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Excellent footage there. Especially the footage of the 9F. I rode behind her on my first ever visit to the railway when I was only 12 years old. Any plans for to put any footage of Bahamas visit to the railway?
Thankyou so much for posting this-i am a bit annoyed with myself,i moved to Chesterfield in 2003 but had no idea of its coal and railway history so never found these lines till 2019 when they formed an extension of the transpennine trail. I had assumed locos used in the final view years would have been double header Class 20,as was seen coming into and out of Arkwright Colliery on the relayed GCR at Duckmanton Junction. Just a small mistake i noticed with the video though-the single platform you view on the Clowne Branch is infact the Midland Railway,whearas the double track station and booking hall is actually LD & ECR,and has recently been partially restored with a replica platform edge and steam train outline in the tunnel! 😊
The railway lines in Turkey South of The Bosphorus were very German ( as they were built by German Interests) They of course didn’t connect to the Northern Lines ( which connected with Europe) Route of The Orient Express
Oxcroft was briefly reopened for roughly 3 weeks in November 2007 in order to sort through any remaining coal tips in the area, although even by that time Seymour Junction Signal box was so badly vandalised that none of the signalling infrastructure could be used, so all points were clamped and all signalling was suspended and the working was done by pilot man
'Tyne - drum' not Tin Drum. Tay - nult, not 'newlt'. Loch Etive, not 'Eetive'. And Balachulish is 'Bala - hoolish' not 'coolish'. Cruachan has the stress on the first syllable.
All that's left today is small traces such as trackbeds, lumps of concrete with graffiti pools of stagnant water, burnt out stolen cars and so on. And on the horizon wind turbines spin on as we shell out to shadowy energy spivs.
I used to see the Blackburn shit train every weekday about 8 30 as it went through Central station to Thrybergh for tipping, it once started from the signal on platform 2 with a jerk ,the station foreman was standing by it on the crossing between platforms when the wagon next him slopped over the side and he got an unexpected shower, he was sent home on a tractor apparently to get washed and changed.,this was about 1965 66 time when I worked as a junior porter in Central goods yard.
What a wonderful presentation of such detail and local knowledge which would probably have been lost otherwise. Of all the 60's line closures this 13 mile stretch from Matlock to Great Rocks is to me one of the most wasteful and shortsighted and when you see what was lost it is heartbreaking.
Hi, Our DMU is now owned by one of our long standing volunteers having been purchased and moved from Telford Steam Railway. In due course, we're hoping to paint it, but we have a bit of mechanical and body work to do first. Regular updates can be found on our DMU group Facebook page. facebook.com/share/EegWWitJwufnNCFE/
I went from Chapel to Gt. Longstone once with my grandma. That was when my brother was born and they wanted me to out of the house. It probably was a steam train almost everything was then.
I use to work on Europa Link (Lets Be Avenue) from 2000 to 2015 and the power of choise for the Steel works, now Outokumpo Stainless, across the road where class 66's but one day we had a visit from a mainline steam loco.
Blast from the past.....2004 to 2005 ish with those "first branded" 158s, I was a conductor working the route when they took over and personally, I hated the blue vinyls spoiling the striking Northern Spirit Red and gold TransPennine variation. When the Phil Sayer voice was replaced at Huddersfield, initially there were complaints until Slaithwaite was re-recorded as "Slawit" The new voice was a colleagues.
Very interesting, worked on what was the site of the Coalite plant 2023whilst under redevelopment,the lingering smell of Turpentine/Creosote was overwhelming at the end of shift. The plant had long gone by this time but must have been an amazing place to work when at its peak. Thanks for posting.
I remember going on class 45’s to football, most Leeds United football specials were hauled by class 45’s. When I was a youngan, I wondered what are these locos with the long side panels? The only Class 45 I remember was “The Cheshire Regiment”, It took me and my mates to a Leeds night game, at Sunderland on the 30 December 1976. (we beat Sunderland 1-2) I remember it was a bit snowy that night & there were only about 60 of us on it. This particular loco 45 014 was involved in a fatal accident on 8 March 1986, because of a signal fault, it was scrapped in Manchester later on in 1986.
Superb historical footage, had us riveted from beginning to the end. Thanks so very much for uploading and sharing these marvellous moments in time, never to be seen again. All the best ...Steve.
Coal in Britain from the 1700s ( horse drawn wooden waggons on wooden tracks or by humans with ropes) to 2023 by a 66 down the Cwmbargoed branch. A fitting end albeit sad.
