kevsmiththai Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) Every now and then you find some negs that are a mystery. KRS 240 was a roll of Black and white, the second half of which was Qourn and Woodhouse on the GCR KRS 239 ,the previous roll ,was on the Nene Valley. Obviously on a former four track main and derelict I've posted these pics on other forums with no luck Any thoughts Kev Edited March 18 by kevsmiththai 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18 It's not Saxby is it Kev? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curlew Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Definitely looks like Midland Railway architecture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wickham Green too Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 There's a brief glimpse of the building at the start of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1i5VIWp7HQ ...... the bridge certainly looks right. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted March 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18 Heres another picture supporting Saxby flickr url/ not mine. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted March 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19 Definitely Saxby Regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted March 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19 Where is Saxby ? even google maps struggled with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Saxby was (still is?) an interesting location. The illustrations are of the second station, so it is pure Midland; the first was located slightly north. Later the curve was eased on the mainline (after hostilities with the local landowner eased}, and the station relocated and enlarged. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19 OS map shows the old alignment as well https://maps.nls.uk/view/114592842 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19 The shell wasstill there in 2011 but had gone by yhe next GoogleEarth view 2011 2010 streetview: https://maps.app.goo.gl/NcXQpnwjjQHXzH456 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 Nothing left on the current aerial views. ☹️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19 38 minutes ago, melmerby said: OS map shows the old alignment as well https://maps.nls.uk/view/114592842 Hadn't realised it had such a big yard on formation of Lord Harboroughs curve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19 53 minutes ago, adb968008 said: Where is Saxby ? even google maps struggled with that. Between Melton Mowbray and Oakham 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepy Posted March 19 Share Posted March 19 What a lovely old building! 🤗, Cheers! Jim. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted March 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19 7 hours ago, Wickham Green too said: Nothing left on the current aerial views. ☹️ The arch over the surviving lines seems to have been replaced with concrete too :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted March 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19 21 hours ago, kevsmiththai said: I've posted these pics on other forums with no luck But this is RMweb, so after 36 years you got the answer within an hour 🙂 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted March 19 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 19 1 hour ago, Reorte said: The arch over the surviving lines seems to have been replaced with concrete too :( It was done a few years back when the route was gauge cleared for 9ft6in containers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted March 19 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 19 Definatley Saxby - If its allowed can I recommend (if you do Facebook) and have railway images which are a mystery the Railway Identification Group . We started it to help identify our own negatives and it has grown to cover all eras from Victorian to the present day and all around the world. The just over 3000 members have such amazing knowledge and we get recommended in other groups as the people who can generally help. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmiththai Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 Thanks Gents. It does tie in as that is the route I probably would have taken from Wansford to Quorn 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevsmiththai Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Just a postscript Saxby Junction signalbox taken from a 1st gen DMU July 1986 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted March 29 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29 The stove from that box was, after the box was closed, recovered by the S&T gang for spares for the other stoves along the line. They recovered it by gently throwing it off the balcony at the top of the stairs. The bits required were then removed. My mate (who was a bobby down there), then got the remains. I now have it in my living room. It has a lovely crack across its base, and is missing a few things even now, like a hinge pin (a bolt is serving for this) and the bottom damper door (a London Brick serving for this). I really must get round to sorting it out, but every year it gets a bit of fire cement and is pressed back into service! Andy G 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted March 29 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29 In this picture What sort of signals are those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grovenor Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 19/03/2024 at 09:49, melmerby said: OS map shows the old alignment as well https://maps.nls.uk/view/114592842 And both the old alignment and some of the old canal are still very evident on the ground going by googles aerial view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 There used to be two signalboxes at Saxby; Saxby Station Jn and Saxby West Jn. The photo is of the latter - hence the uneven lettering on the nameboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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