HORSFORTH SIGNAL BOX

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 12:04 am

I haven't seen an HST on that line for years! Mate of mine nearly got hit by one as it was tonking along at what is now Burley Park Station or the Halt for the Zoological and Botanical Gardens as I prefer to call it.

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 12:29 am

Cardiarms wrote: I haven't seen an HST on that line for years! Mate of mine nearly got hit by one as it was tonking along at what is now Burley Park Station or the Halt for the Zoological and Botanical Gardens as I prefer to call it. There's a London train from Harrogate daily seven days a week Cardiarms. Monday to Friday it stops in the mornings at Horsforth to take on the droves of commuters to Leeds who otherwise would be crammed literally like sardines on the DMUs Its a dramatic and pleasing sight to view from up here.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 12:53 am

I used to like the way they seemed to glide over the Kirkstall viaduct.

BIG N · Post by **BIG N** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 3:18 am

BLAKEY wrote: Its a dramatic and pleasing sight to view from up here. Dramatic and pleasing it might be to see Blakey, but they dont sound half as good as they used to when pulling away from a stand do they ?

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 10:23 am

BIG N wrote: BLAKEY wrote: Its a dramatic and pleasing sight to view from up here. Dramatic and pleasing it might be to see Blakey, but they dont sound half as good as they used to when pulling away from a stand do they ? Very true BIG N and I have to say that, as a passenger, I've always admired them for comfort and character. I'm afraid I've never been keen on the present electric stock, the ride quality of which can't compare with the 125s - I've always found on the electrics that you've a job to read comfortably as there's a constant "throbbing" movement in the seats and tables which makes holding a paper or doing a crossword nigh on impossible.

yorkiesknob · Post by **yorkiesknob** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 10:37 am

Hey Blakey, How long ago did the signal box disappear and the level crossing at the top end of the Queenswood Fields?Yonks ago I use to play on them , it was Beecroft St School home paddock.Always loved the sound of the Deltic's hauling the Yorkshire Pullman up the grade from Leeds. You could hear it and just about feel it as well . Before it even came into sight.Going back further I have memories of the steam trains going under the bridge at Burley Park. Getting covered in soot ,steam etc. Great stuff when your a yung' un.Oh did I mention the only stations or the like in them days, were linked to buses or trains. Not something you held in your hands , eyes glued to a screen and your backside on the armchair.PS ,had a few Sunday session's in the Queenswood club last November.My parents go there, so me and the missus tag along when we are visiting from Aussie.Deltic gathering pace through Armley heading up to Harrogate, not Pullman coaches though

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 12:10 pm

yorkiesknob wrote: Hey Blakey, How long ago did the signal box disappear and the level crossing at the top end of the Queenswood Fields?Yonks ago I use to play on them , it was Beecroft St School home paddock.Always loved the sound of the Deltic's hauling the Yorkshire Pullman up the grade from Leeds. You could hear it and just about feel it as well . Before it even came into sight.Deltic gathering pace through Armley heading up to Harrogate, not Pullman coaches though[IMG]http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk14 ... knob/28069.[/IMG] Hello yorkiesknob - Most interesting memories thanks. I think the signal box at Headingley and the level crossing went a long long time ago, before I lived in QD. I seem to recall hearing that two elderly ladies were killed on the crossing which prompted the provision of the subway instead - I'll see if anyone knows.That's a beautiful picture of the Deltic thundering through Armley. Not being particularly a railway buff, although I enjoy a constant interest in them, I always imagined that there would be a huge class of the Deltics. I used to visit London very regularly when the relatives were alive and I thought the Deltics really made light of the journey both effort and timewise, and I used to enjoy the trips. Then, when their forthcoming demise was announced, I became aware that there were only twenty production locos plus I think a couple of prototypes. Two are preserved and active on the wonderful North Yorkshire Moors Railway at Pickering including my favourite, for no logical reason, ALYCIDON.Strangely, only last night on TV on "Mastermind" one of the contestants' chosen subjects was "Railways in Britain in the Twentieth century" - one question which he got right was asking what make of engine powered these locos - "Napier" was the answer.

yorkiesknob · Post by **yorkiesknob** » Sat 31 Mar, 2012 12:18 pm

Blakey, Snap, the Deltic in the photo is the ALYCIDON.Keeping things real local, I I spent all my late teenage years drinking in the Duttons. Gone now.