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Thursday 23 February 2017

Night Photos of Wellingborough Train Station England 2016



Wellingborough Station In Pictures


long exposure b&w night photo of the front entrance to former Midland Railway Wellingborough, England, station
Wellingborough Railway Station Entrance 
   Photo: Charles Moorhen



Grade II listed Wellingborough Wellingborough railway station on the Midland Main Line, and built by the former Midland Railway, is situated approximately one mile from Wellingborough town centre in Northamptonshire.




Night photo of deserted late night platforms 1 (left) and 2 looking north at Wellingborough station, England 2016
Wellingborough Station Platforms 1 and 2 
 Photo: Charles Moorhen


Designed by architect, C.H.Driver, who was also responsible for the Sao Paulo railway station opened in 1867 in Brazil, Wellingborough railway station was opened in 1857 as a main line station - London St. Pancras is only 65 miles away - and for the branch line to nearby Higham Ferrers.

Known at the time of opening as Wellingborough Midland Road, the station originally boasted five platforms which, over the decades, has been reduced to three.  Two are used by the travelling public while the other borders a freight-only line.  

Platform five exists in situ but is weed-strewn and overgrown and all but one of its buildings have been demolished. Their is no public access to this platform.




By the time that Wellingborough Midland Road had opened, another station, Wellingborough London Road, operated by the London & North Western Railway, was already in use.
It had opened in 1845 and closed completely in 1966.  Sadly, nothing remains of the London Road station.  It was completely obliterated by road improvements to the nearby A45.


Night photo of one of Wellingborough railway train station's original leaded windows in the fabric of the Victorian goods shed on Wellingborough train station 2016
Wellingborough Station LMS Goods Shed Diamond-Shaped Lattice Window
 Photo: Charles Moorhen



Night PHoot One solitary passenger waits for a train seemingly oblivious to the beauty of the iron filigree metal work in this image of Wellingborough station platforms, England 2016
Ridge and Furrow platform canopy and filigree metal work on Platform 1 (upper left)    
Photo: Charles Moorhen


Wellingborough Midland Road and nearby Kettering were the first two Midland Railway stations to display their impressive ridge-and-furrow metal and glass platform canopies and finely crafted filigree metalwork.


Also on platform one, at the 'London' end so to speak, stands a small Grade II listed goods shed that has survived for well over a century displaying its original lattice windows - an architectural signature of the Midland Railway.


The interior of the small building still retains a wooden-plank loading platform and two manually operated cranes once employed for the loading and unloading of open-top waggons.

(A more descriptive blog post, with photos of the shed interior and cranes, can be seen by clicking wellingborough goods shed still survives).




Night photo of a late evening train service to London pausing at Wellingborough station headed by Intercity 125 unit Class 43006 2016
East Midlands Trains  Class 43066 at Wellingborough Station
Photo: Charles Moorhen


On the 2nd of September 1898, around 8.22 pm , Wellingborough Midland Road railway station became a scene of carnage and tragedy.

A railway porter's trolley being used for the transportation of mail bags ran out of control, rolled off the platform and ended up on the railway tracks minutes before an express train was due to pass through.

Despite desperate attempts by station staff to remove the trolley from the path of the oncoming train, time ran out.  The express collided with it at speed.
The crew of the derailed steam locomotive were killed as were five passengers when the coach they were travelling in disintegrated.  

In all 65 people were also injured.




Night B&W Photo of Wellingborough Station buildings on Platform 1 showing original leaded windows and roof canopy filigree ironwork 2016
Wellingborough Station Platform 1    
 Photo: Charles Moorhen


During 2005, Wellingborough station briefly basked in the glare of the movie spotlight when it featured in the film, Kinky Boots; temporarily renamed 'Northampton' for the location footage.

A British comedy-drama, the film was based on the true story of a family-run shoe factory, W.J.Brooks Ltd., of Earls Barton, Northamptonshire.



At time of writing (2017), East Midlands Trains operate train services at the station, and during the years, 2015/16, 0.969 million passengers have used Wellingborough railway station.



Photo: Charles Moorhen

     Commemorative plaque attached to the front wall of Wellingborough railway station.



