Evocative and nostalgic. The Castle pub in Bedford had a cast iron Midland Railway sign from the Northampton Bay of Bedford station on the wall of the public bar. The pub was apparently a favourite of the railway staff who donated the sign to the landlord.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying so! I wonder if that signs is still there, or its whereabouts are...?
@benbisley
5 жыл бұрын
I believe the landlord removed it when he retired. I don't know where it is now. (He should have left it in the pub: it was quite a feature.)
@gv-k4f7g5b9
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting. i remember back in 1998 driving into Northampton along the A508 Cotton End (right next to the Asda and near the Old White Hart pub) and you sometimes had to wait at the level crossing to let the freight trains pass. If you go to google maps and change the view to Street View and change the timeline back to the earliest point which is April 2009 you can see the rail line running across the road. Thanks once again.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
My pleasure and thank you for your memories of this line 🙂
@andybunyan649
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent work - I discovered a mystique about forgotten lines once I moved from London to Bedfordshire. Fascinating and sad at the same time.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
Andy Bunyan as you can tell, lost railways have become an addiction of mine! Thanks for your comment.
@themightywhoosh123
5 жыл бұрын
Really interesting. I remember MOD trains making it as far as Piddington during the 1970’s.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the film. The military railway is a particularly fascinating element of this branch.
@sukhibhogal1532
2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video with great editing and scenery. I used to live close to the old St Johns station and would pass it nearly every day when walking to school back in the seventies. Happy memories indeed.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
2 жыл бұрын
Really glad you enjoyed the film. Do subscribe if you've not already done so and enjoy my other films in the series!
@marilynporter4392
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for this. I used to live in Northampton and now live in Belgium and frequently visit Turvey Abbey, in normal times. I really enjoyed revisiting the countryside.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Some really lovely countryside on this route!
@MrMoley55
6 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video !! Keep up the great work - so enjoyable to watch. Thank you
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
I certainly will keep it up - next film will be out in August - thank you for your kind comment.
@peterbaxter2913
6 жыл бұрын
As usual, a brilliant, evocative piece of film. Atmospheric music only serves to enhance it, and I shall watch it over and over. Thank you!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
You're very kind to say so. I'm glad it has brought (and will continue to bring) some enjoyment.
@alicebridge3489
6 жыл бұрын
Can only agree with the above, just lovely
@plutocast3637
4 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways I believe I have found one of the old bridges over the waterways/nene today, in between midsummer meadow and brackmills.. what a find!
@orkneyancestor2059
5 жыл бұрын
This is a form of enjoyable sadness.Such a waste of many years of very good workmanship,with no forward thinking. Thank you.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. Do subscribe if you've not already done so and enjoy my other films in the series.
@siddywiddyb
3 жыл бұрын
What a Brilliant video! I've alway's looked at that piece of track emerging from Northampton and wondered where it used to go to!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks indeed - so glad you enjoyed the film!
@18matchless
3 жыл бұрын
Not only did the emerging track you mention got to Bedford but also to Blisworth, Wellingborough London Road and Midland Stations and also Peterborough East
@siddywiddyb
3 жыл бұрын
@@18matchless wow! thank you
@pwhitewick
6 жыл бұрын
Another great video. It's clear to see the work that goes into them.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
pwhitewick Thanks ever so much. They're a delight to make and I'm glad you enjoy them.
@hojomo
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! A superb record of this long lost line - now you've shown it off I'm keen to come & discover for myself! Will certainly share @4RailTrail
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
Howard Moorey Thank you ever so much for your comment and for sharing the film
@Northampton1960
4 жыл бұрын
A nostalgic ramble through my old back yard. Many fond memories here from the 1960s; those were the days. I really enjoyed your 4-part homage to the Great Central Railway, too. Thanks for posting.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your kind words about my films, I'm glad you find them evocative.
