Railway gardens and little trains

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:11 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: billy the buffalo wrote: There was also a minature railway at Fulneck school and it appears that the tarck bed and tunnels are still there.They are at the side of the sports grounds if you check on maps live. MMm Interesting. What's the nearest road to the school do you know pls? Ah! Here we go - or has he gone.....

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:19 pm

chameleon wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: billy the buffalo wrote: There was also a minature railway at Fulneck school and it appears that the tarck bed and tunnels are still there.They are at the side of the sports grounds if you check on maps live. MMm Interesting. What's the nearest road to the school do you know pls? Ah! Here we go - or has he gone..... Ha ha. No i'm still here. Google earth is fired up and ready to go. I'm just waiting for a street name or i shall have to Google it to find out

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:23 pm

It's on Fulneck/Bankhouse behind Ashdene Crescent am i right anyone?

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:29 pm

billy the buffalo wrote: There was also a minature railway at Fulneck school and it appears that the tarck bed and tunnels are still there.They are at the side of the sports grounds if you check on maps live. Is it still a working railway do you know? I've found it on google earth anyway

Post by **chameleon** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:38 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: billy the buffalo wrote: There was also a minature railway at Fulneck school and it appears that the tarck bed and tunnels are still there.They are at the side of the sports grounds if you check on maps live. Is it still a working railway do you know? I've found it on google earth anyway You can smell the rubber burning off the bottom of his boots already can't you? Coooome on Phill, get yer torches out!Expect full gallery by morning. Ta.

Chris W · Post by **Chris W** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:42 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: Trojan wrote: When I saw the title of this thread I thought it was about model railways. There is (was) a scale model railway which is (was) steam operated behind the Unison building on Bradford Road at Tingley. I wonder if it's still there? Can't say i've ever heard of that one!It would be good to see some pics of it if anyone has. Ah yes, was it called Blackgates?? My parents used to take me there when I was a kid! It was brilliant, they had two tracks, one at ground level and one raised about 2-3" off the floor. You could take rides on the trains for 10p I think! You can see it on Google earth, Ill grab a pic if anyone is interested.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Thu 29 Jan, 2009 7:43 pm

chameleon wrote: Phill_dvsn wrote: billy the buffalo wrote: There was also a minature railway at Fulneck school and it appears that the tarck bed and tunnels are still there.They are at the side of the sports grounds if you check on maps live. Is it still a working railway do you know? I've found it on google earth anyway You can smell the rubber burning off the bottom of his boots already can't you? Coooome on Phill, get yer torches out!Expect full gallery by morning. Ta. It would be a novelty. I've never done a disused miniature railway tunnel before. I can see it has two curved tunnels anyway. It looks like there is even an air shaft on one of them I just wonder if its still in use.

billy the buffalo · Post by **billy the buffalo** » Fri 30 Jan, 2009 5:39 pm

Phil as far as i know the track has been lifted and has been for some years.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 30 Jan, 2009 6:00 pm

That's a shame. I can see the tunnels are still there tho. Worth takling a look at still.Cheers.

Post by **chameleon** » Fri 30 Jan, 2009 10:27 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: That's a shame. I can see the tunnels are still there tho. Worth takling a look at still.Cheers. Anyone else got this vivid image of Phill's feet sticking out of one end of this little tunnel and words of despair coming out of the other?