Junction Locations

[Skidderwolf]

Quite new the the railways and I find it difficult to pinpoint junctions. For example I am looking for Sheet shores Junction location but I cannot find a map that pinpoints its location. Have googled for it but nothing comes up. Is there a guide I should be looking for?

 

[30907]

Quite new the the railways and I find it difficult to pinpoint junctions. For example I am looking for Sheet shores Junction location but I cannot find a map that pinpoints its location. Have googled for it but nothing comes up. Is there a guide I should be looking for?

Try this site
https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps/signalling/spc4#T_SHEETSJ
Obviously that isn't geographically accurate, but it will show you roughly where to look on a conventional map.
(AIUI not every location is mapped - for others you will have to get get hold of a paper rail atlas such as the Baker/Brown Rail Atlas.)

 

[Ken H]

Quite new the the railways and I find it difficult to pinpoint junctions. For example I am looking for Sheet shores Junction location but I cannot find a map that pinpoints its location. Have googled for it but nothing comes up. Is there a guide I should be looking for?

rail atlas of great Britain and Ireland. by SK Baker. excellent index.

 

[Skidderwolf]

30907 & Ken H, thankyou for your help. I will look into both.

 

[High Dyke]

Sheet Stores Junction is in Long Eaton. It is where the Chellaston branch joins the Midland Main Line (Derby - Leicester), seen here bottom right on the map. The junction also links to Trent South and Trent East Junctions.



Picture: Google Maps aerial view.

 

[htafc]

rail atlas of great Britain and Ireland. by SK Baker. excellent index.

I personally prefer the bulkier Track Atlas of Mainland Britain, nicknamed the 'Quail', but both would be suitable @Skidderwolf.

 

[High Dyke]

Just on the subject of junction locations. Names may not always reflect the location, which is a reason the OP was having difficulty in googling the name.

 

[BrianW]

Quite new the the railways and I find it difficult to pinpoint junctions. For example I am looking for Sheet shores Junction location but I cannot find a map that pinpoints its location. Have googled for it but nothing comes up. Is there a guide I should be looking for?

I think I see what happened there- it's Sheet Stores Junction (not Sheet Shores). I Googled on this- sheet stores rail junction and found loads, including for instance this document which 'tells' quite a lot about that whole area: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Trent-Junctions-Study-2019.pdf

The rail atlases that others reference are really good- you'll find lots to draw you in, and fill you in. I hope you'll find such will draw you out too to visit such locations.

I recommend the National Library of Scotland Maps where a search on Sheet stores will take you to old and modern maps of the area; you can zoom in.

Google on <real time trains> and input location <sheet stores jn> will take you to times of trains passing there.

Googling on <traksy> and searching on location <+ sheet stores> takes you here to see track layouts and train movements:

TRAKSY.UK

Live train maps and timetables

traksy.uk

Welcome to the Forum- lots of helpful folk on hand.

 

[===gricer===]

Open source digital railway map needed in wikirail perhaps ? The hard copy railway atlases are pricey !

 

[XAM2175]

Open source digital railway map needed in wikirail perhaps ? The hard copy railway atlases are pricey !

How about this?

OpenRailwayMap

OpenRailwayMap - An OpenStreetMap-based project for creating a map of the world's railway infrastructure.

www.openrailwaymap.org

 

[htafc]

The hard copy railway atlases are pricey !

That is sadly the case. The Baker atlas is more reasonable than the Track Atlas, but you pay for quality/detail I suppose (at least, I hope...). Other atlases are available (at risk of sounding like the BBC), including regional titles, e.g. Birmingham and West Midlands.

How about this?

OpenRailwayMap

OpenRailwayMap - An OpenStreetMap-based project for creating a map of the world's railway infrastructure.

www.openrailwaymap.org

I like this one, good for historic lines. I remember finding another more detailed site, but can't remember the address. A quick search for 'open source rail maps' brings up a few different options that may be suitable.

 

[Skidderwolf]

rail atlas of great Britain and Ireland. by SK Baker. excellent index.

I think I see what happened there- it's Sheet Stores Junction (not Sheet Shores). I Googled on this- sheet stores rail junction and found loads, including for instance this document which 'tells' quite a lot about that whole area: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Trent-Junctions-Study-2019.pdf

The rail atlases that others reference are really good- you'll find lots to draw you in, and fill you in. I hope you'll find such will draw you out too to visit such locations.

I recommend the National Library of Scotland Maps where a search on Sheet stores will take you to old and modern maps of the area; you can zoom in.

Google on <real time trains> and input location <sheet stores jn> will take you to times of trains passing there.

Googling on <traksy> and searching on location <+ sheet stores> takes you here to see track layouts and train movements:

TRAKSY.UK

Live train maps and timetables

traksy.uk

Welcome to the Forum- lots of helpful folk on hand.

Thank Brian for correcting the location and the additional info. I do hope the atlas that I intend to purchase will do exactly that, get me out to these interesting locations.

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I personally prefer the bulkier Track Atlas of Mainland Britain, nicknamed the 'Quail', but both would be suitable @Skidderwolf.

Thanks htafc, will look into the 'Quail'

 

[===gricer===]

How about this?

OpenRailwayMap

OpenRailwayMap - An OpenStreetMap-based project for creating a map of the world's railway infrastructure.

www.openrailwaymap.org

Thanks for the link.
Also there is :-

https://www.railmaponline.com/index.php

 

[Skidderwolf]

This is great, thanks - plenty to get my head around

 

[BrianW]

This is great, thanks - plenty to get my head around

More for your head, maybe
I found myself drawn in by drone shots of the late Queen's funeral cortege on its route from the Wellington Arch to Windsor. On the A4 West Cromwell Road in the vicinity of Earls Court just before West Kensington District Line station it passes over a web of rail lines. This piece- https://anonw.com/2019/03/24/where-has-lillie-bridge-depot-gone/- and Google maps help make some sense of this complex of junctions- whatever they're called!
You're heading down a track (so to speak) where to mix metaphors you might get hooked!
A long way physically from Sheet Stores Jct but not without similarities.

 

[Mugby]

The simple answer to the Sheet Stores question lies back in the days of the Midland Railway who had a works there which produced tarpaulins for use on wagons that carried loads which required sheeting over.
The junction took it's name from the works which was almost opposite.