Black and white night photo of platform 1 and main station building looking south 2016
Wellingborough Railway Station Platform 1 
  Photo: Charles Moorhen



long exposure night photo of wall of Victorian goods shed building brickwork and lattice windows with platform sign lit up making a dramatic contrast 2016
Wellingborough Station Platform Sign in front of LMS Goods Shed wall 
 Photo: Charles Moorhen


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Monday 23 May 2016

Pensioner Railway Enthusiast Photographed Every UK Railway Station



photo of railway enthusiast pensioner David Brewer, 68, who has achieved a personal ambition to photograph every railway station within the UK
Railway Photographer David Brewer at Dumbarton East Station





Former railway worker and railway enthusiast, pensioner David Brewer, 68, has recently completed a personal ambition that has taken him to the four corners of mainland Britain to photograph every railway station in the UK.



His target was reached when he snapped the 15.52 train from Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street passing through the tiny station of Manea, Cambridgeshire, on the 9th May 2016, served by Abellio Greater Anglia.

Speaking about his eight-year hobby, Mr. Brewer said that Redcar British Steel was probably the most difficult to reach.  The station, used solely by the steel works employees, has only two services a day and special permission had to be obtained to photograph on the site.



Redcar British Steel Station


So, is this the end of David Brewer's photographic travels?  Apparently not.  He is now photographing every station on the London Underground system.



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Saturday 21 May 2016

Rare Heritage Railway 'Thumper' DEMU Destroyed By Fire



Mindless Vandals Consign 'Thumper' DEMU To History


photos of rare former Southern Railway diesel multiple unit destroyed by fire in May 2016
Burnt Out 'Thumper' DEMU at Swindon Cricklade Railway






A vintage DEMU train, 'Thumper' number 1302, owned by the Swindon and Cricklade Railway and valued at around £100,000, was completely destroyed by fire in May 2016.



The 2-car 'Thumper', (so nicknamed by railway enthusiasts due to the noise the diesel engine made while running) DEMU, believed to be one of only three working units in preservation after withdrawal from Southern Railway service with British Railways, was parked up near the Hayes Knoll end of the line when the fire was discovered.

Dave Peacey, a trustee of the Swindon and Cricklade Railway, said: "It is completely beyond repair.  We are all devastated to say the least".





Three box wagons parked nearby containing electrical equipment were also destroyed.  It appears that the fire may have started in one of these and spread to the train.

The cause of the fire was investigated.  At time of writing the culprits had not been found.



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Thursday 30 October 2014

Comprehensive UK Heritage and Preserved Railways List, Links and Photos



Photo of Steam Tram 'Yvonne', shipped from Belgium in a poor condition and restored to its original condition by two railway enthusiasts, seen on the Northampton & Lamport Railway
Belgian Steam Tram 'Yvonne' at Northampton & Lamport Railway
Photo: Charles Moorhen

Locate Your Favourite UK Preserved Heritage Railway



Since the late 1960's when the last remaining steam locomotive clanked and rattled along the tracks to its fate at a scrapyard, and the age of steam had finally come to an end, interest in the UK railway preservation movement has increased in leaps and bounds bringing back the atmosphere of a bygone era.



For many decades past, heritage railways – such as standard gauge, narrow gauge light and miniature railways – have sprung up at countless locations across the UK, recreating the golden age of steam!

In light of this ever-burgeoning interest, the 'Along These Tracks' blog has published below a list, in alphabetical order, of over 100 'Heritage Railways' to be found throughout the UK.  

Wherever possible, the heritage railway name, address, telephone number and website address details have been provided. 

Please note: The illustrations used in this post do not apply to any particular entry.








photos and comprehensive uk heritage and preserved railways list


Aln Valley Railway:
Lionheart Railway Station, Lionheart Enterprise Park, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 2EZ.
www.alnvalleyrailway.co.uk

AmertonRailway:
Stowe-by-Chartley, Weston, Staffs, ST18 7LB.
Tel: 01785 850965.
www.amertonrailway.co.uk

Apedale Country Park, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs, ST5 7LB.
Tel: 0845 0941953.
www.avlr.org.uk

East View Farm, Stone Lane, Ashmanhaugh, Norwich, NR12 8YW.
Tel: 01603 404263.
www.ashmanhaughlightrailway.co.uk

www.alrs.org.uk/site

Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 4JL.
Tel: 01799 542134.

