Would like information on these structures / items

[Adamw5433]

Does anyone have info on them?
When were they built?
Where did the line go to and from that it carried?
When was the line closed?


Shildon rail bridge

I noticed a rail bridge standing on its own in a field just outside Shildon.
You can just see it on the right over the hedge.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...=WoKoyWBvGLHsLnyDOclxeg&cbp=12,186.49,,0,5.18



Great Broughton

I lived in Great Broughton for a short stint, and wondered when this bridge was built and last used ect...

I know that the line used to go from the ECML and link upto Grosmont station, there is also a link that goes to nunthorpe and carries on.
It seems odd that the section from the ECML would be taken up, and the station at Battersby was left.

If the connecting line from ECML to Battersby had been left in place, it could have made a good diversion route. And could have been a very good rail tour route too.

The track bed is in various states, from Battersby station back to the ECML

There is a garden near Battersby that uses part of the track bed, again i don't know if someone has extended thier garden without permission.

A farm yard wich uses the track bed. (this may or may not be a legal use of the track bed)

A small collection of industrial units on part of the track bed.

The A172 crosses the track bed on the flat.

Another farm yard on the former site of Potto Station.
( http://www.pottostation.co.uk/ )
At the site of Potto station there is also spur that heads south
(not sure where this went)


We then run into the A19 on the flat and just beyond that a small residence.

Last herdal before the ECML is the 'Station hotel' which right on the ECML between Darlington and York

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...3,-1.144558&cbp=12,0,,0,5&photoid=po-12883723


Rolling stock near leeming

When i used to work at Lightwater Valley i passed these daily, anyone know who they belong to?

Class 47 and some Mk2s (used by now or intended for the Wensley dale railway?

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...d=w6QUanSAY-y9KdPUhJpPYA&cbp=12,45.77,,0,4.53



Adam

 

[jopsuk]

on the first one, hitting the "photos" button took me to this

 

[Adamw5433]

on the first one, hitting the "photos" button took me to this

Thank you.

Adam

 

[sprinterguy]

Rolling stock at Leeming: The class 47 is 47540, which is privately owned. The site in the google maps image is the site of the former Sinderby station, on the former Harrogate-Ripon-Northallerton line (Closed in 1967). The loco moved to the site in September 2003, along with a large number of mark 2 carriages (Several from Northern Ireland: Two in the image carry the NIR livery), with the mark 2s intended for eventual restoration. However nothing was ever done to either the loco or carriages, and in 2009 there was a pressing need to relocate them as they stood in the way of the A1 road widening scheme. All of the mark 2 carriages were, regrettably, scrapped (on site I think) during 2009, and 47540 was moved in May ’09 to the depot of Heanor Haulage at Langley Mill, and then to the Wensleydale Railway in September 2009, where, as far as I know, it remains to this day, out of use. The Google streetview image must be from spring 2009, as the site has been partially cleared.

Given the number of times I travelled up and down that section of the A1 between 2003 and 2008, I’m absolutely amazed that I never noticed this incredible spectacle.
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Great Broughton: The Picton-Battersby line, via Great Broughton, connected into the Northallerton to Middlesborough route. It would be a hopeless diversionary route: Speeds would be slow, and the connection at Picton faces the wrong way to be of any use to the once hourly Middlesborough TPE service (and any freight) that would use it, taking a lengthy detour through Battersby and Nunthorpe. Battersby Junction station was retained as it was easier than building a new spur on the Middlesborough-Whitby line that would avoid reversal at Battersby, as well as allowing the local communities around Battersby to retain a rail link.

If nobody beats me to to it, I will find some opening and closing details late on.

 

[PinzaC55]

Picton - Battersby was closed to passengers on 12th June 1954 according to my ancient copy of Ken Hoole's "Railways In Cleveland". Stokesley- Battersby survived for goods until felled by the Beeching Axe on 2nd August 1965.
There was BTW a goods line from Potto to Whorlton via Swainby but this closed in 1892.

 

[142094]

Shildon

Someone would have to check an old map but I think tehre used to be a line from Barnard Castle to somewhere near Shildon, possibly Bishop Auckland. Either that or the bridge was on a colliery line.

 

[sprinterguy]

Shildon

Someone would have to check an old map but I think tehre used to be a line from Barnard Castle to somewhere near Shildon, possibly Bishop Auckland. Either that or the bridge was on a colliery line.

The Barney Castle line, as survived until closure, diverged from the Weardale line between Bishop Auckland and Shildon. There was an earlier route directly from Shildon which is part of the course of the original Stockton and Darlington Railway of 1825, linking into the line which survived into BR days at West Auckland, which closed in 1858. It is on this line that the bridge near Shildon is located: On the Brussleton incline.

Picton - Battersby was closed to passengers on 12th June 1954 according to my ancient copy of Ken Hoole's "Railways In Cleveland". Stokesley- Battersby survived for goods until felled by the Beeching Axe on 2nd August 1965.
There was BTW a goods line from Potto to Whorlton via Swainby but this closed in 1892.

Yep, all present and correct there There was also a freight line south from Battersby across Farndale Moor which featured a stationary engine worked incline which went across to Rosedale Abbey and remained open until 1928. I've walked the course of much of this line, and if I remember correctly much of the engine house and incline head paraphernalia is still extant at the summit.

 

[swt_passenger]

Shildon

Someone would have to check an old map but I think tehre used to be a line from Barnard Castle to somewhere near Shildon, possibly Bishop Auckland. Either that or the bridge was on a colliery line.

Already answered in the earlier post by jopsuk, this bridge was on a rope hauled section of the original S&D, known as the Brusselton incline. Closed by the 1860s when a normal railway was built on a bypass route.

More info here: http://www.geograph.org.uk/snippet/184

If you pull back on Google earth until you get an overview of the whole area you can get a much better idea of the route, it extends right through the site of the Shildon works, I think.

PS I was still writing this up when sprinterguy replied with much the same info!

PPS - studying the Ordnance Survey mapping for the area, it would seem this early line heads off directly (north west ish then past Low Etherley) towards Weardale - I can't pinpoint it much further than that though it's always interesting trying to fathom this stuff out!

The Barnard Castle branch joins the earlier line's course in West Auckland next to the river, with a bit of a gap in the route where it must have headed off west to Barnard Castle. The route of the latter branch can be seen on the OS map joining the modern route south of Bishops Auckland as mentioned.