Siphon208 Posted February 15, 2017 Share Posted February 15, 2017 just a quickie, Saw a photo on here of a dismantled sidings in between the Chester and Helsby lines. I have found out it was a ballast siding- does anyone know when was this feature removed? I have also sourced 2 drawings of the track layout from the NRM- I will post them if anyone is interested. This shows that there were 2 or 3 sidings on the other side of the "slow" lines, running towards Heath lane. I am unsure when these were lifted- possibly when the line to West Kirby were removed? Dean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted February 28, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2017 Hi Dean Only just picked up on this post, I would love to see the trackplan you have there, I spent my teenage years in Little Sutton so was spotting around this area in the early - mid eighties, always interested in anything relating to the railways around the area, especially trackplans and other operational info. Here's a photo from Flickr of a 40 & 25 stabled (on ballast wagons) at Hooton in 1983, could these be the sidings you are asking about? https://flic.kr/p/aa3rRN Another Flickr photo, this time from the 70's and a view from Hooton South Box: https://flic.kr/p/dJa2XD From 1986 another view, looks like the old Helsby bay has been lifted and now part of the car park but still some sidings in the background: https://flic.kr/p/dJa2iX Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siphon208 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Hi Dean Only just picked up on this post, I would love to see the trackplan you have there, I spent my teenage years in Little Sutton so was spotting around this area in the early - mid eighties, always interested in anything relating to the railways around the area, especially trackplans and other operational info. Here's a photo from Flickr of a 40 & 25 stabled (on ballast wagons) at Hooton in 1983, could these be the sidings you are asking about? https://flic.kr/p/aa3rRN Another Flickr photo, this time from the 70's and a view from Hooton South Box: https://flic.kr/p/dJa2XD From 1986 another view, looks like the old Helsby bay has been lifted and now part of the car park but still some sidings in the background: https://flic.kr/p/dJa2iX I'll have to convert them, as I can't upload Tif files! There's one other oddity on here I spotted- any idea what the "girders" in between the running lines on the pic are for? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siphon208 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hi Dean Only just picked up on this post, I would love to see the trackplan you have there, I spent my teenage years in Little Sutton so was spotting around this area in the early - mid eighties, always interested in anything relating to the railways around the area, especially trackplans and other operational info. Here's a photo from Flickr of a 40 & 25 stabled (on ballast wagons) at Hooton in 1983, could these be the sidings you are asking about? https://flic.kr/p/aa3rRN Another Flickr photo, this time from the 70's and a view from Hooton South Box: https://flic.kr/p/dJa2XD From 1986 another view, looks like the old Helsby bay has been lifted and now part of the car park but still some sidings in the background: https://flic.kr/p/dJa2iX Hi Mate, Send me your email addy, and i'll mail them to you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Banger Blue Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24, 2017 I'll have to convert them, as I can't upload Tif files! There's one other oddity on here I spotted- any idea what the "girders" in between the running lines on the pic are for? Do you mean over on the left side of the photo? Possibly a cable run or barrier, I have found this on Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/aCKZpv Would these look like girders from the angle in that photo you posted? Or am I barking up the wrong tree again Hi Mate, Send me your email addy, and i'll mail them to you Expect a PM soon, thanks! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 I'll have to convert them, as I can't upload Tif files! There's one other oddity on here I spotted- any idea what the "girders" in between the running lines on the pic are for? Looks remarkably like one of my photos The ballast sidings - there were three - were taken out of use ca 1976. One ran alongside the Helsby line, one alongside the Chester and one down the middle, into what is now a small wooded area. The exit onto the running lines was controlled by the last LNWR signal at Hooton - a miniature arm ground signal. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/sidebyside.cfm#zoom=17&lat=53.2909&lon=-2.9733&layers=6&right=BingHyb The girders are cable runs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted April 24, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24, 2017 Hi Mate, Send me your email addy, and i'll mail them to you Post the drawings here if copyright allows - I'd like to see them too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siphon208 Posted May 31, 2017 Author Share Posted May 31, 2017 beast send me your email addy, and i'll mail them to you 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 I'll have to convert them, as I can't upload Tif files! There's one other oddity on here I spotted- any idea what the "girders" in between the running lines on the pic are for? Always wonder what semaphores were used at Hooton station... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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