Bitton station, Bath Road, Bitton, BS30 6HD.
Tel: 0117 932 5538/7276.

Llanuwchllyn station, Gwynedd.

The Station Buildings, Barry Island, South Wales, CF62 5TH.
Tel: 01446 748816.

Barton House, Hartwell Road, Wroxham, Norfolk, NR12 8TL.
Tel: 01603 782470/722858.

Shackerstone station, Shackerstone, Leics, CV13 6NW.
Tel: 01827 880754.

Sheffield Park Station, East Sussex.
Tel: 01825 720800.

Bodmin General Station, Cornwall.
Tel: 01208 73666.

Bo'ness station, Bo'ness, West Lothian, EH51 9AQ.
Tel: 01506 822298.

Springwell Village, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE9 7QT.
Tel: 0191 4161847.

Pant station, Merthyr Tydfil, CF48 2UP.
Tel: 01685 722988.

Tel: 01379 686906.

Quainton Road, Quainton, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 4BY.
Tel: 01296 655720.

Remains of a British Railways concrete milepost still surviving on the Brampton Valley Way in Northamptonshire on the site of trackbed of the former Northampton to Market Harborough railway line.
Surviving milepost on former Northampton to Market Harborough railway line
   Photo: Charles Moorhen


Aylsham station, Norwich Road, Aylsham, Norfolk.
Tel: 01263 733858.

The Station, Park Road, Brechin, DD9 7AF.
Tel: 01356 622992.
Just off Llynclys Crossroads on A483, SY10 8BX.
Tel: 07527 107 592.
www.cambrianrailways.com

Chasewater Country Park, Pool Road, Brownhills, Staffs.
Tel: 01543 412121.

Chinnor station, Oxfordshire, OX39 4ER.

Wallingford station, Hithercroft Road, Wallingford.
Tel: 01491 835067.

Station Road, Cheddleton, ST13 7EE.
Tel: 01538 750755.

Castle Hedingham, Essex.
Tel: 01787 461174.

Station Road, Corris, Machynlleth, SY20 9SH.

Queen's Park station, Torbay Road, Paignton, TQ4 6AF.
Tel: 01803 555872.

Norchard, Forest Road, Lydney.
Tel: 01594 845840.

Derwent Valley Light Railway:
c/o The Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton Lane, Murton, York, YO19 5UF.
Tel: 01904 489966.
www.dvlr.org.uk

Devon Railway Centre:
The Station, Bickleigh, Tiverton, Devon, EX16 8RG.
Tel: 01884 85567.

Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ.
Tel: 01235 817200.

Downpatrick & County Down Railway:
Market Street, Downpatrick, N. Ireland, BT30 6LZ.
www.downrail.co.uk

East Kent Railway:
White Cliffs Colliery Line, Station Road, Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent, CT15 7PD.
Tel: 01304 832042.

Bolton Street station, Bury, Lancs, BL9 0EY.

Lakeside Country Park, Wide Lane, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 5PE.
Tel: 02380 612020.

Cranmore station, Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP.
Tel: 01749 880417.

Wirksworth station, off Coldwell Street, Wirksworth, DE4 4FB.
Tel: 01629 823076.

Warcop, Cumbria, CA16 6PR.
www.evr-cumbria.org.uk

Elsecar Heritage Centre, Wath Road, Elsecar, Barnsley, S74 8HJ.
Tel: 01226 746746.

Bolton Abbey station, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BO23 6AF.
Tel: 01756 710614.

Dark, threatening storm clouds cast a semaphore railway signal into stark silhouette
Semaphore Signal & Storm Clouds on Mid-Hants Railway
                                                     Photo: Charles Moorhen

 
Ongar station, Station Approach, Ongar, Essex, CM5 9BN.
Tel: 01277 365200.

