Fat Controller Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Hi David, Around 1956 (I was 7 then), we went on holiday to Ostend. On the way back, when we came off the ferry, I remember walking along a platform beside a train. We were going to my fathers car to drive back to Scotland. The train was hauled by a streamlined Bullied Pacific, just like the ones in my Wonder Book of Railways - I was very impressed. The question is, were we in Dover Marine, or could it have been somewhere else (Folkestone perhaps?) Best regards Andy Sounds more like Folkestone Harbour than Dover Marine; the latter had a big wall between the platforms and the ships. Both had ferries to Ostend, IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Hi David, Around 1956 (I was 7 then), we went on holiday to Ostend. On the way back, when we came off the ferry, I remember walking along a platform beside a train. We were going to my fathers car to drive back to Scotland. The train was hauled by a streamlined Bullied Pacific, just like the ones in my Wonder Book of Railways - I was very impressed. The question is, were we in Dover Marine, or could it have been somewhere else (Folkestone perhaps?) Best regards Andy Click the links, some recent and not so recent photos, Folkestone Harbour station. Dover Marine station Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Click the links, some recent and not so recent photos, Many thanks David. I think there was a trainshed, in which case it was Dover. What doesn't make a lot of sense is why we would be next to the train if we were not going on the train. Maybe we were being routed through the station for some reason or other? There might have been some sort of barrier between me and the locomotive, but it's all too hazy now. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Took a trip down to Ad. Pier @ lunchtme, now that it is open again after repair's. The entrance is cleaned up and the walkway has new windows, there had not been many full pane's left, since 1945. Dover Town Yard, was, behind the beach wall Where Clarence Yard, siding's were Repair's or a new roof to the old Marine station took 2 years, this was 6 month's in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 There was a nice photo in Railway Magazine (IIRC) recently of a train out on the dock alongside a ferry. I think the locomotive was an L1. I'll confirm which magazine if I come across it again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 My "take", on what was called, "The Dover Triangle", to Marine Station, you could turn around a steam engine, without the use of turntable, there had been 3,in use pre 70's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 The plan, I obtained a copy from Dover Library, is 1961, you will see the shed in the yard, and a turntable in use. The yard plan was revised, the shed and turntable were removed. But, am sure you can work out, " The Triangle",using the thick black line (main line). by David Todd 2012, on Flickr Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony566 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Is this still on the plan DT ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Is this still on the plan DT ? http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/d/dover_western_docks/index.shtml Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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