@billburnhope2176
5 жыл бұрын
I have a confession to make! As a resident of Hardingstone, Northampton, I had been accepted for immigration as a ten pound Pom to Australia. I was due to sail in February from Tilbury to Melbourne, but didn’t have enough money, so was put off until May. I got a temporary job with a demolition company destroying , guess what? St. John’s street station. It was a lovely old building and I had no idea what I was destroying. Curses. I was only 20 at the time!The last day I worked was on dismantling the platform. I travelled on the Castle Station to Bedford a few times, but Never from St Johns, this station had been a casualty to to the bridge that crossed the road down to the Plough Inn. It was a low bridge and stopped the United Counties double decker buses from passing. So they closed the station and demolished the bridge. Seeing this film has revised a lot of memories. So much actually survives.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
What an extraordinary story! Thanks for sharing it. It looked like it was a beautiful building. Glad the film evoked memories for you. Do subscribe and see my other films in the series.
@ccjelley2390
4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic research. I just remember the 4F 0-6-0s [as in the freight train shot] sitting in the bay platform at Bedford Midland with their short trains to Northampton, circa 1961.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
How I would've loved to have seen that!
@1258-Eckhart
6 жыл бұрын
Excellent research and commentaries, thanks so much. Maybe we can look forward to seeing at least parts of the railway operational again!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
Marcomanseckisax Thank you very much!
@richardeblack
4 жыл бұрын
I lived in Harrold and, later on, Clapham and used to walk my dogs and sometimes cycle to work at Cranfield along the Stevington section. I was very sad to see the state of Skylark Cottage. I really wanted to buy that in the 80s but there was no access to it. It would have been an idyllic spot and perfect for a little tea stop. So sad to see it falling down. Another lovely relaxing and educational video beautifully researched and executed. Thank you very much.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your memories of this line. I can imagine that many would like to own that cottage even in its present state! It certainly is beautiful as is the countryside through which this railway travelled.
@tracya4087
3 жыл бұрын
that was lovely . my late grandfather was a signalman and a keen pianist too , so that went together very well , just wish i would have had the time to ask him all the questions that i now want to ask . i tell my wife that he was just like john le mesurier because he was very kind and gentile . i love every one of your films because you get it just right , all the very best from wigan lancashire
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your kind words and thoughtful remarks. A lesson for us all to stay close to our nearest and dearest!
@tracya4087
3 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways yes . i know in my late forties that i found my peace at the railway . i do remember my gran telling me that she used to love waving at that handsome man up in that signabox . so much so she walked into a lampost .
@rogerbrady1578
3 жыл бұрын
I was born near the line at Clifton Reynes and after the war rail carriages were stored on the double track and remember exploring them in the 50s. I travelled from Northampton to Olney in 1961 months before the closure. One day I think it will run again. I can at least hope.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your evocative memories of this delightful line!
@andrewholloway231
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for a superb video. Brilliant work as always. I find these series of films fascinating and I look forward to the next one.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks ever so much Andrew. I think that this one is up there with the Buntingfor Branch line in terms of pastoral beauty. Next one will be out in August...and from another part of the country...thanks again!
@ggfergy
2 жыл бұрын
Great video. Just wanted to add if you're leaving olney on the Yardley Road, there are still some existing bridge supports as the road snakes by the chevrons.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks indeed. Glad you enjoyed the film!
@soundnicetome
6 жыл бұрын
Another great episode of railway history....really enjoying your efforts,thanks again.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
soundnicetome Thank you very much for saying so. The beauty of the landscape (and the good weather) makes this line just as attractive as the Buntingford branch. More to come later this summer!
@HenrysAdventures
3 жыл бұрын
Another great video! I'd love to see this one reopened!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
There was some beautiful countryside here to enjoy, it would be lovely to go by train!
@johnsharp8632
Жыл бұрын
Would have been a very scenic cross-country journey which you have brilliantly brought back to life. The station buildings on this were of a substantial nature and very fine indeed. I notice that one has been demolished to be replaced by a very uninspired new build. The current Northampton Station looks an eyesore.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
Жыл бұрын
It really was one of the most delightful routes I've had the pleasure of exploring!
@philiprufus4427
25 күн бұрын
That is the story Nationwide, Railway Architecture replaced with carbuncle's or trashed sites, its called,- 'development opportunity.'
@michaelpilling9659
4 жыл бұрын
An excellent film. Beautiful countryside to travel through. I wonder what happened to the Stevington and Turvey Light Railway? I will have to investigate.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! The railway moved to a local safari park I believe after suffering theft and vandalism, but I could be wrong!
@stephenharper9961
6 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video!! Love the amount of research and passion that you give to the videos you make
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
Very kind of you to say so. Each film I make causes me to become a little bit obsessive - I think that comes through in the films! Next film will be out in August.
