Missing Railway links from Church Fenton to Harrogate, and Leeds to Wetherby

[Squatch_11]

Soooo, chances of re-instatement look pretty bleak then! To be honest, without significant political and financial will, the chances of major pieces of work like this are slim to nil, and we all know that transportation schemes aren't the strongest points of our local authorities.....

[chameleon]

Phill_d wrote: Ok.. There is like a concrete culvert and drainage channel at the Quarry as well. That looks relatively new. That's one obstacle blocking the line as well. Is that at the old brick works Phill? I wonder if it's being used as a 'ballancing lake' to control the runoff from the area. Until the sewr was built, there was an embargo on building in Scholes because of lack of sewer capacity.BTW - have you seen Barnbow recently, going, going ....

[jan8]

chameleon wrote: Phill_d wrote: Ok.. There is like a concrete culvert and drainage channel at the Quarry as well. That looks relatively new. That's one obstacle blocking the line as well. Is that at the old brick works Phill? I wonder if it's being used as a 'ballancing lake' to control the runoff from the area. Until the sewr was built, there was an embargo on building in Scholes because of lack of sewer capacity.BTW - have you seen Barnbow recently, going, going .... - whats happening at Barnbow? I know Thorp Park are messing around at Austhorpe (opposite the Barnbow factory) but haven't seen anything actually at Barnbow.

[EmosLastKiss]

Yeah, what is happening..?I notice near John Smeaton Community College (lol, college XD gah! It's a high school! Not a college!! It doesn't even sound fancy! Well, back to our railway rant ;p) they are digging something on the grass infront of the rock wall/old railway bridge thing.I noticed a few days ago when we went to investigate ;DI went down where the tracks used tah be - It's not like how I remember it when i went down there in yr 5 with mah friend ... oh well XDIt makes me really want to ride my bike (has had a flat tire for years so probs too small for me now anyway -_-), so i can ride along it and pretend to be a train and see what it was like ;D lol.We went behind the icecream factory and all that near the old tank yard to see the current train track, but didn't stay long because we were like on private land XDMostly I wanna see where it connected to the current line, or well, you know what I mean XD hopefully. I think someone meantioned it on here ... where exactly is it?(that was long lol)

[Phill_d]

I think I understood your question there I hope your good at reading maps as I can't be bothered explaining in words. Basically the line was were the red dotted line is. The line veered right into Barnbow. Click the picture twice to view full size and your question should be answered lol.    

[EmosLastKiss]

Oooh XD Maybe I should go down there this week or something =DThanks for that ;DBut why did it go two ways? Sorry if you already said XD I seem to miss some things =/

[Phill_d]

EmosLastKiss wrote: Oooh XD Maybe I should go down there this week or something =DThanks for that ;DBut why did it go two ways? Sorry if you already said XD I seem to miss some things =/ One way to Wetherby passed the school and then the sidings for the tank factory on the right. ok?

[EmosLastKiss]

I think I understand that n_n'By the school do you mean John Smeaton, yeah?Sorry for my questions lol.

[Brunel]

Collingham Station ..Circa 1956    

[Brunel]

A view of Collingham Station just after the tracks were lifted.The old cottage to the south of the signal box is still there, it is known as The Plate layers Cottage.One of the streets opposite the cottage is Dewer Close, named after the last station master.