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when googling maps i came across the table at aberdeen,in semi derelict condition still appears to be rail connected then i wondered how many more are still in network rail ownershipand what their status is .
1,aberdeen[disused]
2,heaton,[working]
3,darlington,[looks disconnected]
4,scarborugh,[?]
5,their is one just north of k.x[?]
6,old oak common[?]

There is one at Swindon, too. However it's disconnected, but, renovated (not sure who owns it).

Malcolm

Scarborough is in use throughout the year for steam specials.
Has also been used for turning On Track Plant such as Tampers.

Neville Hill Depot Leeds used for turning Power Cars and other rolling stock

Fort William?

I just looked on Google Maps and it is still there. Doesn't look to be in great condition - but the running tracks don't look great in the aerial imagery either!


Richard

I think that the one at Old Oak Common is still in use, albeit for preserved use.

Keith

Deltic18 wrote:I think that the one at Old Oak Common is still in use, albeit for preserved use.

The OOC site has/is being cleared ready for redevelopment.

The one at Yeovil Junction is presumably still there? It was used for turning steam locos that worked specials down the SW main line, while engines that had worked down to Weymouth had to run light back to Y. Jct. to turn there before their return workings.

Flamingo wrote:The one at Yeovil Junction is presumably still there? It was used for turning steam locos that worked specials down the SW main line, while engines that had worked down to Weymouth had to run light back to Y. Jct. to turn there before their return workings.

Yes, it was a there a few weeks ago anyway.

Does anyone know if you can get anywhere near (without trespassing obviously),the turntable at Scarborough?Thought it might make a different photo if i could get one.The "Spa Express" season starts in a couple of weeks,so locations are utmost in my mind at the mo!

In the 1980s when the SSE's first ran it certainly used to be possible to photograph at the Scarborough turntable from a road or whatever it was that overlooked the site. Mind you I haven't been there in about 20 years so things might have changed.