Peterborough North

[great northern]

We now have a succession of northbound departures. 61204 is first, probably going no further than Leicester with the Ely-Birmingham.

 

 

 

The B1 is soon followed by the Ivatt 4 seen in the background of the previous image, and it will be going as far as Kings Lynn.

 

 

 

[Metropolitan H]

I too vote for Yatton.

 

I was tempted by Tiverton Junction, but realised I know more about Yatton - which appears to have been a pleasent station with fascinating traffic.

 

Regards

Chris H

[Market65]

Well, after reading about Yatton in a magazine article, I am going with it for this poll.

 

Rob.

[great northern]

The last local to depart is the one for Grantham, and here are both sides of 61207 as it pulls away.

 

 

 

 

You wouldn't think that I've turned down highlights as far as possible on this one, would you?

[great northern]

Another easy winner. Yatton with 5 votes, out of only 8 cast.

 

Having reached Exeter, please now go to Plymouth, but using the inland route, and select the most evocative wayside station you pass through.

[St Enodoc]

Not sure which route you have in mind Gilbert, so I'll offer two choices depending on which is correct:

 

- if you mean the Southern route, then Bere Alston - junction for the PD&SWJ branch to Callington.

 

- if you mean the line from Exeter to Newton Abbot via Heathfield and then onwards to Plymouth, then Brent - inspiration for many a layout on RMweb and also modelled by Leeds MRS in 0 gauge over 40 years ago.

[great northern]

19 minutes ago, St Enodoc said:

Not sure which route you have in mind Gilbert, so I'll offer two choices depending on which is correct:

 

- if you mean the Southern route, then Bere Alston - junction for the PD&SWJ branch to Callington.

 

- if you mean the line from Exeter to Newton Abbot via Heathfield and then onwards to Plymouth, then Brent - inspiration for many a layout on RMweb and also modelled by Leeds MRS in 0 gauge over 40 years ago.

This is what happens when I stray into foreign parts. We've been along the GW main line, haven't we? I think we have, anyway, so that's why I looked at a BR map and went for the one that seems to go a remarkably long way round. That is/was the Southern route, I think? I'm much better at Lincolnshire.

[TrevorP1]

18 minutes ago, great northern said:

This is what happens when I stray into foreign parts. We've been along the GW main line, haven't we? I think we have, anyway, so that's why I looked at a BR map and went for the one that seems to go a remarkably long way round. That is/was the Southern route, I think? I'm much better at Lincolnshire.

 

As I voted for Okehampton in a previous poll I will go, along with St Enodoc, for Bere Alston. Junction for Callington - once part of the Colonel Stephens empire I believe - and also near Gunnislake where a good friend was brought up in sight of the railway station.

[Oldddudders]

I will nominate Yeoford. In 1965, the last time I travelled the route from Exeter to Padstow, I changed at Yeoford in the early evening, alighting from a Barnstaple line train to catch an Okehampton one. As I awaited my connecting train, I recall a BR Standard 4 tank coming off the Barnstaple route and heading light engine for Exeter. One sensed the crew were finishing for the day, to judge by the speed.....

[Clive Mortimore]

Now I am confused, we have swapped from the G*R to the LSWR, am I correct? Now which Plymouth station are we arriving at, North or Fairy, because it is Fairy then this poor young lady has been going the opposite direction twice. 

 

 

As for a station I will nominate Camel's Head Halt, only for its lovely name.

[Metropolitan H]

So many interesting choices!!

 

My vote goes to Tavistock - hauled by a T9 and water-cart tender.

 

If that is considered too metropolitan my back-up choice is Lydford.

 

Regards

Chris H

[LNER4479]

44 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

 

As for a station I will nominate Camel's Head Halt, only for its lovely name.

Just as well they didn't name it after the other end of the camel ...

 

Tavistock! Been trying to think of its name most of the morning. Not my part of the world but it was featured on one of Rob Bell's lost railway walks and looked quite nice so let's run with that.

[LNER4479]

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[great northern]

1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Now I am confused, we have swapped from the G*R to the LSWR, am I correct? Now which Plymouth station are we arriving at, North or Fairy, because it is Fairy then this poor young lady has been going the opposite direction twice. 

 

 

As for a station I will nominate Camel's Head Halt, only for its lovely name.

Definitely LSWR, I think. Don't ask me difficult questions about Plymouth though, Phil's your man for that.

[Oldddudders]

It is my belief that LSWR trains heading for Friary would pass through, and hence stop at, what was then called Plymouth North Road, the GWR station. 

[Joseph_Pestell]

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

It is my belief that LSWR trains heading for Friary would pass through, and hence stop at, what was then called Plymouth North Road, the GWR station. 

 

Before they got to North Road, they would have stopped at Devonport, in many ways more important for LSWR than either of the Plymouth stations.

I don't think that there is a better station to model for the classic "roundy-roundy" layout - curves each end disappearing under road bridges on the same road.

But my favourite would be Tavistock North for its location.

[Market65]

I’m going with Tavistock for today’s poll.

 

Rob.

[great northern]

Back to the safety of the ECML, where the afternoon York parcels is coming in to Platform 6.

 

 

Bit fuzzy, that one. It was closely followed by more coal empties on the slow line, these having started from Ashburton grove.

 

 

[Flying Fox 34F]

15 hours ago, LNER4479 said:

Just as well they didn't name it after the other end of the camel ...

 

As there was a station called Ashover Butts in Derbyshire, why not Camel Butts Halt in Cornwall?  After all there are several examples on RMW that are more dubious!  Thinking about it, Gresley Beat has some interesting name boards on its signalboxes!!!!!

 

Paul

[great northern]

A remarkably horrible day, weather wise, so I have developed a bad back, and will not be able to play golf. Still plenty to ponder about up in the railway room though, and I have bought a very good new lamp to help me see things if I try to do a bit of modelling.

 

Another WD heads south.

 

 

 

 

and a Friday relief to the 3.05 Newcastle appears, Grantham A3 Victor Wild at the head.

 

 

[great northern]

Right, the poll. 4 votes for Tavistock to 2 for Bere Alston, but weren't there two stations at Tavistock? Only one reply specifies which one, so I'm not sure where that leaves us.

 

The Didcot Newbury and Southampton today, another area about which I know nothing much, but it must have had some nice wayside stations.

[manna]

G'Day Folks

 

Winchester 'Chesil'.

 

manna

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, great northern said:

Right, the poll. 4 votes for Tavistock to 2 for Bere Alston, but weren't there two stations at Tavistock? Only one reply specifies which one, so I'm not sure where that leaves us.

 

The Didcot Newbury and Southampton today, another area about which I know nothing much, but it must have had some nice wayside stations.

I think you're in the clear, Gilbert, having confirmed that we're looking at the Southern route. It must be Tavistock North.

[St Enodoc]

27 minutes ago, manna said:

G'Day Folks

 

Winchester 'Chesil'.

 

manna

Yes, Winchester Chesil/Cheesehill for me too. An interesting station anyway but its pioneer automatic route-setting signalling installation does it for me.

[TrevorP1]

The DN&S. At it's the nearest GW station to my old home I must vote for Winchester Chesil/Cheesehill as well.

 

Having said that, can stations in the middle of a city be classified as wayside?