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Sorry, a localism!

Lee Moor Tramway. You caught a glimpse of it on the right in the image of 41873 brake van.

Thanks for posting this extensive coverage. Was the LMT shed open, and did you take any pics?

Thank you Roger, a useful piece of research/collation of information.

To add to Brian’s comments, all the East Cornwall/West Devon disused lines make fascinating exploratory walks. 

There are many relics to see if you know where to look. (and I’m not talking about anyone looking at me!).

Paul

From the Industrial Railway Society group: “this contract was undertaken by Morrison & Mason – Barclays & Co 223 of 1876 is known to have been on this job and would likely be of the type in the photo.”

My suggestion re small money transfer, is to post them a euro/swiss franc note of the next highest amount by insured post. If it’s a really small amount then don’t even insure it, with fingers crossed!

Saves mucking around with money transfer firms. I’ve used this method a few times with 100% success (not BEMO though).

Would the Disused Stations website be of any use?

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/b/blackfriars_bridge/index.shtml

Nothing to do with the railway, but the brick building lower centre is Addington Street School, where both my mother and grandmother attended, 80 and 100 years ago. Thanks for sharing this image.

I have had NRM provide files from this (1967, 1970), and they've been complete.

Here is an Edgar Allen cast iron inset track point lever cover. 

Just in case you wanted something a bit more decorative. It is 11cm x 119cm.

At Devonport Dockyard they were (are) a real menace to maintain as they always were filling up with silt and other rubbish (I am of course referring to the prototype!).  The shunter ended up ignoring the lever and used a flat ended bar to push the point-blade over.

Devonport Dockyard had a half-hourly passenger service from one end to the other (it was a very long narrow site, with separate sections). Full details in the book Devonport Dockyard Railway by Paul Burkhalter, now sadly OOP but available from libraries. It was unique in having six classes of carriages, all former goods wagons.

Two Class 47's top n tail Bristol TM to Looe and return, including Moorswater and 1 hour in Looe.  Passenger travel over the link line at Liskeard has been requested, which if granted would be a first (?).

 

https://www.branchline.uk/fixture.php

Thank you, thats a very useful map.

Wow, what a difference to today!!

The tunnels map is a bit mis-named, as it shows one between Wandsworth Road and Clapham Junction, which is actually a long underbridge (under the SW main line). I appreciate there's no difference to a casual user, but will there be other locations similar to this?

I've read a number of mentions of new sand traffic from Burngullow, but could someone please say where it is going to?

Thanks in anticipation,

Paul

We have one where I work to move ships to the right refit bay after being lifted out. It's not connected to the rail network though - not even our disused internal one. The inner rails (it has four) may be standard gauge, but I doubt it.

Would you be able to say where this is please?

Ah, thanks, didn't realise the Devonport traffic used bigger wagons. Hopefully better shielded otherwise I wouldn't fancy being in the escort coaches.

Having been frequently close to these flasks, they are massive! Hence the size of the two MoD owned wagons. Shielding is very effective and closely monitored. The escort coaches have monitoring staff on board while en-route from Devonport to Sellafield.

The latest Railway Magazine has this entry (page 54) in the "From the RM Archives" section: "From August 29 [1998], Sellafield based Direct Rail Services took over all nuclear flask traffic following the winning of the haulage contract."

 

Not sure if that adds anything! 

I was in Denia last week and observed that the station area track, plus about 1km, appeared complete with even signal aspects showing. However the track was disconnected across a temporary road junction, with nothing seemingly happening.

Talking of Great Western, the crossing of the main line at Laira by the 4ft gauge horse tramway must surely get an honorable mention on this thread.

 

You are referring to the Lee Moor Tramway crossing the GWR, the former was 4'6" gauge.

I wonder if it's one that's due to go to Scotland or stay in the West Country?

I seem to recall that it is to go north (someone correct me if my recollection is wrong), and I wondered if it would be denamed. Though the plates were never re-attached after a works visit some years ago.

 

Reported elsewhere that the fire was in the battery box.

43181..... Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993. I was at the naming in Plymouth Station all those years ago. Sigh.

Just to clarify....the event I attended was in 1993, not 1693 !!

Reported elsewhere as

3C93 / 43181.

43181..... Devonport Royal Dockyard 1693-1993. I was at the naming in Plymouth Station all those years ago. Sigh.

OK, John, I have to ask...why did UKAEA have a furniture factory at Staverton, or have I missed something subtle here!

 

Paul

Reported elsewhere that it was the turbocharger, and set at Long Rock under investigation by MTU.