Evesham Country Park, Twyford, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4TP.
Tel: 01386 422282.

Exbury Gardens, Southampton, SO45 1AZ.
Tel: 023 8089 1203.

Beach Road, Fairbourne, Gwynedd, LL38 2EX.
Tel: 01341 250362.

Harbour station, Porthmadog, LL49 9NF.
Tel: 01766 516073.

Caverswall Road station, Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent, ST11 9EA.
Tel: 01782 396210/259667.

Common Lane, Yenston, Templecombe, Somerset.
Tel: 01963 370752.

The Railway Station, Toddington.
Tel: 01242 621405.
 

Former Belgian steam tram 'Yvonne' stands next to signal box on the Northampton & Lamport Railway
Belgian Steam Tram Yvonne On The Northampton & Lamport Railway
                                                        Photo: Charles Moorhen
 

Great Central Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Tel: 01509 230726.

Groudle Glen Railway:
Onchan, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 670453.

Bronwydd Arms, Carmarthen, Wales.

Hayling Island, Hampshire, PO11 0AG.
Tel: 023 9237 2427.

Ford Forge, Heathesham, Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, TD12 4TJ.
Tel: 01890 8203170.

Trevarno Farm, Prospidnick Farm, Helston, Cornwall.
Tel: 07875 481380.

Iron Hill, Liphook, Hampshire, GU30 7LP.

Douglas, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 663366.

The Station, Haven Street, PO33 4DS.
Tel: 01983 882204.

Haworth station, Keighley, BD22 8NJ.
Tel: 01535 645214.

Dufftown Station, Dufftown, Barffshire, AB55 4BA.
Tel: 01340 821181

Next to Kempton Park Pumping Station, Snakey Lane, Middlesex, TW13 6XH.
Tel: 01932 765328.

Tenterden, TN30 6HE.
Tel: 01580 765155.

Clayton West station, Huddersfield.
Tel: 01484 865727.

Haverthwaite station, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 8AL.
Tel: 01539 531594.

St. Thomas Road, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 8DA.


Isfield Station, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5XB.

Heritage DMU stands at Alresford station on the Mid-Hants Preserved Railway


Page's Park station, Billington Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 4TN.

Ludborough station, Grimsby, DN35 5QS.
Tel: 01507 363881.

Gilfach Ddu, Llanberis, Caernafon, Gwynedd, LL55 4TY.
Tel: 01286 870549.

The Station, Abbey Road, Llangollen, LL20 8SN.
Tel: 01978 860979.

Woody Bay station, Parracombe, Devon, EX31 4RA.

Douglas, Isle of Man.
www.manxelectricrailway.co.uk

The Middleton Railway Trust Ltd., The Station, Moor Road, Hunslett, Leeds, LS10 2JQ.
Tel: 0113 271 0320.
www.middletonrailway.org.uk

The Station, Alresford, Hampshire, SO24 9JG.
Tel: 01962 733810.
www.watercressline.co.uk

Butterley station, Ripley, Derbyshire.
Tel: 01773 747674.
www.midlandrailway-butterley.co.uk

Station Road, Dereham, Norfolk.
Tel: 01362 690633.
www.mnr.org.uk

Brockford station, Wetheringsett, Stowmarket, IP14 5PW.
Tel: 01449 766899.
www.mslr.org.uk

Wansford station, Stibbington, Peterborough.
Tel: 01780 784444.
www.nvr.org.uk

Northampton & Lamport Railway Signal Box



North Gloucestershire Railway: (2' Gauge)
Rear of Toddington Station Yard, Toddington, Glos, GL54 5DT.
www.toddington-narrow-gauge.co.uk


Brampton station, Chapel Brampton, Northants. NN6 8BA.
Tel: 01604 820327.
www.nlr.org.uk




 
 
The Station, Sheringham, NR26 8RA.
Tel: 01263 820800.
www.nnrailway.co.uk

Pickering station, YO18 7AJ.
Tel: 01751 472508.
www.nymr.co.uk

Matlock station, Derbyshire, DE4 3NA.
Tel: 01629 580381.
www.peakrail.co.uk

Perrygrove Road, Coleford, Gloucestershire, GL16 8QB.
Tel: 01594 834991.
www.perrygrove.co.uk