@stephenharper9961
6 жыл бұрын
Rediscovering Lost Railways major plus though as it needs more people to show the old railway lines to remember and educate the next generation
@stephenclark2662
4 жыл бұрын
There is an incredibly beautiful bridge just to the west of Hungary Hall near Weston Underwood. I managed to take some photos of it some years ago - if only I remembered where I filed them!
@johnthatcher4534
3 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable, thank you, and the choice of music is excellent and really enhances the visuals.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! So glad you enjoyed the film!
@jaundicedoutlook7247
6 жыл бұрын
Champion stuff. Thanks again for another great video.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
My pleasure - glad you enjoyed it - more to come later this summer. Thanks again.
@levelcrossing150
3 жыл бұрын
Lovely, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks indeed!
@philclennell
3 жыл бұрын
I do miss the music of the english pastoral movement accompanying this fine video. I love to lay back and listen to RVW and I imagine those magnificent but gaunt signal gantries standing proud against the bleak fenland scenery, among other marvellous relics you've discovered! Sadly there are only so many pieces to go round I suppose!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
I know how you feel about the music, but you're spot on when you say there are so many pieces of that kind - that and the fact they almost inevitably mean I have to attach adverts to my films - but your poetry is not lost on me at all and I share your sentiments 🙂
@angloaust1575
2 жыл бұрын
Having lived in northampton upto 1956 one remembers the steam era Father was a goods guard on the railway until we migrated to australia!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful memories! It certainly looks like it was a delightful line!
@richardwestwell4902
5 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks for posting. Pity so much of Britain's great railway system was destroyed by short sighted politicians.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Do subscribe and watch my other films in the series.
@richardwestwell4902
5 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways I have been watching all your videos and subscribed a while ago. There is a lost railway in Hampshire. The old L.& S.W.R. original mainline from Brockenhurst to Bournemouth via Ringwood. Perhaps you would consider making a video? There was also a line from Christchurch to Ringwood but you would be hard pushed to find any trace of it.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Always happy to accept recommendations - some of the films of which I am most pleased have come about owing to subscribers giving me their ideas. I will certainly do some research into this and thank you for supporting my channel.
@richardwestwell4902
5 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways If it helps your research as far as I recall the stations were Holmsley, Ringwood, Ashley Heath, West Moors, Wimborne, Broadstone and Bournemouth. Bournemouth had 2 stations, Bournemouth Central and Bournemouth West.
@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819
5 жыл бұрын
richard westwell could you please tell me what the lottery numbers will be on Easter Saturday 2020? Come on it's only a year away! You can't? Then how do you expect politicians to know what will be needed in 10, 20 or 50 years time? Branch lines like this first lost passengers to buses which went from the centres of the villages, whilst the railway station may not even be in the village (for example Kimbolton station was 2 miles from Kimbolton village, the station served the public school there) and then to cars, which also took the passengers away from the buses. In addition to this business shifted from the railways to roads to send their goods. Why, because they suffered fewer strike delays and the speed of delivery was comparable; but mainly because it was cheaper to send them door to door, especially with in the early post-WW1 and post-WW2 periods there were lots of war surplus lorries and men who could drive them (more so after WW2). The railways in the 1950s were in the same place the canals were in in the 1920s. It wasn't the railways that killed off the canals but the war surplus lorries.
@davidjones3758
6 жыл бұрын
Please keep up the good work,these films are very enjoyable,if poss do more
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
I have already filmed three over the summer which are going to be released every couple of months, the first being in October. This is so I can focus on making my biggest project to date...and never fear, with so many disused railways there's more than I can film in a lifetime! I'm glad you're enjoying them.
@christinaburton9297
2 жыл бұрын
I love these best with the poignant music.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
2 жыл бұрын
I completely understand - the music is delightful!
@petekeightley2973
25 күн бұрын
Piddington station is just outside the village of Horton (between Horton and the MOD) even though it is not near the village of Piddington. At the top of the village of Piddington is the old Towcester line and that station was known as Horton station. I lived in Piddington for over 25 years and always used the old disused railway line when i worked for the farmer who owned that stretch.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
24 күн бұрын
I will probably remake this film to a higher standard in the near future
@tonymulhall9573
5 жыл бұрын
fantastic video
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Very kind of you to say so. It was a pleasure to make and a lovely rural line to explore. Do subscribe and watch my other films in the series if you've not already done so!
