The LNER Encyclopedia

Can anybody help need pics/track plans of Hitchin around the 50s. I have a track plan of the late 1890s but could do with a later one. Realy do need photos of tation,Goods yard, etc. Any good books or web sites worth looking at.

Regards

Alan

Alan,

I have a copy of Great Northern Railway Engine Sheds volume 1 by Griffiths and Hooper which is published by Booklaw Publications. ISBN 1-8996248-8-0.

This book has a section on the loco shed arrangements at Hitchin with 6 pages. There are 9 photographs and the full track layout diagram for Hitchin station and environs.

There are two photos of the Stothert and Pitt coaler. If you want a kit for it in 4mm scale, I have one spare.

Colombo

Thanks Colombo but I am working in N Gauge. Just require the track diagram and photos. What year is the track diagram from

Alan,

The track diagram is dated 1947, which should fit in well with your 1950s date.

It is a good job you are working in N scale. You will still need well over 14 feet.

Colombo

Thanks for that, will have to now get hold of this book. I am planning a layout that is 19 feet long.

Phil Howard's new book, Take the Train from Hitchin: A Journey into Our Local Railway Heritage published by the Hitchin Historical Society in October 2006, £9.95, contains a mass of excellent information about Hitchin station, including maps and some track plans.