Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 The area between the north end of The Mansfield Road tunnel & The Sherwood Rise tunnel(where Carrington Station was is filled in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Sorry, back to Garratts, I was looking a few things up and found this:- All I have left are a few tatty bits, makes me weep. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 This is the completed kit, looks superb, by the time mine got hacked about to put the HD 0-6-2 tank chassis on the front, it was never the same again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Shouldn't that carriage be at the back of the engine ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Shouldn't that carriage be at the back of the engine ? Which would you suggest was the back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,795 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Behind the driver ? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BulwellBrian 107 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Both tunnels under the Robin Hood hills were filled with colliery waste. The Midland Railway one had to be cleared out for the Robin Hood Line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swe62 334 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 mapperley tunnel was used to dump landfill Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Which would you suggest was the back! (shakes head) As the old saying goes, "If I had to explain, you wouldn't understand". 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Tunnels all had to be made safe. Myself (and Firbeck) have walked through all the Suburban Railway Tunnels, also the MR tunnel on the Basford Bennerley (MR) line. My son and grand-daughter and myself walked through Boughton Brake Tunnel (AKA Mummy's Tunnel) on the Bevercotes Colliery line. As far as I know it is still open but disused. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
briyeo 56 Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 A group of people from a Nottinghamshire railways related Facebook group recently had the pleasure of a guided walk inside the Thurland Street tunnel. Accessed from the underground car park levels. It is still in very good condition apparently. I have been amazed at how much of Nottingham Victoria still remains, there is a small section of the stations Glasshouse Street wall left visible, complete with the buff coloured glazed bricks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kendaldrac 40 Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 There are remains of the old Nottingham Victoria railway station if you know where too look http://wp.me/p5n0pr-2Ux 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,109 Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 I noticed the other day that the eastern parapet of the GN line under Edwards Lane is still in situ. However the site of the school, Haywood was it ? is currently being redeveloped, along with what appears to be the site of Daybrook station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 It is good to search for remains of old railways. Trouble is they are getting less and less all the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 If you have any memories of trips from Nottingham to Grantham then you may be interested to know about a new quarterly magazine being launched on 23rd April 2015. This will be the first issue, but memories and anecdotes are required for future issues. If you are interested in perhaps seeing your own story in print then please visit www.returntograntham.co.uk for more information. Smiffy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 It is good to search for remains of old railways. Trouble is they are getting less and less all the time. There are quite a few old lines down my end of west Wales. I use OS maps in the course of my work (satnav does not do farmyards!) and it's interesting to spot the evidence of former routes.I've found quite a few old station buildings still pretty much as they were when the railway closed, though sadly without Firbeck and Bilbraborn's treasure troves of artefacts inside. Keep intending to take my camera along to update the pics on the Disused Stations site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I think most artefacts have been plundered by now. It was fun while it lasted. I do keep a camera handy wherever I go and am ready to photograph anything I find that is interesting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Graham 63 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I can remember being in York House on Mansfield Road (now being refurbished), I believe about 1967/8 and watching trains go through the tunnel going north. It was more interesting than listening to the Poly lecturers! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taxi ray 170 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 York house is being demolished. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,547 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Demolition is just an extreme form of refurbishment. Lots of photos of it happening. http://nottstalgia.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13144&hl= Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firbeck 860 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Scriv, about thirty years ago my company in Bishops Stortford got a contract with BP to survey and update plans of their oil distribution depots, wherever they were and whatever their size. One great adventure was to go west and check Swansea, Newcastle Emlyn and finish up at Gloucester. Swansea was huge, I resolved the problem of checking all the pipelines by standing on the highest storage tank and tracing the lines from there, then it was through the hills in the boss's Reliant Scimitar to Newcastle Emlyn where we stayed in a pub for the night. We found the depot the next day, it was tiny, next to the site of the old station and occupying the old GWR goods yard. Some of the isolated track was still in place and all the typical buildings, fences and gates were all intact, there were still the odd GWR cast iron signs around fixed with rusted in bolts to posts made of short lengths of track. A fascinating place, I doubt whether it's still there, but who knows. It was bloody cold that day and we ended up getting caught in a blizzard, Gloucester was a white out and the depot was covered in snow drifts, it was impossible to survey it so we struggled to get back to Essex, how we managed it I'll never know, our Roger's expert driving in that bloody Scimitar saved the day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scriv 168 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Newcastle Emlyn station is long gone mate; much of the trackbed is still traceable though. There may well be steam in the area soon too as the Teifi Valley Railway (a little narrow-gauge line which runs on the old trackbed ) is hoping to be back up and running soon. With that and the Gwili, there's quite a bit of the line preserved. The Gwili is opening its extension soon, to a new terminus just north of Carmarthen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 590 Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 If like me, you travelled from Nottingham to Grantham to watch the trains go by you may be interested in a new magazine available now through www.returntograntham.co.uk You can also contribute to future issues and in particular the magazine is looking to include your own memories & anecdotes of days out from Nottingham to this railway mecca. The Return to Grantham project is run on a not for profit basis and you can find out more by visiting the website. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 Great stuff Smiffy often sneaked to Grantham on a platform ticket to cop deltics etc.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Great shot! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.