Rivercider Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Another preserved station, again from my favourite preserved line at Buckfastleigh. Buckfastleigh, South Devon Railway. 3/9/2008 cheers 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) As it's only three and a bit months to Christmas, here's the approach to London Bridge looking all sparkly Edited September 15, 2017 by phil_sutters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2017 I suppose in my picture strictly speaking that isn't the tunnel mouth itself but the raft over the tracks to support the building above! I assume the original tunnel mouth is still there? Cheers Keith There are several. The original Moor Street end was extended during the building of the Inner Ring Road in the 1960s. The walls of the part which originally carried the road can still be seen at the point where it changes from flat concrete planks to a brick arch. This is at the point where my photo in Post #2685 was taken. The Snow Hill end was in a brick cutting from Temple Street to the station until the Great Western Arcade was built c1872-74. This extended the tunnel to Monmouth Street, now Colmore Row, and under the Great Western Hotel which had been built in the mid-1860s. The reconstruction between 1906 and 1913 added the main concourse and ticket office, the back of which was roughly in line with Barwick Street where the office block straddling the track now stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 These last two topics are quite wide ranging. I have dozens of pictures of and from footbridges, but stations and station architecture must run into the hundreds: so hard to make a selection. Anyway, here are a couple of examples from Suffolk - which might even have a personal connection. First the castellated style of Stowmarket. But is Needham Market more impressive? Well, it certainly has more blue plaques to support its case. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Eastbourne - July 2015 East Croydon - August 2015 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) As I posted St Pancras we might as well have "The Cross" as well: 26 Sep 2013 The day the new "square" officially opened, hence the TV van How it looked just 6 weeks earlier 15 Aug 2013 Keith Edited September 15, 2017 by melmerby 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2017 London's Liverpool Street Station just after it had had a major overhaul in 1992. Dad who was by then more-or-less house-bound wanted to see the changes, so I nipped over from Bermondsey in my lunch hour and made him an album of my snaps. That was before we could put stuff on line - remember back then? These were a couple of the shots. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2017 (edited) A few from around the globe It's not just the Brits that can do austere station buildings. Hirosaki in Japan and Kushiro In Muroran, this was replaced by this: The grand western terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway in Vancouver Meanwhile further south on the same landmass, the featureless concrete of Savannah GA Continuing further south. Lima Desamparados in Peru - no longer used as an estacion. It's now the "House of Peruvian Literature* Cheers, Mick Edited September 15, 2017 by newbryford 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2017 Worcester MA Sept 2008 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 The imposing facade of Tiraspol's main station 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2017 At the other end of the scale. No buildings apart from a bus shelter on the platform, this is the public entrance to Yorton, near Whitchurch. Cheers, Mick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2017 Halifax, NS 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Bourton on the Water, a long time ago. Now demolished South Molton in June 1976, before a bulldozer bumped into it as it was about to be listed Salisbury GWR terminus in September 1976 Exminster, a long time ago. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bingley hall Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) Adelaide Station entrance - March 1985. Not too dissimilar today, except for a ruddy great modern hotel behind it. Formerly the headquarters of the South Australian Railways, today it's main function is as a casino, however the main entrance in the pic is still used to access Adelaide's suburban railcar services which depart from the lower level. Edited September 16, 2017 by bingley hall 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) This traditional Southern Railway style station comes with built-in pill-boxes to help defend the Newhaven approaches from invaders. It used to be double track. The station building is on the down side at footbridge level. Edited September 16, 2017 by phil_sutters 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) Following on from my King's Cross pictures here's what it looked like before the clearance of the clutter: 13 Sep 2012 Keith Edited September 16, 2017 by melmerby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 New Street Birmingham: Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) Poor picture of station building -- Villefranche-Sur-Mer Edited September 16, 2017 by NorthBrit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 How about next being -- 'From the Lineside'. The different types of fencing, hedgerows etc. whereby 'the real thing' can aid the railway modeller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal.n Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) The boundary (or lack of) at Dawlish Edited September 16, 2017 by cal.n 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 GWR no. 7812 'Erlestoke Manor' heads towards its next stop at Arley having just crossed Victoria Bridge. A very reliable loco it is too, but it's boiler ticket expires at the end of the year. So you can see the hedges creating a border alongside the embankment. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) One from our home patch in Somerset, some basic post & wire with some culvert details. Edited September 16, 2017 by phil_sutters 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Claude_Dreyfus Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2017 A few taken at Colne, Lancs, back in July. The end of the line View along the platform Approaching through the jungle. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 One from our home patch in Somerset, some basic post & wire with some culvert details. BT03 4917 Crosswood Hall down express nr Hbr summer 61.jpg Phil, is it just me or are the 4th and 5th coaches along ex-LNER Gresley ones? I know about the famous one that was in use until 1977 but didn't know of any before that. Sorry to go O/T folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 16, 2017 Phil, is it just me or are the 4th and 5th coaches along ex-LNER Gresley ones? I know about the famous one that was in use until 1977 but didn't know of any before that. Sorry to go O/T folks. I am not an expert in such matters and Dad took little note of rolling stock. Certainly 4, 5 and also 8 appear to have fairly deep waist panels, below slightly shallower windows. You can see a larger version at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/sizes/75393-bt03-4917-crosswood-hall-down-express-nr-hbr-summer-61/large/ if that helps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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