The Rail Enthusiast thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

In addition to the above bridge;

Leeds, Castleford & surrounding area viewers may know of this?
I called up at the site this afternoon, to look in a shop there
I have long known of, & been on the railway here, but was very surprised to see track still in-situ!
I thought that when the owner/station/depot was gone, it'd have been removed
- or collected by local travelling metal merchants -

http://s9.zetaboards.com/MRW_Forums/topic/98847/1/

This was a tunnel, the track follows the centre line


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[MarkF]

MrsF like railways but I've never had any interest. But I went on the Flying Scotsman last week and really enjoyed it, was great day out on the Worth Valley Railway. I thought it was way too cheap, riding on the Flying Scotsman, using other steam trains too (all day if you so wished) and all for a measly £20.


http://kwvr.co.uk/flyingscotsman/
http://kwvr.co.uk/
http://kwvr.co.uk/events-and-experiences/

 

[growingvegetables]

Brotherton railway bridge

Not far away - used to carry the coal trains out of Allerton Bywater, and the line Castleford to Garforth.

Terrifying that it was carrying full coal trains only 25 years ago ... get up close, and nothing aligns! [Sadly I can't find any - there used to be a very evocative one of a diesel slowly pulling full wagons across]

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Not far away - used to carry the coal trains out of Allerton Bywater, and the line Castleford to Garforth.

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Terrifying that it was carrying full coal trains only 25 years ago ... get up close, and nothing aligns! [Sadly I can't find any - there used to be a very evocative one of a diesel slowly pulling full wagons across]

Oh, I know all about this one
It is in a perilous state indeed, due to subsidence/settling
Being on a regularly flooded area does it no good either (there's a Lock-Keepers bungalow, down at Bulholme Lock, between the railway & Castleford, that's on stilts!!!)
I have a book about the colliery railways of the area that has many pictures of it being worked over

 

[NorthernDave]

Oh, I know all about this one
It is in a perilous state indeed, due to subsidence/settling
Being on a regularly flooded area does it no good either (there's a Lock-Keepers bungalow, down at Bulholme Lock, between the railway & Castleford, that's on stilts!!!)
I have a book about the colliery railways of the area that has many pictures of it being worked over


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And to think, talk of reopening this line for passenger traffic keeps popping up every few years...not over that bridge!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

If one more friend on Facebook goes on about seeing/travelling on The Flying Scotsman at the weekend when they mean they saw Flying Scotsman and travelled on a train pulled by Flying Scotsman I'll scream....

 

[classic33]

Brotherton railway bridge

The village is only just to the north of FerryBridge, & at the point where the Great North Road, split with the Tadcaster TurnPike - the York Road followed too, to 'Tad' (Bramham CrossRoads really was, up to not long after WW2 (as far as I know)
FerryBridge is best known nowadays for the crossing point of the M62 & A1, and the Power Station

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As the stone-plaque denotes, the previous structure was tubular, apparently resembling Telfords Conway & Holyhead Bridges, but surprisingly I can't find a picture of the old bridge online (unless my search words are wrong)

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[Richard A Thackeray]

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Thankyou!!

Maybe I was using wrong combination of search words?

 

[classic33]

If one more friend on Facebook goes on about seeing/travelling on The Flying Scotsman at the weekend when they mean they saw Flying Scotsman and travelled on a train pulled by Flying Scotsman I'll scream....

Goes via York, GNER(National Express ran) it. Now Virgin Rail

 

[classic33]

Thankyou!!

Maybe I was using wrong combination of search words?

"brotherton tubular bridge, 1850", from the stone plaque picture you posted

 

[classic33]

Worth a look
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/index.htm
&
http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/index.htm

 

[growingvegetables]

Worth a look
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/index.htm
&
http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/index.htm

The first? A new one on me - thank you .
The second? Ah - I know that one. All those miles (and there's many!) I've ridden, only to find there's now some ******* great housing estate! Or an "M1/M62 Logistics" warehouse. Will I learn? Probably not .

[Edited to add - and the links these guys collect! http://www.woodlesfordstation.co.uk/Pages/WaterHaighColliery.aspx]

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Worth a look
http://www.davidheyscollection.com/index.htm
&
http://www.lostrailwayswestyorkshire.co.uk/index.htm

As with 'GV', I too know of the second one

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The first? A new one on me - thank you .
The second? Ah - I know that one. All those miles (and there's many!) I've ridden, only to find there's now some ******* great housing estate! Or an "M1/M62 Logistics" warehouse. Will I learn? Probably not .

[Edited to add - and the links these guys collect! http://www.woodlesfordstation.co.uk/Pages/WaterHaighColliery.aspx]

I know of that site too

There's still rails there, in places



This isn't too far, from where I grew up
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1036434

There's also the remnants of another colliery line, still in the road-surface of Lime Pit Lane (in same village)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This isn't too far, from where I grew up
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1036434

Digressing slightly
This star on the floor is for a Stanley lad, some of you may know of him
(I met him a few times, but know his sister, & brother-in-law, far better)
http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4281981