The renovated Yarmouth Station on the Isle of Wight is now a popular café and bistro on the railway path from Thorley Bridge to Freshwater. 2015 (Brian Loughlin)
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Gallery Group – Lundy Island
North Light Tramway on Lundy, a rocky outcrop which stands in the Bristol Channel about 10 miles north of the Devon coast. The island is about 3½ miles from north to south, and ½ mile across. Lundy’s northern lighthouse and a pair of rails from the tramway which we believe was used to transport building […]
Gallery Group – Isle of Man
Ballaugh goods shed on the Isle of Man was opened officially in 2014 after restoration as a heritage centre. The former railway ran across the front of the picture, from left to right. 2014 (Neil Hebborn) This is a typical overbridge on the route, and its diminutive proportions reflect the Isle of Man Railway’s 3 […]
Gallery Group – Outside UK
La Belle France and the once extensive narrow gauge network which centred on Carhaix in Brittany. This bridge over the River Aulne, formerly used by narrow gauge trains, is now part of a multi-use trail based on the trackbed.. 2010 (John Fisher) Vias Verdes, Spain. Like all European countries, Spain has suffered its share of […]
Gallery – Gem viaduct under construction
These pictures below show Gem viaduct in Dartmoor under construction. It was opened officially in 2012. This was the scene at the site of the new Gem Bridge in January 2011. The slope down from the trackbed (constructed by DCC) can be clearly seen, as can the temporary, low level bridge over the River Walkham. […]
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
The Somerset & Dorset Railway between Shillingtone and Stourpaine & Durweston. In October 2010, the long-demolished Hodmoor bridge over the River Stour north west of Stourpaine was finally replaced – at a cost in excess of £300,000 – thus enabling the North Dorset Trailway to link Sturminster Newton with Stourpaine Walkers, cyclists and horse riders gather […]
Gallery Group – Eastern
Gedney Station photographed in 2009, was situated on the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway’s line from Little Bytham to Melton Constable, where branches fanned out to Cromer, Great Yarmouth and Norwich City (Alan Simpson) Louth station as it appeared in 1989. Fortunately, this building (the finest on the line) was Grade II listed, but […]
Gallery Group – Yorkshire
Thornton Viaduct near Keighley in west Yorkshire, situated on the former line from Keighley to Queensbury. (Graeme Bickerdike) Thurgoland Tunnel on the former Great Central line from Penistone to Wortley Junction – now part of NCN6, the Trans Pennine Trail (Richard Lewis) The western end of Earlsheaton Tunnel (Peter Martin) The eastern portal of Earlsheaton […]
Gallery Group – North East
Lambley Viaduct viewed from the south, i.e. heading from Alston to Haltwhistle. Described as ‘one of the most impressive railway viaducts anywhere on the Tyne’, this huge Victorian engineering feat consists of 13 spans rising to 100 ft. It was built in 1852 and restored in 1996 by the North Pennines Heritage Trust (NPHT), which […]
Gallery Group – Midlands
Bennerley Viaduct at Awsworth (near Nottingham), which carried the Great Northern Railway’s line from Awsworth to Ilkeston over both the Erewash Valley, and the Midland Railway’s Erewash Valley line. The viaduct is to open again in Spring 2022 carrying a cycle pathway (Bob Prigg) A view of the main station buildings at Alton Towers from […]
Gallery Group – Ireland
This Cahirsiveen Viaduct in the Republic of Ireland. This viaduct is situated in County Kerry and used to carry a branch of the Great Southern & Western Railway from Tralee to Valentia Harbour. September 2005. (Bob Prigg) Placeholder
Gallery Group – South
A lovely study of the north viaduct at Wickham Bishops, Essex looking upstream. It’s a miracle that these viaducts survived at all. The line closed in September 1964, and these timber structures then spent 31 years without any maintenance whatsoever. September 2005. (Brian Eley) The Hayling Island branch looking north from the embankment that led […]
Gallery Group – Scotland
The Spey Viaduct, Moray, now part of the National Cycle Network. The fixings for the railway telegraph wires can be seen either side of the main span (Bob Prigg) The main line through Killin Junction ran from Callander to Crianlarich. The 12 arch Glen Ogle Viaduct now carries a high quality cycle trail. May 2006. […]
Gallery Group – South West
Slade Tunnel on the LSWR branch line from Barnstaple Junction to Ilfracombe (Jane Ellis) The West Somerset Mineral Railway linked various iron ore mines on the Brendon Hills with the port of Watchet on the Bristol Channel. The trackbed includes this dramatic cutting between the foot of Comberow Incline and Roadwater. The trackbed here is […]
Gallery Group – North West
Gallery Group – Wales
Members of our Yorkshire Group enjoying a walk along the abandoned trackbed of the Ffestiniog Railway (Jane Ellis) Penmaenmawr (literally ‘Great Stone Head’) on the north Wales coast is littered with tramways and inclines associated with the area’s former quarrying industry. In places, the infrastructure has simply been abandoned and left to rust, as can […]
Gallery 5 – Sep 1996 – Yorkshire area Walks
Members of our Yorkshire area enjoying a walk along the abandoned trackbed of the Ffestiniog Railway near Ddualt. This section of the line was abandoned when the railway’s original route into Bleanau Ffestiniog was submerged beneath Tanygrisiau Reservoir. (Jane Ellis) Yorkshire branch members on the ‘Leeds New Line’ walk on 22nd September 1996. The location […]
Gallery 2 – June 2002 – General
Gallery 26 – July 2007 – The Churnet Valley Line.
Most of the photographs on this page were taken by Bob Prigg on a walk along the scenic Churnet Valley line in Staffordshire. This branch featured some very notable architecture, and has been revived between Cheddleton and Kingsley & Froghall by the Churnet Valley Railway. Our final picture from the Caledonian Railway’s Leith North branch […]
Gallery 21 – March 2007 – Celtic Connections.
The photographs on this page were taken by Bob Prigg in north Wales and Cornwall; member Ralph Rawlinson describes them as some of the best that Bob has taken. This page is slightly longer than others in this gallery, since we wanted to present them as a coherent set; apologies, therefore, if it takes a […]