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Rob Bell explores the era when our modern railways were born in the industrial heartlands of the North-East, where for over 150 years coal was king. Visiting former collieries, living museums and meeting former miners, he tells the story of the 1822 Hetton line, the world's first railway designed for steam locomotives.
At the time, the West Midland Railway introduced a bill seeking to lease the line and extend it to meet the B&M, [14] but the London and North Western Railway had stolen a march by building up friendly relations with the Merthyr, Tredegar and Abergavenny company, having provided it with assistance during construction. [15]
A night-time track walk along forgotten District line stations St Mary's and Aldgate East, and disused parts of Oxford Circus. 6 23 August 2021 Clapham Clapham South deep level air raid shelter used during the Second World War and the remains of the Greathead tunnelling shield at Moorgate. At the depot, they discover an original London ...
Catesby Tunnel is a disused railway tunnel in Northamptonshire on the route of the former Great Central Main Line. Its northern portal is about 1,100 yards (1,000 m) south of Catesby Viaduct and 250 yards (230 m) west of Upper Catesby , with the tunnel ending at Charwelton to the south.
The Architecture the Railways Built is a British factual documentary series presented by the historian Tim Dunn, first broadcast in the United Kingdom from 28 April 2020 on Yesterday. Each episode explores railway sites across the UK and Europe, including historical, abandoned, modern and future elements.
The second (1993–c.2000) stretched approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west from the museum building on Foyle Road. The current owners of the museum have tentative plans to reopen the railway. Shane's Castle Railway was a tourist railway in the grounds of the castle which used preserved narrow gauge steam locomotives. It was 1.5 miles (2.4 ...
Railways of the Lake Counties. Clapham, via Lancaster: Dalesman Publishing. ISBN 0-85206-200-1. McGowan Gradon, W. (2004) [1952]. The Track of the Ironmasters: A History of the Cleator and Workington Junction Railway. Grange-over-Sands: Cumbrian Railways Association. ISBN 0-9540232-2-6. Marshall, John (1981). Forgotten Railways: North West England.
Didcot Railway Centre By 2015 a few, such as Denham Golf Club , survived in ordinary use. Some survived on preserved railways and others have been erected as new builds on such lines [ 48 ] [ 49 ] At least one has been rescued from a derelict site and installed on a preserved railway, at Donniford Halt on the West Somerset Railway . [ 50 ]