LNER4479 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 4 hours ago, great northern said: Today we will go west of the WCML, from Carlisle to Silloth, and down along the coast to Barrow, and thence back to the main line, The cross country lines, and those around the lakes are also included. Ooh, another luverly area and once my 'patch' - I enjoyed a cab ride from Barrow to Workington, with many lovely stations and some antiquated signalling equipment. Despite (or maybe because of?) that, I'm going for one of the closed lines and would therefore like to nominate: Keswick Oh for a 'Borders' to be done to get Keswick back on the railway map. Station still very much extant and a nice place to mooch and ponder 'what if...' 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 5 hours ago, Woodcock29 said: The previous day I did a run from Waverley to Inverness and back behind Tornado - fantastic - when coming from 12,000 miles away one must make the most of it. This was all part of a trip starting at Kings Cross behind Bittern and then Union of South Africa from York. Andrew We were on the same trip then! 'Twas indeed a great day - 12 coaches unassisted over the Highland mainline, including the 1-in-60 start away from Inverness on the return. Sorry Gilbert (but it is an A1!) 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 14, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2020 The Inverkeithing goods is next on the Up, now in the hands of local V2 60966. Don't mention golf. 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted September 14, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 14, 2020 Well, I too am nominating Keswick for today’s poll. So delightful. Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 5 hours ago, LNER4479 said: We were on the same trip then! 'Twas indeed a great day - 12 coaches unassisted over the Highland mainline, including the 1-in-60 start away from Inverness on the return. Sorry Gilbert (but it is an A1!) What a magnificent machine! I love this livery and am lucky enough to own this - gauge 1 gas fired live steam. Another long term project in the making! 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 14, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 14, 2020 A couple more shots of the Inverkeithing Class C tonight. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Workington Seen as rail used to comd.from there until.production was moved to Scunthorpe so.They could.make longer lengths 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 9 hours ago, great northern said: The Inverkeithing goods is next on the Up, now in the hands of local V2 60966. Don't mention golf. How was the golf, Gilbert? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 15, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 6 hours ago, St Enodoc said: How was the golf, Gilbert? There are some naughty people around, aren't there? However, as I have had time to cool down, all is forgiven. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 15, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 Another lovely day, which does not involve golf. B17 Tottenham Hotspur is resting by the coaling stage. And KX A3 Melton is arriving with the Heart of Midlothian. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium great northern Posted September 15, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 Another tie. Ravenglass, Keswick and Workington, all with 2 votes. I used to have a timeshare overlooking Keswick station, but lost it in the divorce settlement. Back down south today, to look at through stations on lines from London to Hastings, Eastbourne, Brighton and Portsmouth. We shall include the coast route between those places, and, in generous mode, all the small connecting cross country lines in between the main routes. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 Brighton London Road, home of Brighton Model Railway Club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) Horstead Keynes, if that’s excluded because of the junction then Kingscote. Edited September 15, 2020 by jazzer 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2020 Singleton. A four-platform through station with lavish facilities, on a single-track railway with a sparse service. Why so? Because it was used by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, when he visited Goodwood House. The line closed to passenger trains in 1935, but in 1982 or 83 I stood on the platform. No camera with me, natch...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Metropolitan H Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 Sidlesham on the "Hundred of Manhood and Selsey Tramway" is my preferred choice. If that is dis-allowed, I'll go with Amberley - for the Chalk Pits Museum. Regards Chris H 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Oldddudders said: Singleton. A four-platform through station with lavish facilities, on a single-track railway with a sparse service. Why so? Because it was used by the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, when he visited Goodwood House. The line closed to passenger trains in 1935, but in 1982 or 83 I stood on the platform. No camera with me, natch...... I will go one stop down to Levant and speaking of Goodwood, this from last year's Revival - a thing of beauty! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Sorry, spelt wrong, should be Lavant! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, David Bell said: I will go one stop down to Levant Lavant is also a good choice, with the 'loftiest' of the T H Myres station buildings - complete with luggage chute! I also stood on the platform there, in November 1967, watching sugar-beet being loaded to minfits. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 28 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: Lavant is also a good choice, with the 'loftiest' of the T H Myres station buildings - complete with luggage chute! I also stood on the platform there, in November 1967, watching sugar-beet being loaded to minfits. It was the terminal for the Marcon stone traffic to Drayton in my time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarrMan Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 33 minutes ago, David Bell said: Sorry, spelt wrong, should be Lavant! That's a relief!. I though the South Coast lines had been diverted via Albania at least, if not Egypt! Lloyd 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodnok Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Hmmm. SC division mainlines to the coast, and the routes between them (but ... not the metro operations / lines that terminate short of the coast?) ... Purley. Brighton mainline, six platform faces, more trains than you can shake a stick at, including through fast, stopping, splitting/joining and (if you pick your time period properly) terminating. There's even modellable freight, right up to the present day. And it's where a very young me first got an education in 1:1 scale trains. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Portsmouth and Southsea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted September 15, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2020 (edited) Fishersgate. As an apprentice with the CEGB at the training center at Brighton Power Station. On a Friday we would dash out the center to the ferry boat which in those days was an old boy with a set of oars as propulsion and cross Shoreham Habour. Run up to Fishersgate Station and catch a train into Brighton for the journey northwards. If you didn't get on the third trip the old fella was so knackered you missed the Brighton train which in turn meant you had to catch a later train home. Edited September 15, 2020 by Clive Mortimore 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted September 15, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2020 Another shot with the new tripod of the approaching Heart of Midlothian. 30 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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