Wartime Damage
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Caledonian
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Re: Wartime Damage
Kittybrewster (Aberdeen) was bombed a couple of times. First time the roundhouse was damaged along with a couple of locos, but all three survived. Second time the carriage shed got it and lost its roof - which was never replaced. A number of railwaymen were killed when a shelter dug into the embankment at the bottom of Belmont Road got a direct hit. I'm happy to say it was before my time but my late father, who actually lived at the bottom of Belmont Road at the time pointedly never spoke about the raid.
Stuart
A fool is a person who makes false conclusions from right principles; whereas a madman, on the contrary, draws right conclusions from wrong principles [Encyclopedia Britannica 1797]
A fool is a person who makes false conclusions from right principles; whereas a madman, on the contrary, draws right conclusions from wrong principles [Encyclopedia Britannica 1797]
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James Brodie
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Re: Wartime Damage
Sirs, there were still mouse holes in the fields along the side of the line from Northallerton to York visible upto the late 50s that is on the up line side, I can't say I noticed holes on the down side of the line on the way back (always too busy firing!) Did the farmers get compensation ? was this the reason the holes wern't filled in. That naughty man arranged to bomb our chippy as well!
Jim Brodie.
Jim Brodie.
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StevieG
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Re: Wartime Damage
There's a little piece just published [I forget whether it was in the current issue of "London Railway Record" (pub.'ers Connor & Butler), or the latest Great Northern News ('newsletter' magazine of the GN Rlwy.Socy.) ] about a bomb falling on the main line on Holloway bank, and penetrating the ground without exploding, that is, until reaching/near the LT Piccadilly lines tubes down below, thus breaching a tube and it filling with debris.
LT were by then apparently not unused to dealing with this sort of thing, but started wondering why it was taking much, much longer than usual to clear the detritus.
The LNER were also used to filling many bomb holes, but this one seemed to be taking an awful lot of filling ....
LT were by then apparently not unused to dealing with this sort of thing, but started wondering why it was taking much, much longer than usual to clear the detritus.
The LNER were also used to filling many bomb holes, but this one seemed to be taking an awful lot of filling ....
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Re: Wartime Damage
London Main Line War Damage by BWL Brooksbank, Capital Transport, 2007 has a complete list of incidents in the London area with some pictures
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manna
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Re: Wartime Damage
G'Day Gents
I like that one Stevie, wonder if thats the same hole that BR were still filling in 1970
just kidding!
manna
I like that one Stevie, wonder if thats the same hole that BR were still filling in 1970
just kidding!manna
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James Brodie
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Re: Wartime Damage
I like it..JB.StevieG wrote:There's a little piece just published [I forget whether it was in the current issue of "London Railway Record" (pub.'ers Connor & Butler), or the latest Great Northern News ('newsletter' magazine of the GN Rlwy.Socy.) ] about a bomb falling on the main line on Holloway bank, and penetrating the ground without exploding, that is, until reaching/near the LT Piccadilly lines tubes down below, thus breaching a tube and it filling with debris.
LT were by then apparently not unused to dealing with this sort of thing, but started wondering why it was taking much, much longer than usual to clear the detritus.
The LNER were also used to filling many bomb holes, but this one seemed to be taking an awful lot of filling ....
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Caledonian
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Re: Wartime Damage
Another obvious one is the Manors Goods Station in Newcastle which was hit fairly late on in the war and burned for a week. Being substantially made of reinforced concrete the main structure actually survived pretty well but according to my late father who was doing his basic mines training there at the time the whole town stank of burnt sugar.
Stuart
A fool is a person who makes false conclusions from right principles; whereas a madman, on the contrary, draws right conclusions from wrong principles [Encyclopedia Britannica 1797]
A fool is a person who makes false conclusions from right principles; whereas a madman, on the contrary, draws right conclusions from wrong principles [Encyclopedia Britannica 1797]
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Re: Wartime Damage
As built North Shields Station had a large glass train-shed roof spanning the cutting in which its built as well as an extensive range of cubby-holes and offices on either side. All gone now of course - and long gone before the Metro conversion - but when? There were certainly problems during said Metro works when some bits were reckoned not to be as stable as they should have been due to unrepaired bomb damage and I was given the impression that the re-arrangement of the roof and everything else was carried out by Mr Hitler's people, but I can't find any reference to this.
Stuart
A fool is a person who makes false conclusions from right principles; whereas a madman, on the contrary, draws right conclusions from wrong principles [Encyclopedia Britannica 1797]
A fool is a person who makes false conclusions from right principles; whereas a madman, on the contrary, draws right conclusions from wrong principles [Encyclopedia Britannica 1797]
Re: Wartime Damage
Regarding Locos damaged during the war
Apart from the A4 #4469 & B16 #925 at York and the WD 77337 in the Soham disaster
There was...
D52 #047 (M&GN) Damaged in Air-raid at Norwich Apr-1942, not repaired
J14 #7963 which had it's Boiler holed after hit by British AA shell during an Air raid Dec-1917 repaired (but not strictly LNER)
J17 #8200 Condemned after V2 Rocket hit at Channelsea, Stratford Nov 1944
That's all that I am aware of
Regards
Roy...
Apart from the A4 #4469 & B16 #925 at York and the WD 77337 in the Soham disaster
There was...
D52 #047 (M&GN) Damaged in Air-raid at Norwich Apr-1942, not repaired
J14 #7963 which had it's Boiler holed after hit by British AA shell during an Air raid Dec-1917 repaired (but not strictly LNER)
J17 #8200 Condemned after V2 Rocket hit at Channelsea, Stratford Nov 1944
That's all that I am aware of
Regards
Roy...