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Post by nickf on Oct 22, 2016 9:38:39 GMT
I've just come across this on YouTube. Interesting to see the gauge change wagon being used. Leek and Manifold
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Post by philthetube on Oct 22, 2016 14:26:24 GMT
I'n not the only one to follow links from the never stop railway then.
Fascinating clip
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Post by stapler on Oct 22, 2016 21:06:47 GMT
Nice film. Engineer = Everard Richard Calthrop of Loughton, just to find an L U Connection!
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Post by grahamhewett on Oct 23, 2016 16:42:03 GMT
nickf- thank you for finding that. Interesting to see that North Staffs wagons were still around unrepainted in 1930. A very great pity that the line didn't survive - surely a more attractive tourist attraction (and more interesting to the enthusiast) than several neighbouring preservation projects - all gas works tanks/shabby cl 31 diesels on vandalised Mk1 coaches. Accucraft make live steam models of the L&M locos and some coaches but not, alas, the transporter wagon.
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Post by theblackferret on Oct 23, 2016 20:46:20 GMT
nickf- thank you for finding that. Interesting to see that North Staffs wagons were still around unrepainted in 1930. A very great pity that the line didn't survive - surely a more attractive tourist attraction (and more interesting to the enthusiast) than several neighbouring preservation projects - all gas works tanks/shabby cl 31 diesels on vandalised Mk1 coaches. Accucraft make live steam models of the L&M locos and some coaches but not, alas, the transporter wagon. Closed at the wrong time ie pre-war, though another example of that, The Lynton & Barnstaple, has been partially revived. Maybe The Churnet Valley Railway could be given a generous Lottery grant to connect with it? Be nice to see the money going to a deserving cause. |
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Post by norbitonflyer on Oct 23, 2016 21:35:44 GMT
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Post by North End on Oct 24, 2016 12:51:17 GMT
nickf- thank you for finding that. Interesting to see that North Staffs wagons were still around unrepainted in 1930. A very great pity that the line didn't survive - surely a more attractive tourist attraction (and more interesting to the enthusiast) than several neighbouring preservation projects - all gas works tanks/shabby cl 31 diesels on vandalised Mk1 coaches. Accucraft make live steam models of the L&M locos and some coaches but not, alas, the transporter wagon. Closed at the wrong time ie pre-war, though another example of that, The Lynton & Barnstaple, has been partially revived. Maybe The Churnet Valley Railway could be given a generous Lottery grant to connect with it? Be nice to see the money going to a deserving cause. Certainly sounds like a fine idea. Apart from the road crossing immediately upon leaving Waterhouses, the trackbed is unobstructed all the way to the end, having been one of the earliest railways to be converted to a footpath. The section southwards from Swainsley Tunnel southwards to Wetton Mill station site is now a lightly used single-track road. Money as usual ... |
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