One for the train buffs.
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Re: One for the train buffs.
Oh dear. 1978 is vintage now
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Re: One for the train buffs.
Know your Stations !
wheresthisthen grade extremely easy for train buffs
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wheresthisthen grade extremely easy for train buffs
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Re: One for the train buffs.
First impression it's Bristol Temple Meads.
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Re: One for the train buffs.
Yep I'd agree with that Gibbo!!
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Yes it was indeed Bristol Temple Meads where the blue Godfrey Davis Rail Drive Granada with the vinyl roof was driving away from in the video.
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Couple of bridges on the disused former Border Counties Railway
Further up at Falstone After Falstone the Kielder Reservoir submerged the line and former Station and the former settlement at Plashetts.
Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland about 22 miles (35 km) north west of Hexham. The coal mine and adjoining brickworks are now submerged under Kielder Water.
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Further up at Falstone After Falstone the Kielder Reservoir submerged the line and former Station and the former settlement at Plashetts.
Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland about 22 miles (35 km) north west of Hexham. The coal mine and adjoining brickworks are now submerged under Kielder Water.
The named bricks are a prized item,
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Some serious craftsmanship put into this. I would call it a double skew-arch bridge.
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That's a lovely one Neil
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I was chatting this morning to a local builder alongside the Falcon Alston signal box shed homage. He was very complimentary about my rustic efforts, but also brought into the conversation a couple of signal box related recollections. The first the Station and Signal box at Insch Aberdeenshire at the time of his visit bedecked in hanging baskets of colourful flowers, and the second a dark tale by Charles Dickens called "The Signalman" and its presentation in "A Ghost Story for Christmas (1976) featuring Denholm Elliot.
As you may expect I have looked up both. The Dickens' tale has been blocked by the BBC from youtube, but it is available to watch on some other platforms. I wasn't aware that Dickens had written a story called "The Signalman", but maybe you can remember it.
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As you may expect I have looked up both. The Dickens' tale has been blocked by the BBC from youtube, but it is available to watch on some other platforms. I wasn't aware that Dickens had written a story called "The Signalman", but maybe you can remember it.
Insch Station and Signal BoxWiki link and pic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signal-Man
An incident here may have provided Dickens with a link to the first apparition in the story...
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The wiki article certainly answers the wheresthisthen? button with the locations....
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The Signal Box Filmed on the Severn Valley Railway. A fake signal box was erected and the interiors were filmed in Highley signal box. | |
The Tunnel The fake signal box was on the Kidderminster side of Bewdley Tunnel, |
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Should you wish to have a mega thrash behind a Class 37 through Bewdley Tunnel here's some moving pictures and sound for you
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NewcastleFalcon wrote: ↑10 May 2024, 14:19
As you may expect I have looked up both. The Dickens' tale has been blocked by the BBC from youtube, but it is available to watch on some other platforms. I wasn't aware that Dickens had written a story called "The Signalman", but maybe you can remember it.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signal-Man
An incident here may have provided Dickens with a link to the first apparition in the story...
Clayton Tunnel
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Now if you could pan that photo up and to the left, and maybe pull back a little, you'd be able to see Jack & Jill windmills... and they've featured on the FCF before and were also used in a Michael Caine film.
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"The Black Windmill"
and the well loved tale Jack and Jill catch fire...
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The signal box Highley (Severn Valley Railway) where the 1976 version of Dickens' "The Signalman" was filmed.
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That Clayton Tunnel entrance is fantastic - are there any other tunnel entrances in the UK (or Europe) that have such ornate entries/exits?