RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2015 Thought for a moment that this could have been somewhere on the North Wales Coast, as looking at the shadows cast by the old station building the sun is fairly high in the sky (so would have been in the south) so therefore the photograph would have been taken looking west. Unfortunately I couldn't find a likely location Jim Not North Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 Those two escarpments make me think of Mow Cop for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 The escarpments reminded me of around Helsby/Frodsham, but I couldn't match it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2015 Those two escarpments make me think of Mow Cop for some reason. If only it was LNWR ... I'm pretty confident I would recognise North Wales and the WCML, possibly somewhere around Wigan on a minor line ('ll check later in my books) , or the Cumbrian coast - or it could be miles away in central England of course ! The escarpments reminded me of around Helsby/Frodsham, but I couldn't match it up. Nowhere around there with a facing double slip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall5 Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 My first thoughts with that escarpment and church spire were the Frodsham/Helsby area and that is borne out by the red sandstone retaining wall on the right and LNWR architecture.. What about the Crewe - Chester line? Ray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2015 My first thoughts with that escarpment and church spire were the Frodsham/Helsby area and that is borne out by the red sandstone retaining wall on the right and LNWR architecture.. What about the Crewe - Chester line? Ray. see my posting right above this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 30851 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2015 The layout seems to match Halton on the Chester to Warrington line - the box in the distance being Frodsham Jn. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Frodsham,+Cheshire+West+and+Chester+WA6/@53.3103919,-2.693782,3a,75y,226.77h,84.04t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smAt9VE2_d9aGRrHd2Mxe2A!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmAt9VE2_d9aGRrHd2Mxe2A%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D150.39619%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x487ae1554c073c91:0x5de98a7604791d88!6m1!1e1 Definitely looks like Halton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Frodsham,+Cheshire+West+and+Chester+WA6/@53.3103919,-2.693782,3a,75y,226.77h,84.04t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1smAt9VE2_d9aGRrHd2Mxe2A!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo1.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DmAt9VE2_d9aGRrHd2Mxe2A%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D150.39619%26pitch%3D0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x487ae1554c073c91:0x5de98a7604791d88!6m1!1e1 Definitely looks like Halton Looks highly feasible, although the station's been rebuilt a bit - different roofing and the nearest "porch" has gone, but the hillside looks right, and the church in the original photo would be in the right place for St Laurence, Frodsham, which is on a bit of a hill to judge by the contours on the OS map. The red stone matches the area too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 On the original image, there's a siding that goes off to the right just behind the signal, through the gate. If you look at Halton on the Disused Stations site (Here), the map show a siding going of to the Bone Works! Aligns with the photo. Also, the bay window on the station matches, although different glass pattern. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2015 Looks highly feasible, although the station's been rebuilt a bit - different roofing and the nearest "porch" has gone, but the hillside looks right, and the church in the original photo would be in the right place for St Laurence, Frodsham, which is on a bit of a hill to judge by the contours on the OS map. The red stone matches the area too. Yep, I have to concur and admit to forgetting about the facing slip at Halton, I'd even given myself a clue by saying there is a branch which trails in from the right of the view - sorry chaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Oh dear. If it is Halton, I am in big trouble because my brother used to live there. I ought to recognise it, although my excuse is that we were usually on the beer - so my memory is shot. Thanks very much for all the detective work, I really do appreciate it; and here is another, which might be prefaced 'sorry to be such a drag' but I'm not clever enough for such frivolity. Anyway because it is a diverted west coast service, I wondered if it might be somewhere on the Blackburn - Hellified section but I can't find anywhere to fit properly. Edited October 20, 2015 by jonny777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2015 Whitlingham Junction ? - but some buildings missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Whitlingham Junction ? - but some buildings missing. That might explain why I couldn't find anywhere between Blackburn and Hellifield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted October 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2015 There's a church marked on old maps and the water behind the train is correct, I reckon it's Whitlingham not too long before the signal box closed (2000) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 (edited) Taken from the footbridge that crosses the railway at Whitlingham Lane An image from Google Earth of same view in 3D! Trees have grown a bit. Edit to add Google earth image and correct road name spelling. Edited October 20, 2015 by Shadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 23, 2015 Author Share Posted October 23, 2015 Does anyone recognise this station building - 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 23, 2015 Share Posted October 23, 2015 (edited) That looks like the Great Eastern standard station design. The 1865 type I think it's called. Built at the following stations that I've found so far. Saffron Waldon Bartlow Haverhill Stoke-By-Clare Clare Glemsford Linton Sturmer Cavendish Long Melford Sudbury Takeley Easton Lodge Felsted Rayne Pampisford Lavenham Welnetham Cockfield Epping Ongar Theydon Bois North Weald Blake Hall Braintree Edited October 23, 2015 by Shadow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 The only one I could find from the above list that was close was Braintree. It's the only one that had a partial second floor above the central building. However, the road layout doesn't match today's forecourt, and the roof pitch above the partial second floor is now a flat roof. Haven't yet found any old images of the outside of the station to compare to either eliminate or confirm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 (edited) That looks like the Great Eastern standard station design. The 1865 type I think it's called. Built at the following stations that I've found so far. Saffron Waldon Bartlow Haverhill Stoke-By-Clare Clare Glemsford Linton Sturmer Cavendish Long Melford Sudbury Takeley Easton Lodge Felsted Rayne Pampisford Lavenham Welnetham Cockfield Epping Ongar Theydon Bois North Weald Blake Hall Braintree Thanks for the list Shadow, at least I have an area to narrow it down to. My initial guess is Haverhill. It seems to fit with a two storey and one storey left and right hand gables, but seems to have been demolished at some time later so no existing building to compare with. There is no date on the slide mount but most in that box seem to have been taken in the early 1970s, which would be about right for a station which closed some 10 years earlier. Edited October 24, 2015 by jonny777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 This one stumps me. The unit is L707. And the signal is BS105, but I have no idea where that might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2015 (edited) Kings Sutton. Taken from farm bridge about 200 yards south of the station. Edited October 24, 2015 by TheSignalEngineer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Pilotman Posted October 24, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2015 The BS on the signal would be for Banbury South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 Thanks very much for this ID. I had plumped for a Marylebone service, but assumed wrongly that BS might be for Beaconsfield, so I was much too far south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 I'm wondering if this photo could be near either March or Ely, about 25 years ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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