LAST TRAIN TO KIRKSTALL ABBEY

liits · Post by **liits** » Mon 08 Apr, 2013 10:21 am

Croggy1 wrote: There used to be one at Temple Newsam, too. While no longer at Temple Newsam, the railway is still going strong.A link to their website is here...... [lots of great photos]https://sites.google.com/site/leedssmee/ourtrackAnd some photos of the Temple Newsam track here......https://sites.google.com/site/leedssmee ... alhistory1

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 10 Apr, 2013 10:07 pm

liits wrote: Croggy1 wrote: There used to be one at Temple Newsam, too. While no longer at Temple Newsam, the railway is still going strong.A link to their website is here...... [lots of great photos]https://sites.google.com/site/leedssmee/ourtrackAnd some photos of the Temple Newsam track here......https://sites.google.com/site/leedssmee ... alhistory1 Why on earth move over there?

liits · Post by **liits** » Wed 10 Apr, 2013 10:57 pm

I guess that as its inside the grounds of the power station, it wasn't prone to vandalism.There is another power station down near Nottingham that also has a similar society in its grounds.

Tasa · Post by **Tasa** » Wed 10 Apr, 2013 11:05 pm

cnosni wrote: liits wrote: Croggy1 wrote: There used to be one at Temple Newsam, too. While no longer at Temple Newsam, the railway is still going strong.A link to their website is here...... [lots of great photos]https://sites.google.com/site/leedssmee/ourtrackAnd some photos of the Temple Newsam track here......https://sites.google.com/site/leedssmee ... alhistory1 Why on earth move over there? Maybe they were offered better security on the new site and couldn't find anything better closer to the original site. I read about the history of the railway on their website and it seems as if they suffered from vandalism on the Temple Newsam site both in the early days and also when they tried to revive the railway in more recent times. I expect their main interest is in running their locos around a track rather than provide a tourist attraction (although that would be a bonus), so they can do without the hassle of arson attempts and lifting of tracks.I wish I'd been old enough to see the railway at Temple Newsam - I would have loved it! Edited to add: Liits posted while I was writing - we seem to agree about the possible reason for the take-up of the new site.