37175 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Not Lynwood either I'm afraid. It is in fact Bridge 146 'Belses Mill Viaduct'. I take it that's a different name for Ale Water Viaduct which I was asking about a few weeks ago? Any other pics of it Roy, or just that one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The very same Matt. I'm afraid that's the only pic. Didn't see you asking for it, sorry. roygraham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Ye Gods! That does make it Ale Water viaduct then! I've never seen reference to it as that, but habitues of my layout 'activities' will know my alternative fiction has the line following the Ale and a wayside station at Midlem Road. I never followed the course of the free-flowing Ale up at Midlem down to this beautifully proportioned viaduct by Belses Mill. This has convinced me that what is presently my fictitious Currie Burn viaduct (based on Barnes/ Stobs), should embrace some of Bridge 146's features too. The parapet for one looks suitably different, and having committed to Stobs' geometry, I don't have the task of capturing the skew to worry about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 The parapet for one looks suitably different.... Decent shot from "up on top" showing the parapets: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/259931 Sadly that's about it for photos of it on the 'net. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Oh that's very different. On every other viaduct on the line that I can think of at present, the trains are poised on tip-toes when seen in profile, but here there's more of a pre-cast trough style to the deck, with railings atop even that. On reflection there's a parapet wall of sorts on the Eden and Newbattle viaducts, and something less substantial at Lynwood and Stobs, but even so this one's a turn up. While we're on this subject, what was the span over the A7 at Shank Bridge, just north west of Gorebridge, like? That's a well-known Most Wanted of mine! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Hi Chard, Is this the one you mean? roygraham 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Looking south. Fantastic. Completely unrecognizable from today's realigned A7. Thank you! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Not the world's finest pic. I'm afraid. roygraham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 28, 2011 Author Share Posted November 28, 2011 Was that circa 1970, Roy? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 May 1969 to be more precise. roygraham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Not the world's finest pic. I'm afraid. roygraham Possibly not, but what it lacks in clarity it makes up for in atmosphere, the period Triumph really making the scene! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Looking south. Are you sure? Looks like the road bends away to the left past the bridge which would have it looking north. Shadows also point to a northbound shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 I initially thought north but the optical illusion fooled me! That's a great bit of OS there Matt. Wonder if there's any photo history of these mine related railway structures? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 An unusual view of a well known subject. roygraham 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 (edited) 226. Very familiar, and very unusual. Are the cutwaters' bases still extant below the water surface, I wonder? Edited November 29, 2011 by 'CHARD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 I'll take a look in January. roygraham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 There's something ethereal about underwater railway remains; the same is true of Longtown and Hawick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Anybody know what the building in the distance with the car outside was? roygraham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 I'm struggling with the choices of location to be honest, Roy. And by 'distance,' I'm assuming you mean the white structure away down the branch, not the dark brooding bothy at left.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Yes, white is right. If you want to call it a branch, you carry on. The geometry doesn't sit right with what were the rail tracks. roygraham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roygraham Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 Sorry, Chard. I mean't to say that what you're looking at is what was left of Stobs Camp Sidings in 1969. roygraham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Aha! Too obvious for me, was mentally roving the rails in the Fushiebridge area. The giant signal-shed has gone which to me is synonymous with Stobs Camp. Yes, it's barely a branch, you're right. Looks like a wee white timber structure, elsewhere I'd have gone for a lamp room or store, but I wonder if this had a more direct quasi-military intention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plarailfan Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 As an aid to anyone doing research, I've started this group, if anyone wants to add photo's, please feel free. http://www.flickr.com/groups/1533814@N24/ Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted November 29, 2011 Author Share Posted November 29, 2011 Good stuff, the more pooled resources, the better. And fresh from that cluster, here's a WR structure that we discussed a few weeks ago, the retaining wall along the top of which the line runs entering Teri in the Down direction: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cessna152towser/2568161128/in/pool-1533814@N24 I'd love to see footage from the train looking out over the mills that were here, or perhaps a personal recollection from those contributors who travelled the line of the ambience of this altitudinous stretch.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37175 Posted November 29, 2011 Share Posted November 29, 2011 As an aid to anyone doing research, I've started this group, if anyone wants to add photo's, please feel free. http://www.flickr.co...ps/1533814@N24/ Many thanks. I'll be adding more of my old photos to it in the fullness of time, only put the Pooley weighing machine at Riccarton on there at the mo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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