Trivia Items spotted while out travelling

[satisnek]

1) Stafford 2010 (now gone).
2) Redditch 2012 (don't know if it's still there).

 

[thenorthern]

I know this is on the road but until 2012ish there was a sign at the A38 M1 Junction in South Normanton saying "Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway".

 

[matchmaker]

Stirling Station still has the Caledonian Railway crest at the entrance! And until a few years ago, the words "Caledonian Railway Central Station" were clearly visible on the Central Station bridge over Argyll Street in Glasgow.

 

[BurtonM]

Manchester Oxford Road still has a BR flourescent light unit with 'Oxford Road' in Gill Sans all-caps on the light cover.

 

[lyndhurst25]

This one was at Keighley in 1984. I wonder if it's still there?

Above the entrance to Keighley station is a sign that still says "Parcels and Tickets". Also recently spotted at Skipton was a luggage trolley with "Regional Railways North East - Harrogate station" written on it. I wonder if they want it back?

 

[dave12435]

Dover Priory still has the RedStar sign under the arrows of indecision

 

[12CSVT]

This one was at Keighley in 1984. I wonder if it's still there?

Or do the 'Bring Back British Rail' campaign group have a branch there ?

http://www.bringbackbritishrail.org/

 

[Andyjs247]

For many years the light fittings at Duddeston still had "Vauxhall" inscribed on them. Not sure if they have been replaced as it's been a while since I've been there.

 

[thenorthern]

I think some trains on the Ellesmere Port to Helsby line still display signs saying "this platform to Hooton".

 

[61653 HTAFC]

I think some trains on the Ellesmere Port to Helsby line still display signs saying "this platform to Hooton".

At Deighton, the Huddersfield bound platform still says "This platform for Huddersfield and stations to Manchester Victoria".

 

[wheelnrail]

Ely station have baggage carts still lettered for Network Southeast, and allocated for Bishop's Stortford with lettering "do not move from Bishops Stortford". Right...

Do trains operate wrong-road frequently there?

They operate in the correct flow of traffic

 

[Ediswan]

The double arrow is the current official UK road sign for a railway station http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publications/traffic-signs-working-drawings/generalsseries/s38railwaystation.pdf

Would anybody prefer a collection of TOC logos ?

 

[swt_passenger]

The double arrow is the current official UK road sign for a railway station ...

I think the subliminal point being made about the one pictured above is that it's back to front, i.e. arranged for RH running, as per post #26...

 

[Ediswan]

I think the subliminal point being made about the one pictured above is that it's back to front, i.e. arranged for RH running, as per post #26...

OK, fair enough. It would probably still work on a road sign pointing up/down.

 

[Pigeon]

Ely station have baggage carts still lettered for Network Southeast, and allocated for Bishop's Stortford with lettering "do not move from Bishops Stortford". Right...

That could be a trivia thread in its own right: luggage trolleys seen farthest away from home, with bonus points for most complex simplest possible route by which they could have got there, and a triple word score if you actually know how they did it.

 

[507 001]

As you leave Bowker Vale heading toward Bury on the tram, if you look out to the left as you cross the road bridge there is a BR double arrow station sign.

The Bury line has been part of metrolink since 1992.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

That could be a trivia thread in its own right: luggage trolleys seen farthest away from home, with bonus points for most complex simplest possible route by which they could have got there, and a triple word score if you actually know how they did it.

I'm sure I once saw a trolley at Wakefield Westgate with "Not to be moved from London Paddington" on it, years ago. The weirdest though wasn't a trolley... A yellow metal trackworker's equipment case with a 'Highland Rail' stag logo on it... At Stocksmoor!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

I'm sure I once saw a trolley at Wakefield Westgate with "Not to be moved from London Paddington" on it, years ago. The weirdest though wasn't a trolley... A yellow metal trackworker's equipment case with a 'Highland Rail' stag logo on it... At Stocksmoor!

There is a persistent story from the 1980s of a "not to be removed from King's Cross" passenger luggage trolley being found at Kai Tak airport...

 

[BurtonM]

Nobody mentioned the Regional Railways sign at Man Vic?

 

[LAX54]

Used to be a sign directing you to Harlow Mill Station with the BR double arrow symbol the wrong way round

Of course the 'Double Arrow' facing the other way, was always for the Sealink Ferries

 

[transmanche]

Of course the 'Double Arrow' facing the other way, was always for the Sealink Ferries

It was correct on the starboard side!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Only on the starboard side!

Port side.

Starboard is the right hand side; in that photo the arrow is the right way round on the starboard.

 

[transmanche]

Port side.

Starboard is the right hand side; in that photo the arrow is the right way round on the starboard.

D'oh, you're right! I should have said it was correct way round on the starboard side. (Corrected now.)

 

[Cletus]

Dover Priory still has the RedStar sign under the arrows of indecision

That's gone now.