@robturner3065
4 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable, regarding Bridge street 11:25 the track remains intact all the way to Northampton station from here, it was still visible in the road at the Bridge street crossing until about 2015 but has since been surfaced over. At this time also the signal box sadly burnt down although an adjacent building survives as a scrap metal dealer. I worked at an engineering company near Bridge street on the site of the old goods yard, formerly they made tractor cabs which were loaded onto trains in the yard as late as 2001. When i was there the track still ran through the yard. Deep in the heart of the now metal-clad building is a small Victorian workshop structure, much extended. The track also survived east of Bridge street as it served the demolished Power station.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Really glad you enjoyed the film and thank you for your insights regarding the railway's presence in Northampton - it was a wonderful line to explore!
@johnwebster3224
4 жыл бұрын
I travelled on that line just once - en route from Cardington to Bridgnorth as a raw RAF recruit. I remember the loco was a 4F 0-6-0 from Cardington to Northampton Castle and a Black Five from Castle to Shrewsbury via Stafford. A prairie took us from Shrewsbury to Bridgnorth. Strange how you can remember things from 1955 and can't remember much from last week!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Just so! But I'm glad you can remember these fine details, it is so wonderful to hear them as they really bring these old lines to life!
@DJWerkz
Жыл бұрын
When I visited Olney in April 2022 there had been a lot of new housing development around the old track bed leading out of the town especially around the Yardley Road area. For years the old bridge abutments could be seen on Yardley Road but it looks like these have been removed as part of the development of the area.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update RE the area. I was surprised anything was there when I filmed!
@rubyait
5 жыл бұрын
Good vicdeo. I live along a discontinued railway that has been turned into a recreational trail. I road the last train out about 1985. Freight.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Where's the lost railway you live next to?
@rubyait
5 жыл бұрын
Rediscovering Lost Railways Ha ha. In Maine. I can just remember steam trains, and passenger service is dim, but Amtrak has brought some back. I live in Farmington, and the line branched at Leeds Maine!) went to Livermore Falls, Jay, branched to Wilton, West Farmington (in sight of my house) and crossed the river to its terminal in Farmington. I road the last freighter out of Farmington, got dropped off behind my house, and observed the removal of the rails within weeks. Now the other side of my house has a truck route, the tracks having been made into a recreational trail. Thanks for asking.
@PaulBaird
4 жыл бұрын
My only criticism was at Great Houghton you seemed to gloss over some bits eg the two bridges and the section out to Lodge Road. I used to work in Brackmills and would often walk around the country park and Great Houghton.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
I'll accept that criticism, it was a long day's filming!
@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS
3 жыл бұрын
most enjoyable thank you
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Some fine countryside in this film - glad to hear you enjoyed it!
@ldb281
4 жыл бұрын
i think the station at Olney was still there in a delapidated state around late 70s. I see its gone completely surrounded by houses.what was good about it is that it was right in the town unlike some where passengers would have to walk a mile.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I think they'd like the station to still be there today!
@robturner3065
4 жыл бұрын
It also served the spark plug factory (Lodge plugs or KLG I don't remember which)
@DJWerkz
4 жыл бұрын
I am from Olney but live in the USA now. The old Olney station was a bay type I think, wasn’t there a turntable there at some point too? Olney also used to serve the Newport Pagnell and Wolverton line too. The picture of the house in your video where the station used to be does not look correct though, I could be wrong but we were always pointed to a different location in the area
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
You may well be correct in all you say. I found it very hard to find a good photo of the station and its surroundings, but as a resident you are likely to know better than me!
@DJWerkz
4 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways A good resource would be the Olney model railway club as I think they could give you lots of history. I grew up in Norwich as a kid, do you have anything on the old City Station (now a retail park)?
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
@@DJWerkz alas, no I don't but Norwich is on my list of cities with many lost stations!
@laurencegregory6574
3 жыл бұрын
Olney station was a two track through station, with goods sidings on the north side of the alignment. Yes , there was also a turntable in the sidings . I remember playing on it as a kid.
