Guest oldlugger Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Does anyone have some prototype photos of track that was (or still is) in use by BR or later, that is very grassy (not just light growth) or covered in weeds? A passenger line would be good, but any type of line would be helpful. I am particularly interested to see grassy points still in use. I know that the BR management probably wouldn't like or allow a working passenger line to be unkempt like this, but I'm sure there were exceptions. It is hard to find decent photos via Google; the Disused Stations site has a few but usually after closure. This is something (grassed track) that many of us try to reproduce, but how convincingly? Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Any use? This next bit of the line is open for passenger trains...(if it's the bit I think it is - I think I shot this off Coombe Jcn platform) (A more recent visit shows it much more under control, so it does come and go....) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cromptonnut Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 South Woodham Ferrers, on the Wickford-Southminster branch in Essex, hasn't had visits from the weedkiller train for a while apparently. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/960170 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catkins Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Are we talking about public railways or private railways, because if we are on about private railways, it might be worth checking the Lochty or Fawley private railways. I can't think of any grass track that I have seen in use - even the lawns at railway works only went up to the formation, and then gave way to ballast or concrete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Excellent photos Martyn! Thanks for posting them. Likewise, thanks cromptonnut and catkins for your info. I'm after British Rail scenes really, not private or preserved lines; railways that are probably on the point of closure where the weed killer train has not visited for a long time! Very overgrown but in use track... Cheers Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 25, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2011 I have a photo somewhere that I must look out for you. Taken at Hednesford a few weeks after a sewer burst, the vegetation on the main line is a couple of feet high. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Presumably you're interested in unkempt/untidy grassy - if not, there's a section of the Manchester tram which appears to be deliberately grassed between and around the tracks (on the branch to the Lowry). - Search down the page for "grass" at http://www.thetrams.co.uk/metrolink/eccles/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Cheers fellas for your posts; yes eastwestdivide it's unkempt track, not tram track with grass sections. I'll see if I can find a piccy and post it here to give you an idea... Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mallard60022 Posted November 25, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2011 Pity you want BR stuff as Poland has loads of 'under grass' secondary lines as well as many hardly if ever used branch lines and yards. P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 A few good ones here - admittedly they are after closure I think: http://www.geograph....uk/photo/286585 http://www.hondawand...ed_Railways.htm I'm after other examples as well to help get this aspect of my layout right, and perhaps give some inspiration to others on the forum. I remember seeing the last few regular coal trains on the Gwendreath Valley line (north of Pontyates) with cut down cab 08 shunters and merry go round wagons. The track was very overgrown at this stage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Simon, are these of use to you? Taken in April 1993, I went to Avonmouth to photograph the partly constructed BBHT Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal. The photos I took were mostly taken from the remaining platform at St Andrews Road station. The Severn Beach line services continue to use the line which has been singled. Looking towards Severn Beach Looking towards Bristol Looking towards Bristol, this platform is in use! A closer view of the track. Note it has even got a third (and 4th) rail. cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Brilliant Kev! These are exactly the sort of thing I mean. Great photos! All the best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted November 25, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 25, 2011 This thread about Bodmin Parkway http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/45620-garden-on-the-track-at-bodmin-parkway/ might be of interest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Thanks for the link Kris - that one is fairly incredible! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
R A Watson Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Perhaps these may help. The mothballed line at Radstock and Another angle on Bodmin PARKway (change for the Eden Project) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Ace photos Wally! Thanks for posting them both. All the best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Very nice PMP! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Does this help ? 08782 at Splott Jct. south end of Tidal Sidings, Cardiff. Brian R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I haven't any photos I'm afraid, but last time I was around the Glossop/Hadfield area it looked more like the Bishop's Castle Railway than part of the national network. If you're modelling the current era and want grass/weed strewn tracks I don't think you're going to be short of prototype justification. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Many thanks Brian, Poggy, Mickey and Steve for your posts and the terrific photos! The pictures really are very inspiring! Keep them coming... All the best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prodigy Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Any use? This next bit of the line is open for passenger trains...(if it's the bit I think it is - I think I shot this off Coombe Jcn platform) (A more recent visit shows it much more under control, so it does come and go....) thats quite good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhinton Posted November 27, 2011 Share Posted November 27, 2011 market harborough? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted November 27, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2011 Appleford (just north of Didcot) 27July 2011 - Appleford-Bow empty spoil about to depart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oldlugger Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Very nice MetrOLand... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesG Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I remember a photo in an album of industrial steam, which had a loco in the middle of a field of grass or similar, growth was at least two feet high so no rails were visible. I think it was a sugar beet railway in East Anglia. The book is stored in my loft and inaccessible at the moment. Regards, Les. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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