode of relaxation/idleness beckons. Your morning images show the 6.35 Hull, and another Grantham A3, Centenary this time. About to pass 61210, and then having come to rest. This is a short train, and so stops further back than normal. That gave me a chance to get an angle which isn't usually available, and not as much back lighting too. It still looks better in monochrome, but it is one I rather like. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2020 I suspect this poll may have been a little disrupted by yesterday's maintenance outage, but I agree that you were also really spoilt for choice. Ten nominations, but well spread, Mildenhall and Laxfield the only ones to get 2. You can't get more bucolic than Laxfield, surely? Do you want to do this again county by county at some stage? Today though, our attention turns to the remainder of the Eastern region. Not as bucolic maybe, but still plenty of BLTs to consider. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 I think I'll go for Thirsk Town this time. Make a cracking model. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 G'Day Folks For this one, I'll go for Spilsby. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted July 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2020 Barton on Humber, still in existence although reduced to a bus stop but even to the end of its first life exactly as you would expect a far flung outpost of BR to be neglected and run down in the extreme. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2020 31 minutes ago, jwealleans said: I think I'll go for Thirsk Town this time. Make a cracking model. You aren't eligible for senior moments Jonathan, but I think if you were, this might be one. Isn't Thirsk well within the orange zone of BR? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Orange zone? BR? What is this new fangled nonsense you're putting before me? Zones. Edited July 21, 2020 by jwealleans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 minutes ago, jwealleans said: Orange zone? BR? What is this new fangled nonsense you're putting before me? Wasn't Thirsk within the ambit of the North Eastern Railway at all times though? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Of course. Are you looking for a Great Northern location this time, then? (I had occasion to point out to my wife at the weekend, after watching a Network Rail film about the Werrington diveunder, that the route to which it gives access is still called the GN/GE Joint, 97 years after Grouping. In that context, if you close your eyes, it's not too hard to imagine that 1948 never happened). 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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