@laurencegregory6574
3 жыл бұрын
Olney did not serve Newport Pagnell , unfortunately. The line from Newport Pagnell was under construction but the company ran out of money as it reached where Emberton Park is now. The end of the single track embankment meant is still there, where the bird watching tower is
@atomiswave1971
3 жыл бұрын
I would like it reinstated at some point. Bedford and Northampton have few connections but Bedford is far worse being so far from any east west traffic.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
It certainly passes through some delightful countryside!
@railwaychristina3192
Жыл бұрын
Love this one
@RediscoveringLostRailways
Жыл бұрын
Might have to remake this to a higher standard!
@railwaychristina3192
Жыл бұрын
@Rediscovering Lost Railways oh no it's perfect, that lovely countryside matching the Romantic era music!
@rogerfrancis465
4 жыл бұрын
as a boy train spotter living in Bedford I rode this line a few times.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
The countryside between the two termini is just stunning!
@gryff8400
Жыл бұрын
I remember a loco coming up out of the Brackmills spur into Northampton station in the 1990s. The MOD had a place to keep (chemical/biological allegedly) weapons way down the end of the line in a forest. Going north out of Northampton was the line to Market Harborough - closed in 1981.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your memories!
@ryanhall4083
5 жыл бұрын
Nice Video! How much of the track could be traveled by mountain bike do you think? I was thinking about trying to ride it one day if its not too overgrown.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
There certainly are portions that can be cycled (not continuously) between Bedford and Olney, less so between Olney and Northampton save for a few stretches. There really is some delightful countryside to admire.
@ryanhall4083
5 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways thanks for the reply.
@laurencegregory6574
3 жыл бұрын
As a teenager in the 70's and living in Olney we used to ride old motorbikes up the track bed towards Bedford, that was before the houses were built and the river bridge was intact. Happy days. Also used to sit under the river bridge on the stone support structures, play in the old station buildings. My father rescued a young boy from drowning under that bridge and received some kind of queens commendation for it. West towards Northampton we used to spend our summer holidays in a platelayers hut , made a den out of it. Oh, such fond days...
@raylooney1788
3 жыл бұрын
Hello. How would I walk from Turvey to the bridge a mile later? An excellent video.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
I don't think it is possible to do so, I got the bridge by driving to it and scaling the embankment. Really glad you enjoyed the film!
@raylooney1788
3 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways really good thanks for uploading
@theglumrant9477
4 жыл бұрын
My farmhouse in Stevington is littered with building materials obviously “purloined” from the railway company...engineering bricks, gates and huge platform paving slabs. I imagine the slabs were bought from the auction at Turvey Station in the early 70s but the other bits must’ve come off the “back of a lorry” from 1872 on...
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see these - I imagine this is a story repeated up and down the country, where properties abutted closed railway lines.
@theglumrant9477
4 жыл бұрын
Rediscovering Lost Railways No problem
@michaelpilling9659
4 жыл бұрын
The Stevington and Turvey Light Railway was a 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge light railway on the outskirts of the village of Turvey in Bedfordshire, England. It was about 3⁄4 mile (1.2 km) long. The railway was formed in the early 1980s by former members of The Surrey Light Railway which was based in Hersham, Surrey. The railway was established on the former track bed of the Bedford to Northampton Line. The main signal box on the line was named Needham, and contains a 31 lever Westinghouse 'L' frame which originally came from Battersea Park Signal box. The line closed in 2014, with the operations moving to Woburn.[1]
@JalanBax
4 жыл бұрын
We live in Harrold near the old line, we have walked on it in the past.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
It is a beautiful line to explore!
@JalanBax
4 жыл бұрын
The stations: Bedford Turvey Olney Piddington St John’s Street until 1939 Bridge Street and Castle 1939 until closure
@stevealibone
4 жыл бұрын
wonderful film ......Beeching was probably correct at the time ..but how we could do with some of these lines open now
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Really glad you enjoyed it. Do subscribe if you've not already done so and enjoy my other films in the series.
@bingo99aa
6 жыл бұрын
that Beeching fellow has a lot to answer for! Look forward to seeing more of these fascinating documentaries! Perhaps other contributors in other regions of the UK could do something similar!
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
dick tater Yes agreed! More to come in the next few weeks, so do subscribe if you have not done so already!
