BRealistic Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 I've just come into possession of 15 small enprint b+w photos of Bude station and most of the buildings in the nearby yards. Taken early 60's I guess; all a bit overgrown, but in one there's a diesel unit at the platform. Just wondered if they're at all of interest to anyone... if so I'll scan 'em and upload. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2013 One of my favourite ex Southern stations.Yes please would be interested to see them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2013 Very modellable location, so your pics might encourage someone to have a go. ISTR a former BR manager on the IoW has been building a model of Bude, but know no details. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2013 I still have the OO scale plans drawn up on the back of a roll of wallpaper. It was done to scale within the station and loco shed areas with some shortening between there and the slaughterhouse. Just need the space to build it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BRealistic Posted June 27, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2013 Thought there might be at least a little interest, and as Ian says, it's got the lot from a modelling point of view. I've taken a few ideas away myself. There are 15 photos, so I'll upload 3 lots of 5. Oh yes, and one of the photos had the year 1966 on the back. 35 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2013 What a sad scene, all that solid, dependable infrastructure with very little sign of actual gainful use. Wonderful, atmospheric & poignant. Thanks for posting. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Wonderful set of pictures there! Now if that doesn't inspire someone to build a model of this station......!! Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2013 Lovely photos. Thanks for sharing them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 27, 2013 What a wonderful yet sad set of photos, thank you very much for letting us see them. Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2013 superb photos for modelling. Now if only I had won some of that Euro million rollover I would have the time and ability to build a nice modelling room to build a model of Bude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRealistic Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 Can anyone explain what that pair of rails is doing, at right angles to the passing line and entering an open shelter, next to the Signal Box in the last of the 2nd set of photos? I'm certainly puzzled! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velopeur Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Can anyone explain what that pair of rails is doing, at right angles to the passing line and entering an open shelter, next to the Signal Box in the last of the 2nd set of photos? I'm certainly puzzled! that is for the track gang's trolley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted June 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 27, 2013 (edited) Can anyone explain what that pair of rails is doing, at right angles to the passing line and entering an open shelter, next to the Signal Box in the last of the 2nd set of photos? I'm certainly puzzled! That's for a Wickham trolley. The rails for turning it are fitted onto a portable pivot that fits into the piece shown in the centre of the running rails to allow the trolley o b turned 90 degrees then it can run or pushed into the shelter Edited June 28, 2013 by roundhouse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Excellent set of evocative photographs - thanks for posting them. The WHS bookstall looks to have plenty of stock for a branch terminus in its dying days with dwindling customers - would this be normal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) 'Bood', a nice location to model if your into things SR, including the short branch to the 'wharf', a nice tight curve behind the engine shed where stock had to be shunted into the station area before proceeding down to the wharf. Edited June 28, 2013 by bike2steam Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2013 As others have said, a very fine collection, showing how recently the "old railway" still existed, before Corporate Design and rationalisation, let alone closures like this branch, changed the face of the industry. May I suggest you place copies in a Gallery on RMweb? That way this lovely resource may find more readers and inspire them, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D820 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Thanks for posting this fantastic study of Bude station in what was its last year of operation. The signal box was manned to the very last day of operation, the servicing facilities having closed in 1965. Through services operated during the summer seasons, there being a Paddington - Bude working which would have had a very short life. I think the line was served by about eight trains per day at the end, run as a branch from Halwill Junction, with some trains working through to Okehampton. I would imagine the bookstall probably sold more newspapers to local residents than it did to passengers by 1966. I suppose Bullied Way is a better name than Beeching Close which stands on the site of Halwill Junction. There's a couple more views here you might be interested in: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12549538@N08/6735472423/in/set-72157628649864207 http://www.flickr.com/photos/12549538@N08/6735480259/in/set-72157628649864207 I love the red motorbike in the second view. On the modelling side, there was an EM gauge layout of Bude featured in Railway Modeller in June 1972. My copy is now well worn with forty plus years of reading! Edited June 28, 2013 by D820 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRealistic Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Strange, that. I could smell the sea air when looking at your lovely COLOUR pix, Nigel! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRealistic Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 That's for a Wickham trolley. The rails for turning it are fitted onto a portable pivot that fits into the piece shown in the centre of the running rails to allow the trolley o b turned 90 degrees then it can run or pushed into the shelterWere these a SR thing or could they be found elsewhere... WR in particular. A nice little 'feature' that would add a bit of interest. Correct details all important, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D820 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Strange, that. I could smell the sea air when looking at your lovely COLOUR pix, Nigel! Well, there not mine, I hadn't learned to take pictures by 1966! However the rest of the railway set is well worth a look:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/12549538@N08/sets/ Lovely stuff... Edited June 28, 2013 by D820 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2013 Were these a SR thing or could they be found elsewhere... WR in particular. A nice little 'feature' that would add a bit of interest. Correct details all important, though. A few more details here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickham_trolley Similar vehicles are/were used worldwide. US railroads called their versions Speeders, and there is a healthy interest in preserved examples, with rallies etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike2steam Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 One of the Bradford Barton picture books in the 'Southern Branch Lines' series ( which one I cant remember) has some good pics of the Bude branch, most of the trains being standard class 4 on passenger, and N moguls on freight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 28, 2013 Great pics, but it's very grey in Bude... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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