RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2011 I'm guessing the steam on the right in from a power station. How many places on the former GWR handled grain (I think that's what the wagons are) 68-73 ish....? Sorry, just thinking out loud..... A real single line, too, not a singled route. Grain makes me think of Wallingford, probably wrongly! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
owentherail Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 A real single line, too, not a singled route. Grain makes me think of Wallingford, probably wrongly! Correct...... well its Cholsey but is a pic of Wallingford branch, ABM can be seen in background above trees. Smoke is not from Didcot as wrong direction, farmers were aloud to burn fields in those days!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2011 Best credit Mr Nevard for that one, with his note about grain, I think! Anyway this will not tax many, I'm sure, especially JZ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted September 23, 2011 Share Posted September 23, 2011 Correct...... well its Cholsey but is a pic of Wallingford branch, ABM can be seen in background above trees. Smoke is not from Didcot as wrong direction, farmers were aloud to burn fields in those days!! And it looks identical 40 years on..... http://g.co/maps/kdsq2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2011 Portsmouth & Southsea? Correct! The combo of that livery on a 158 and a hint of juice rail makes it a dead cert. My mention of JZ was a bit of a hint, too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Given that the name Brigg appears in the titles of both photos, I'd guess it is somewhere in Lincolnshire. Perhaps we should declare that one null and void? Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 Well, I have several 'cat near railway' photos but all are facing the wrong direction. I do have one of a small dog on a Hungarian station platform but that might be a bit too obscure. So, here is something hopefully a little easier. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 I think I might have preferred to take my chances with the Hungarian dog! Incidentally, going back to Brigg, the platforms look quite low, like the surface "tube" lines, but without the juice rails - is that actually the case, or are they normal height? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestPines Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I'm not sure about Brigg specifically, but quite a few stations in the area did have pretty low platforms compared to standard; some have been sorted, but some are still a bit of a step. I can recall Cleethorpes station, maybe 20 years ago, having a good stock of wooden steps, about a foot high, to help people get on and off trains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2011 Chatham? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Chatham? No, further East, though ex-SER rather than ex-LC&DR. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2011 Maidstone West? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Maidstone West? Keep going east... Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2011 I'll have a quick try with Tonbridge then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Last time I looked, Tobridge was west of Maidstone Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2011 Last time I looked, Tobridge was west of Maidstone Nick I always get confused on that part of the Southern - something to do with spending years on a railway where London was east of just about everywhere else, hence I have this notion about going east towards London (it could occasionally get embarassing once I started working in that part of Southern territory). So I will now reorientate and try Ashford - which according the map is definitely east of Maidstone (I have checked to make sure ). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Getting better, at least in terms of east-ness. Once upon a time you could have reached these gates from Ashford by a fairly direct route involving only one change. Nowadays, it might still be done with a single change, but a more roundabout route would be needed. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2011 That sounds very much like Whitstable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 It is indeed. The gates survive at the side of Harbour St at Whitstable harbour (see google) at the north end of the former Canterbury & Whitstable line. My earlier response to Ian's suggestion of Chatham -- ex-SER rather than ex-LC&DR -- might have been a little confusing as the C&W was ex-SER, but the nearest surviving line is ex-LC&DR. Over to you, Mike. Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 (edited) It is indeed. The gates survive at the side of Harbour St at Whitstable harbour (see google) at the north end of the former Canterbury & Whitstable line. ....closed because "there were not men of sufficient faith in Canterbury"........ Gutted to have only just found this thread and thus missed the Wallingford question as I'm a CWR volunteer and as well as having travelled the line many times have also taken numerous photos from the bridge! One thing that has changed over the years is that the steel sleepers are gradually being replaced by concrete (every 4th sleeper each year!). And another thing to have changed in the area since 1973 would be the erection of Agatha Christie's memorial in the churchyard immediately behind the photographer..... Edited September 26, 2011 by RJS1977 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 26, 2011 Thanks Nick. Strange to relate east & west do have a slight bearing on this one but I'm not saying which is which. The answer lies in the picture probably so it might be easy; on the other hand it might not. All we need to know is the name exhibited on the place where I took this picture (which was taken on an official visit to that place). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Thanks Nick. Strange to relate east & west do have a slight bearing on this one but I'm not saying which is which. The answer lies in the picture probably so it might be easy; on the other hand it might not. All we need to know is the name exhibited on the place where I took this picture (which was taken on an official visit to that place). That looks suspiciously like Thrumpton panel, although for the life of me I can't remember the name of the controlling box, Worksop or Sheffield? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Worksop is the controlling box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 27, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2011 Boris was extremely warm, indeed hot (but remember the question) while Pugsley seems to have wandered off (probably been looking at Simsig ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieB Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) Thrumpton [Crossing] signal box (panel as depicted here http://www.signalbox...der-in-1964.php). Edited September 27, 2011 by EddieB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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