avonside1563 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The crossing gates over Micklewood Lane on the line to Littleton Colliery from Penkridge are still in place long after the line was closed and lifted. https://goo.gl/maps/q8n99 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2015 Milfracombe That sounds a fun place to visit! Any crossing left overs from the Burton brewery system? The seemed to be hundreds of them when you drove through B-o-T pre by-pass! Keith I didnt see any on the DEMU magical mystery tour of burton the other month but i did see a pub called 'the crossing' (or something like that) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 27, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27, 2015 I didnt see any on the DEMU magical mystery tour of burton the other month but i did see a pub called 'the crossing' (or something like that) I don't think the main lines had any LCs, only the brewery lines and their connexions. Midland Railway Distance Diagram 26B shows loads of crossings but only on the company's lines. The Breweries' road crossings aren't shown. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 North West of Wendover on the Halton Camp branch where it crosses the A413. Long Marston on the Cheddington - Aylesbury branch did have the gates in situ but not sure of the current status. There were until recently a couple of other crossings on the branch with parts of the gates remaining, not looked closely of late. Various farm crossings on the Hemel Hempsted-Harpenden branch but some are not the original examples. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Another one near Cornforth in the North East. https://goo.gl/maps/3pTnV The tracks are still embedded in the road, though track mostly lifted on the branch. IIRC it fell out of use in the late 1980s/early 1990s despite the quarry it served still being open and shipping aggregate out by road, much to the annoyance of locals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted July 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2015 Had another wander around old maps & streetview Several on the Burry Port & Gwyndraeth line - closed 1996 but still intact for most of its length I believe Pontyates Near Pont-y-berem Ungated crossing on the approach to Cwm-mawr - much more overgrown to the left! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Had another wander around old maps & streetview Several on the Burry Port & Gwyndraeth line - closed 1996 but still intact for most of its length I believe Pontyates Near Pont-y-berem Ungated crossing on the approach to Cwm-mawr - much more overgrown to the left! Are there footpaths along some of the track? There seem to be pedestrian gates and muddy tracks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted July 29, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 29, 2015 There's certainly a footpath sign on the last crossing I linked and the 1:25000 map shows a footpath parallel to the line - it looks like it's claimed the trackbed at Pont-Henri as per this view so I suppose it's been allowed to use the route while out of use. Strangely, the rails at this crossing closer to Kidwelly seem to have vanished altogether... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 There's a footpath next to most of the route. I suppose the hairy one and I could go and explore one day. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=250500&y=211500&z=120&sv=pontyberem&st=3&tl=Map+of+Pontyberem,+Carmarthenshire+/+Sir+Gaerfyrddin+[City/Town/Village]&searchp=ids.srf&mapp=map.srf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted July 30, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2015 It would be interesting to see how things are now, street view is a few years old. There's an account of a walk along the route in 2013 here. https://stuartduckworth.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/a-walk-on-the-burry-port-and-gwendraeth-valley-railway-path/ A thread on here hints of possible preservation work but not much progress, can't find anything more and the project website seems dead http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/70725-cwm-mawr-drefach-to-kidwelly-line/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 31, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2015 It would be interesting to see how things are now, street view is a few years old. There's an account of a walk along the route in 2013 here. https://stuartduckworth.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/a-walk-on-the-burry-port-and-gwendraeth-valley-railway-path/ A thread on here hints of possible preservation work but not much progress, can't find anything more and the project website seems dead http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/70725-cwm-mawr-drefach-to-kidwelly-line/ I see it says that some of the line was built on a former canal bed. That would explain the footpath alongside the line, its the former canal towpath. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad_Hatter Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Kilmersdon Colliery Somerset. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Taunton,+Somerset/@51.283549,-2.446582,3a,75y,90h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOQ-oxe5dcRciQtN18Ljttg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo3.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DOQ-oxe5dcRciQtN18Ljttg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D100%26h%3D80%26yaw%3D129.39262%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x486d8a921fb7907f:0x75eb0e344edee9fb!6m1!1e1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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