Guess the Station

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:05 pm

52A wrote:Is there a connection with the loco, 224, being moved there for a while?

Correct! Scottish crews were (perhaps understandably) a bit nervous about the locomotive which was lifted from the wreckage of the Tay Bridge; with rather macabre humour they christened her "The Diver". She was transferred to Reedsmouth (Redesmouth?) where the thick Geordies weren't too bothered about her history. Apparently the former station house at Bellingham, now a museum, has a brass plate made from metal recovered from 224.

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:46 pm

It seems to be Reedsmouth, but the village is Redesmouth.

Found these

and...
On 14 May 1927, Gladstone was displayed in Platform 12 at Waterloo Station together with the then-new 4-6-0 No E850 Lord Nelson. During the subsequent week it was available for inspection to members at Battersea Park Shed before being hauled to York, where, on 31 May, it was ceremonially handed over to the LNER for safe keeping in the old Railway Museum. Gladstone never moved to South Kensington as had been intended and, except for storage at Reedsmouth during World War 2, remained at York.

Anyone know where I could buy and old station in the local area? I'd love to live in one, like this interesting junction style.

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:02 pm

While we're on the subject of disused ex-LNER engine sheds, where's this?

52A · Post by **52A** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:15 pm

Crianlarich.

52A · Post by **52A** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:39 pm

Bradshaw 1938, NBR Volume 1, Br Sectional Appendix 1960, LNER map 1930, BR Handbook of Stations 1950 and all railway maps and gazeteers in my possession say Reedsmouth! OS maps back to 1964 say Redesmouth and River Rede, you pays your money and you takes your choice!

52A · Post by **52A** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:44 pm

OS maps back to 1964 say Redesmouth and River Rede, you pays your money and you takes your choice!

So do Microsoft Autoroute, Garmin Mapsource and Google Earth.

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:21 am

52A wrote:Crianlarich.

Yes, a pre-RETB Crianlarich.

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:20 pm

Any ideas on this ex-LNER terminal station?

CVR1865 · Post by **CVR1865** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 11:01 am

Thurso

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:30 pm

CVR1865 wrote:Thurso

Nope (Thurso is an ex-LMSR station).

52D · Post by **52D** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:14 pm

Another NBR/Tay bridge connection was the actual locomotive involved in the disaster was salvaged and worked in and around northumberland. I cant remember class or number but local railway men nicknamed it the diver.

Pyewipe Junction · Post by **Pyewipe Junction** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:26 pm

Here's another - sorry, no pix.

This station was served the main lines (both going to the same place) of two competing companies.

Trains of each company exited in opposite directions.

karlrestall · Post by **karlrestall** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 11:10 pm

Give us a clue Bullhead

North or South Scotland? Is it still standing?

Regards

Karl

52A · Post by **52A** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 12:04 pm

52D wrote:Another NBR/Tay bridge connection was the actual locomotive involved in the disaster was salvaged and worked in and around northumberland. I cant remember class or number but local railway men nicknamed it the diver.

Wheatley 4-4-0 No 224 built 1871.

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 11:19 am

karlrestall wrote:Give us a clue Bullhead North or South Scotland?

Somewhere in the middle, I suppose.

karlrestall wrote:Is it still standing?

Yes - it's still standing, and still open for rail traffic. To make things ultra-easy, it once boasted a loco depot but there's now a supermarket on the site.

The LNER Encyclopedia

Guess the Station

Tay bridge/Northumberland/Reedsmouth

Re: Tay bridge/Northumberland/Reedsmouth