Sun VI Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Good morning All, can any of you erudite folk enlighten me? Do you know of any places where scissors crossovers were placed on branch lines or in other unusual locations? My own knowledge is very limited (in this respect and many others), the only one of which I am aware was at Great Shefford on the Lambourn Valley line. Any others? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted March 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2022 Wasn't there one at Kington? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Fairly rare I would have thought, as their downside is that the trackwork is more complex and therefore more expensive to install and maintain. Scissors tend to be used where space is at a premium whereas branch lines tend to be in the middle of nowhere with lots of room. Would you count Bank and Waterloo (Waterloo & City) as branch line termini? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Speech House Road Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Upper Lydbrook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanN Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Elbowend Jct. Some might consider it had two for a time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Steven B Posted March 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2022 Bury Interchange. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Paignton, replaced by a facing crossover a few years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, HSB said: Paignton, replaced by a facing crossover a few years ago. Depends whether you consider it a branch line. It was double track and a double red route in GWR days and Kings were regulars on long distance express trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sun VI Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Blandford1969 said: Wasn't there one at Kington? Yes, thanks for that, I've just found it here: https://maps.nls.uk/view/120895129 It's on the OS 25 inches England and Wales 1928, sheet Herefordshire XVII.3, down at the bottom. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim V Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Prior to 1949 Congresbury had one at the junction to Blagdon - so that's two branch lines! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Off the top of my head, did Monmouth have one? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 There was an interesting one at North Berwick station, also on a curve to complicate things Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted March 9, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 9, 2022 Foxdale, Isle of Man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon A Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Bitterley on the Clee Hill Ludlow freight only branch. Not found it on a track diagram but found in photographs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fulton Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) A crossing here, if not a full scissors crossing, on the former LNWR terminus at Stanmore, Middlesex, I have been told it was to avoid a facing point for passenger arrivals. Edited March 9, 2022 by fulton correction Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 6 hours ago, melmerby said: Depends whether you consider it a branch line. It was double track and a double red route in GWR days and Kings were regulars on long distance express trains. It is usually referred to as the Torbay Branch and a lot of other branches were double tracked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun VI Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, Tim V said: Prior to 1949 Congresbury had one at the junction to Blagdon - so that's two branch lines! Thanks Tim, I found that one on the 1938 OS 25 inch sheet, Somerset X12 ( https://maps.nls.uk/view/106018922 ). Looks like an interesting subject for modelling. Edited March 10, 2022 by Sun VI Link to map added. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun VI Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 09/03/2022 at 12:20, Miss Prism said: Speech House Road Thank you Miss P, Speech House Road station is on the Gloucestershire XXXI.13 25" to the mile OS sheet published in 1922 ( https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725376 ), however I can't make out a scissors crossover. Could it have been a later addition? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (edited) It was immediately north of the level crossing. Details are in the WSP S&W book. https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gwx/S2525.htm Edited March 10, 2022 by Miss Prism SRS diagram reference added Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun VI Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 09/03/2022 at 12:32, Miss Prism said: Upper Lydbrook Thank you again Miss P, Upper Lydbrook is quite clear here: https://maps.nls.uk/view/109725316#zoom=8&lat=8175&lon=10155&layers=BT A fascinating bit of trackwork that looks a little more like a single slip than a scissors, but well worth viewing. I've found a photo that, I think, shows it in the distance here: https://forest-of-dean.net/gallery/lydbrook/pages/page_53.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 10, 2022 On 09/03/2022 at 11:45, Michael Hodgson said: Fairly rare I would have thought, as their downside is that the trackwork is more complex and therefore more expensive to install and maintain. Scissors tend to be used where space is at a premium whereas branch lines tend to be in the middle of nowhere with lots of room. My instinct was to agree with you so it's interesting to find all these examples! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sun VI Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 32 minutes ago, Miss Prism said: It was immediately north of the level crossing. Details are in the WSP S&W book. https://www.s-r-s.org.uk/html/gwx/S2525.htm That's crystal clear, thanks. The OS sheet I referred to was revised in 1920 and published in 1922, so I assume that the crossing was installed after 1920. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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