WEEKEND FISHING TRAINS 60s

[hillsbro]

On 15/12/2022 at 17:37, DavidFrance said:

The Brilliant Brit !!  Sadly at Bardney I saw nothing but BR Standards. You probably spent as many hours as I did at the Twentywell Cutting as a lad on a bike..  Have you seen what they're doing there now to undo the evil works of Dr Beeching?  Another case of  "We knew best".  Closing the Chesterfield/Manchester link and making everything go in and then out of the city was plain daft.  But demolishing the island platform was dafter. And Network Rail are spending millions putting in a passing loop at Bamford so that trains will get held up at Picadilly for even longer?   (You will recall I strongly favour 3rd rail electrification for this line and many others serving this region). (We could have driverless trains and call it "levelling up"). 

Yes, the brilliant Brit itself! I thought all my Christmases had come at once when there it was, gathering speed over the Ouse bridge at Ely. We used to get a daily Brit at Sheffield Victoria on the Harwich-Liverpool boat train, and in 1961 I saw 70017 Arrow at the Midland Station (here is a link to my photo).  https://i.postimg.cc/TPc3V5QG/70017.jpg  But 70000 Britannia was something special, and fortunately it's still going strong.

I didn't know that the Chesterfield-Manchester link was being closed - how daft.  I remember about 18 or so years ago some north-south expresses using that link due to a diversion, so it was very useful then.

 

[DavidFrance]

On 09/12/2022 at 20:42, RollingJ said:

 

 

9 minutes ago, hillsbro said:

I didn't know that the Chesterfield-Manchester link was being closed

I believe it was closed to passenger traffic by Beeching but has remained open for cement traffic. Bug the resulting diversion into and out of Sheffield Midland added 40 minutes to the journey time for all passenger trains from the East Midlands to Manchester with the predictable result that fewer people made those journeys.  There is a smartphone app on the app stores  which tells all about the Hope Valley plans. Search Hope Valley Railway Upgrade. It's educational and informative. And gives you advance notice of closures etc. 

[RollingJ]

2 minutes ago, DavidFrance said:

 

I believe it was closed to passenger traffic by Beeching but has remained open for cement traffic. Bug the resulting diversion into and out of Sheffield Midland added 40 minutes to the journey time for all passenger trains from the East Midlands to Manchester with the predictable result that fewer people made those journeys.  There is a smartphone app on the app stores  which tells all about the Hope Valley plans. Search Hope Valley Railway Upgrade. It's educational and informative. And gives you advance notice of closures etc. 

You 'quoted' me above - why? - the 'quote' is blank

[hillsbro]

14 hours ago, DavidFrance said:

 

Search Hope Valley Railway Upgrade. It's educational and informative. And gives you advance notice of closures etc. 

I just had a look at the Hope Valley upgrade work. Well, a Bamford passing loop might be useful, also a new platform with lifts at Dore & Totley.

Edited December 17, 2022 by hillsbro

[sheffandy]

Yes my Grandad used to go on these trains. He fished at a good level as well in Yorkshire circles, in matches etc. Years & years later, as a 16 year old, I went on a caravan holiday near Metheringham, and the old Bardney train station where he got off, was still visible where we stayed on the opposite bank of the river. You could actually walk the old rail line as well. Happy days. 

[pattricia]

On 25/01/2018 at 10:10, Person6 said:

Not the trains specifically but right period and locations.

 

https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-hook-line-and-sheffield-1963-online

 

and if that link doesn't work try this one which has a written description-

 

http://www.yorkshirefilmarchive.com/film/hook-line-and-sheffield

I watched these links and they are marvellous!