Plym Valley Railway:
Marsh Mills, Plym Bridge, Plymouth.
Tel: 07580689380.
www.plymrail.co.uk 

Off B4248 between Blaenavon and Brynmawr.
www.pontypool-and-blaenavon.co.uk

Ravenglass, Cumbria.
Tel: 01229 717171.
www.ravenglass-railway.co.uk

Albert Edward Dock, Riversway Docklands, Preston.
www.ribblesteam.org.uk

New Romney station, Kent.
Tel: 01797 362353/6.
www.rhdr.org.uk

Royal Deeside Railway:
Milton of Crothes, Banchory, Aberdeenshire, AB31 5QH
Tel: 01330 844416.
www.deeside-railway.co.uk 

Rudyard station, Rudyard Road, Rudyard, Leek, Staffs, ST13 8PF.
Tel: 01538 306704.
www.rlsr.org

Rushden Transport Museum, Rushden station, Station Approach, Rushden, Northants, NN10 0AW.
Tel: 01933 353111.
www.rhts.co.uk

Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1BG.
Tel: 01299 403816.
www.svr.co.uk

Viaduct station, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2DZ.
Tel: 01795 424899.
www.sklr.net

Laxey station, Snaefell, Isle of Man.
Tel: 01624 675222.
www.iombusandrail.info/events

Midsomer Norton South station, Silver Street, Midsomer Norton, Avon, BA3 2EY.
Tel: 01761 411221.
www.sdjr.co.uk
 



The Station, Buckfastleigh, Devon.
Tel: 0845 345 1420.
www.southdevonrailway.org

Spa Valley Railway:
West Station, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5QY.
Tel: 01892 537715.
www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/

Steeplehouse station, Old Porter Lane, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, DE4 4LS.
Tel: 07769 802587.
www.steeplegrange.co.uk

Aviemore station, Dalfaber Road, Inverness-shire.
Tel: 01479 810725.
www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk

Tabors Farm, Sutton Hall, Shopland Road, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1LQ.
Tel: 01702 334337.
www.steamheritage.co.uk/museums-and-attractions/entry/sutton_hall_railway

Swanage station, Dorset, BH19 1HB.
Tel: 01929 425800.
www.swanagerailway.co.uk

Tadpole Lane, Blunsdon, Swindon, SN25 2DA.
Tel: 01793 771615.
www.swindon-cricklade-railway.org

Wharf station, Tywyn, Gwynedd, LL36 9EY.
01654 710472.
www.talyllyn.co.uk

Marley Hill Engine Shed, Old Marley Hill, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE16 5ET.
Tel: 0845 463 4938.
www.tanfield-railway.co.uk

Tarka Valley Railway:
Torrington Station, Station Hill, Torrington, EX38 8JD.
Tel: 07881 905260.
www.tarkavalleyrailway.co.uk/

Henllan station, Henllan, Llandysul, SA44 5TD.
Tel: 01559 371077.
www.teifivalleyrailway.org

Old Loco Shed, Bridge Road, Horsehay, Telford, TF4 2NF.
Tel: 01952 503880.
www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk/

Park Avenue, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 1PG.
Tel: 01970 625819.
www.rheidolrailway.co.uk

Harbour station, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9NF.
Tel: 01766 516000.
www.festrail.co.uk

The Station, Tremadog Road, Porthmadog, Gwynedd, LL49 9DY.
Tel: 01766 513402.
www.whr.co.uk/

The Station, Llanfair Caerinion, Welshpool, Powys, SY21 0SF.
Tel: 01938 810441.
www.wllr.org.uk/

Leeming Bar station, Leases Road, Leeming Bar, Northallerton, N. Yorkshire, DL7 9AR.
www.wensleydalerailway.com

Station Road, Hesketh Bank, Preston, Lancs, PR4 6SP.
Tel: 01772 815881.
www.wllr.net

The Railway Station, Minehead, Somerset, TA24 5BG.
Tel: 01643 704996.
www.west-somerset-railway.co.uk

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