@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819
5 жыл бұрын
dick tater yes, like saving Britain's railways by removing unneccessary duplication of routes and uneconomic routes, the introduction of the MGR coal trains and Freighliner.
@billburnhope2176
5 жыл бұрын
Neil Dahlgaard-Sigsworth , sorry you seem to have missed the point, Beeching is a history lesson you should study. It has now been acknowledged that he made a lot of destructive mistakes in the rush to road transport.
@sturmtigerking4263
6 жыл бұрын
You should discover the great central
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, now that would be a big project worth doing!
@stephengray9432
5 жыл бұрын
Very sad. If only they didn't lift the track and mothballed it we may still be able to reopen it.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Yes, it is a shame. It passed through some lovely countryside!
@microbusss
6 жыл бұрын
what is a Platelayer's & Fogman's Huts? these track beds I would mow & let people walk them
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
It would be used as a shelter or a place for storing equipment used for servicing sections of railway.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
A fogman's hut sheltered men with lamps during very foggy days in order to ensure trains were clear about the state of the route ahead (I believe...)
@timothysmith8300
5 жыл бұрын
what great idea at laying track at pidding ton if any help needed just say.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
If I owned an ex-station, I would do just what the owners of Piddington did!
@alanaldis3177
Жыл бұрын
I thought there was once a station at Oakley???
@RediscoveringLostRailways
Жыл бұрын
Pass, not in this line I don't think but I stand to be corrected
@alanaldis3177
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. May be it was a siding of sorts because I remember walking at that spot and I'm sure there was evidence of a small platform
@chrismccartney8668
3 жыл бұрын
Another line closed by short sighted politicians town around London can only accessed by going into London these cross country routes would allow development to be spread out and have decent transport links.. Three place lost rsilways but grew greatly and now cut off Railway North Weald and Ongar Maldon Essex Dunmow
@RediscoveringLostRailways
3 жыл бұрын
Yes it is such a shame that these cross country routes were ripped up. This line passed through some beautiful countryside!
@kevlandy
5 жыл бұрын
What are platelayers and fogmen?
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
Platelayers were those who attended to track maintenance (among other associated duties). Less certain about fogmen - I think this was a role fulfilled by a variety of staff, but on days when there was a pea-souper, such men would be sent along the track to provide additional signalling to drivers.
@kevlandy
5 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways Thanks for the info! ;-), I;m enjoying your vids. I have a lost railway near to me that one day I'll explore.....
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
@@kevlandy I'm so glad you're enjoying them! Do subscribe so you don't miss out. May I ask you what the disused railway near you is?
@kevlandy
5 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways I think it's the old GCR Leicester to Rugby line, It runs from Lutterworth to Leicester, and runs right alongside the M1 Northbound between J20 & J21, I'd really like to try and walk it one day
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
@@kevlandy in which case it may please you to learn that I was there a couple of weeks ago filming that line. I'll be uploading it in a couple of months time!
@timothysmith8300
5 жыл бұрын
what a disgrace that fish tank of a station should have left the original beutifull station that was built before the cow sheds. bring back steam NOW GET RID OF ALL ELECTRICS NOW.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
5 жыл бұрын
There's certainly nothing on the rails as romantic as steam!
@billburnhope2176
5 жыл бұрын
Timothy Smith , I agree, mind you Northampton Town council aren’t known for being sympathetic to old buildings, they destroyed so much in the 60,sand 70,s. The town is an eye saw, I lived there until emigrating to Australia in 1960.. see above to my contribution in helping destroy St Johns street station.
@robturner3065
4 жыл бұрын
@@billburnhope2176 Northampton would break your heart now. Castle station is the third on this sight, it is an improvement on the BR station they demolished about 5 years ago though
@peebee143
6 жыл бұрын
Another cracking video! Thank you.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
6 жыл бұрын
peebee143 My pleasure! Thanks for your comment.
@peebee143
4 жыл бұрын
I am a member of a Heritage Railway, we once had a Chairman whose Father used to work the box at Ravenstone Wood Jct. Apparently it was in the middle of nowhere.
@RediscoveringLostRailways
4 жыл бұрын
Having visited the site of the signal box I can vouch for that! Of which heritage railway are you a member?
@peebee143
4 жыл бұрын
@@RediscoveringLostRailways I'm a member at Nene Valley Railway, near Peterborough. Have been a member since 1980.
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