Erichill16 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Silktone Wagonway, Barnsley. Dont known what the stones are called but there are literally dozens of them from Silkstone to Cawthorne basin where there was an interchange with a canal. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12 (edited) 7 hours ago, sir douglas said: Not quite true. The station has never officially closed and the rail service is "temporarily" suspended. The DG bus provides the official rail replacement service while the service is suspended. Service may return in the future. Edit. I notice the top layer of flagstones has been removed from one platform. Edited April 12 by melmerby 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 5 hours ago, Erichill16 said: Silktone Wagonway, Barnsley. Dont known what the stones are called ... Stone sleepers ! 3 minutes ago, melmerby said: ... The station has never officially closed ... I couldn't be bothered to watch twelve minutes of that to find out what station ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said: Stone sleepers ! I couldn't be bothered to watch twelve minutes of that to find out what station ! It is revealed after 30 seconds, at which point I bailed out.😃 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 6 hours ago, Erichill16 said: Silktone Wagonway, Barnsley. Dont known what the stones are called but there are literally dozens of them from Silkstone to Cawthorne basin where there was an interchange with a canal. 1 hour ago, Wickham Green too said: Stone sleepers ! I couldn't be bothered to watch twelve minutes of that to find out what station ! Used on wagonways to allow the horses to proceed without tripping over transverse sleepers. Some early steam railways were laid on them, just in case the engines might have to be replaced by horses. Their lack of resiliency was a contribution to rail breakages (as well as loco weight) and they also were prone to going out of gauge due to the weight of the locos. Good for horses and chaldron wagons, but that was about their limit. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 minute ago, Hroth said: Used on wagonways to allow the horses to proceed without tripping over transverse sleepers. Some early steam railways were laid on them, just in case the engines might have to be replaced by horses. Their lack of resiliency was a contribution to rail breakages (as well as loco weight) and they also were prone to going out of gauge due to the weight of the locos. Good for horses and chaldron wagons, but that was about their limit. I just thought they may have dedicated name rather than ‘stone block sleeper’ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 minute ago, Erichill16 said: I just thought they may have dedicated name rather than ‘stone block sleeper’ George Stephenson* probably couldn't be bothered thinking up a fancy name. See it, say it, sorted! * Placeholder name for any early railway engineer... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted April 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12 6 minutes ago, Erichill16 said: I just thought they may have dedicated name rather than ‘stone block sleeper’ Sadly not: "Iron plate rails mounted on stone blocks ― the Derby Canal Railway." I presume the flange is on the inside as it's less likely to go out of gauge by spreading whilst in use. 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 3 minutes ago, melmerby said: ... I presume the flange is on the inside as it's less likely to go out of gauge by spreading whilst in use. More likely to narrow in this case - but with those dirty great lumps of rock below the rails I don't think that's much of a worry ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Flanged plateways were common because it meant the wagon wheels could be made by ordinary wheelwrights as the wheels didn't have a flange. Theoretically the wagons could run onto a road surface... 😁 Plateways date back to 16c German mining practice. Their tracks were made entirely from wood... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 12 The Surry Iron Railway had wagons that could run on both the railway and roads. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrey_Iron_Railway 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strathyre Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 A Caledonian finial still in position near the old Clydebank Riverside station site... 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strathyre Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 ...and a bit farther along the line, at Bowling basin, a discarded Caledonian Railway shunting capstan... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D6150 Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 About 45 years after the last train ran from Dyce to Maud Junction and back, there are still a few relics of the S&T infrastructure in and around Dyce, including the top half of a telephone pole... These are easier to spot at this time of year before the vegetation has sprouted. I believe there are a couple of ganger's hut's left further up the line, which I will have to try and locate. The former line was converted into the Formartine & Buchan Way long distance path in the 1990's. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dseagull Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 Snip from Google Maps as I didn't take a photo, but was surprised to note the NSE signage still on the 'box at Lancing last Friday. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted April 16 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 16 On 12/04/2024 at 21:41, Hroth said: Plateways date back to 16c German mining practice. Their tracks were made entirely from wood... Still a few examples of wooden rails, sometimes with a strip of iron on the top, hidden away - I've seen one or two in long-disused mines. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Fen End Pit Posted April 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16 I spotted this on the high street in Kendal a couple of weeks back. 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted April 24 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 24 Spotted this in oxley this morning 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 On 16/04/2024 at 23:53, Fen End Pit said: I spotted this on the high street in Kendal a couple of weeks back. ... Looks about as smart & prosperous as yer average British High Street. ☹️ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SR71 Posted April 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24 Disused bay platform at West Worthing. Very overgrown at the moment but when I last looked in the winter it was still connected to the carriage sidings although with no provision for outside third! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted April 24 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 24 1 hour ago, SR71 said: Disused bay platform at West Worthing. Very overgrown at the moment but when I last looked in the winter it was still connected to the carriage sidings although with no provision for outside third! On the opposite platform face to the Aldershot bay at Ascot, the track is still there and overgrown to a similar level. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) Old-style road sign referencing pre-nationalisationgrouping (thanks @Wickham Green too) railway company, Strood, with the Paddock Wood train in the platform. Edited April 27 by eastwestdivide 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 1 hour ago, eastwestdivide said: Old-style road sign referencing pre-nationalisation railway company, ... Not just pre-nationalisation but pre-grouping ! .......... you could even argue pre 1899 ! 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold unravelled Posted April 28 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 28 The wall and gates may be new, but I suspect that the roadway inside is part of the entrance way to the GNR coal depot in Mantle Road at Brockley Dave 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted April 28 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 28 On 26/04/2024 at 13:09, eastwestdivide said: Old-style road sign referencing pre-nationalisationgrouping (thanks @Wickham Green too) railway company, Strood, with the Paddock Wood train in the platform. There is a Great Northern Street and an Oakley Street in Thorpenext to where Ardsley Shed was, and several Midland terraces. One is opposite the site of Manningham shed in Bradford. Jamie 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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