RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 31, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Clapham Junction, on the Settle Junction to Carnforth line. But how large is it, Clive? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) 55 minutes ago, great northern said: Today, WCML from Crewe to Carlisle, and we mustn't forget the Midland from Leeds northwards, so that's included too. In which case, for me, it can only be Carlisle itself, the greatest junction station of them all (outrageous!) In some respects it was actually a terminus (although trains of course did run through). The tracks of no less than seven pre-grouping companies started / finished at Carlisle yet, in a remarkable piece of 19th century co-operation (when you consider the 'nonsense' that went on elsewhere round the country), the Carlisle Citadel Station Agreement saw to it that all used just the one station we know today. Is there any other station in the country with such an evocative tag to its name - 'citadel'? William Tite's striking Tudor and Gothic design reflects the the border city's colourful and turbulent past. The kaleidoscope of colours in pre-grouping days must have been something to behold, from the plum n spilt milk of the LNWR, to the striking blue of the Caledonian and the glorious crimson lake of the Midland Railway, Each of the companies established its own goods facilities and loco depots around the city - outside of London, was there anywhere else with so many loco depots within such a compact space? Upperby (Lancaster & Carlisle, then LNWR), Kingmoor (Caledonian), Durran Hill (Midland), Canal (North British), London Road (NER) and Currock (G&SWR and Maryport & Carlisle). And being athwart several trunk lines, these depots either housed or hosted the pride of the lines. By the 1930s, Gresley and Stanier Pacifics were rubbing shoulders and continued to do so until the 1960s (one of the few places in the country where the two met). Almost all trains running through changed locos at Carlisle. The proliferation of goods yards saw to it that there was a constant stream of trip workings, shuttling traffic between them, using the various arrangements of goods lines around the city. Must make a model of it some day ... PS - there's a smashing model shop a cock's stride from the station entrance! Edited July 31, 2020 by LNER4479 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Quite a lot to choose from again, but this time it has to be Preston. Have changed there a couple of times in the past two years onto Lytham St Annes trains, and quite a few times in the past, too. I remember one occasion when we stopped at Croston for a few days, and I left some luggage in the left luggage there, including a second hand tailgate for a Ford Fiesta! The old fellow that took it had a problem classifying it! Lloyd 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieR4489 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Carlisle for me but only because it had proper engines allocated there (A3s) 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 I don't know any of these places, due to a massive gap in my knowledge of anything other than malachite green. Does this place quality? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, great northern said: But how large is it, Clive? Oh Bollards!!!! Manchester Victoria and Exchange post 1929 re-signalling. There is a big one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Carlisle, been there too to meet some specials over the S&C Martyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Carlisle for me please 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 31, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 35 minutes ago, Tim Dubya said: I don't know any of these places, due to a massive gap in my knowledge of anything other than malachite green. Does this place quality? I suspect that you may know a little more than you are prepared to let on, dear chap. Thanks for that clip, which I had forgotten. She was hilarious, wasn't she? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 I'll go for Preston. In my former days as a librarian, we'd go up once a year to buy books from a large wholesaler in the city. The Travelodge where they put us up, overlooked the bus station rather than the railway though. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 42 minutes ago, mullie said: Carlisle, been there too to meet some specials over the S&C Martyn Like this you mean? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 41 minutes ago, great northern said: She was hilarious, wasn't she? Missed deeply in our household. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 Preston. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2020 I'll go for Carlisle too. Even in BR and more recent days it is a fascinating place. I would love to have seen it pre 1914. David 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 31, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2020 I did go up and run the end of the sequence before it became unbearably hot, and while doing so I plonked again. I just can't help myself sometimes. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) Yes, I know what you mean. Just been up my railway room to take some pictures and it got hot so I was only in there for 30mins. Mind you I don't think this lot helped!!!! Twin ceiling lights on Twin double LED lights to pelmet and the 150w daylight lighting rig.....(and I find you have to leave in on for about 10mins to warm up and give max illumination) Got hot. Things we do for are thread followers! Edited July 31, 2020 by KNP 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 60027Merlin Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 Carlisle - so much variety and atmosphere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37Oban Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Carlisle for me too. Roja 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Carlisle for me too 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 35 minutes ago, 60027Merlin said: Carlisle - so much variety and atmosphere. And you visited there on occasions, didn't you, along with your 64B brethren? Not looking at your best in this pic though: https://railphotoprints.uk/p184894551/hEFA6705#hefa6705 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 Loved the first WD photo, Gilbert. Carlisle for me too, but mainly because I have never stood on Preston to make a comparison. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 GN - just a suggestion: Can we do Midland north of Leeds as a separate poll? Afterall, we did the southern section of the Midland separate from the southern section of the WCML. Places like Skipton and Hellifield have much merit but they're not getting a look in! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted July 31, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, LNER4479 said: GN - just a suggestion: Can we do Midland north of Leeds as a separate poll? Afterall, we did the southern section of the Midland separate from the southern section of the WCML. Places like Skipton and Hellifield have much merit but they're not getting a look in! Point taken, we'll do that tomorrow. It's all Carlisle's fault though, hogging most of the votes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted July 31, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 31, 2020 Time for a cuppa, despite the heat. One more look at Silver King to go with it. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 I'll vote for Preston. It always strikes me as quite a grand station, about the first one you come to on the WCML (gets hat and runs for cover!) and almost continental in its layout like some of the big Dutch stations for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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