Hastings Cliff Funicular info

[TwoFourRail]

Hi

I am conducting some research into the construction of the 2 funicular's based at Hastings UK. It would be for an upcoming TV series Impossible Railways, this is a spin off series of the successful Impossible Engineering series.

If anyone knows anything or can point me in the direction of any info regarding the building of these I would be hugely grateful.

Thanks!


Dave

 

[DerekC]

Completely off-topic (sorry, TwoFourRail) but there is a book called "The Impossible Railway" about the construction of the Canadian Pacific. Well worth a read.

 

[alexl92]

Hi

I am conducting some research into the construction of the 2 funicular's based at Hastings UK. It would be for an upcoming TV series Impossible Railways, this is a spin off series of the successful Impossible Engineering series.

If anyone knows anything or can point me in the direction of any info regarding the building of these I would be hugely grateful.

Thanks!


Dave

It may be worth contacting the Hastings Tourist Board - I used to have family in Hastings and spent quite a lot of time down there, and I seem to remember there being quite a bit of info about the history of it on boards nearby.

 

[GatwickDepress]

My father used to work on the West Hill cliff railway before retiring. The local library and the East Sussex Records Office in Brighton may have a wealth of information available.

 

[GWSTAR]

HI Dave. Are you still requiring help with this project?

I have a working 7mm/ft (O gauge) model of the East Hill Lift which I show at model railway exhibitions. I have a set of Hastings Borough Council drawings dated 1901 and 1903

Tony

 

[theageofthetra]

Try this group too-

https://hastingshistorical.org/