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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 31 October 2013, 19:40:07
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480955/The-perfect-home-railway-fan-19th-century-train-station-left-untouched-closure-Dr-Beechings-cuts-1965-goes-sale-complete-platform-waiting-room-ticket-office.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2480955/The-perfect-home-railway-fan-19th-century-train-station-left-untouched-closure-Dr-Beechings-cuts-1965-goes-sale-complete-platform-waiting-room-ticket-office.html)
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A wonderful piece of railway history which would make a great home.
My only problem would be raising £420K, although it would be worth every penny! I would however need another £2 million to lay some track and have a restored engine and coaches at the platform.....................then another £5 million to lay ten miles of track and really play trains!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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Someone needs to give Pete waterman a shout,he could buy that with his loose change.lovely station :y
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just wow
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Great spot
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I would love to have a 1965 Garage, complete with cars for sale etc, like that........ :y :y
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A wonderful piece of railway history which would make a great home.
My only problem would be raising £420K, although it would be worth every penny! I would however need another £2 million to lay some track and have a restored engine and coaches at the platform.....................then another £5 million to lay ten miles of track and really play trains!! ::) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
Fear not missus ... I'll sort that! 8)
Now ... where's my cheque book? ... ::)
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Let's just hope it's not purchased by developers and the history lost.
Looks like a lovely place.
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Blimey, there is a lot of work there to keep it (and is a bit behind what needs doing).
I note that some of the signal levers are circumsized hinting at possible electric operation.
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Just a pity it's in the middle of nowhere , probably closer to Edinburgh than Newcastle
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Just a pity it's in the middle of nowhere , ...
That'd suit me fine! ;) ;)
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Blimey, there is a lot of work there to keep it (and is a bit behind what needs doing).
I note that some of the signal levers are circumsized hinting at possible electric operation.
The height of the levels were often dictated by the length of the cable to the points especially, but also the signal posts. Pulling mechanically, and I doubt there was any form of electrical assistance in this rural box, to move points or signals, plus the cable length itself, hundreds of yards from the box took great effort and thus required the extra leverage afforded by the longer levers. You will note indeed that the levers that are truncated compared to the large ones are for points and signals within a short distance of the box as shown on their description plates. :) :)