Burnham on Sea
Robert Lindley
Robert Lindley
Hi Keith, Please find attached photos of the approaches and Station Site of the old S&D Station at Burnham-on-Sea on Sea to add to my previous photo of the buffer stops. The signal appears to be a mock-up rather than an original, as is the Station nameboard, on the site of the original platform, but both a nice touch, along with the display board showing the original track layouts. Keep up the good work, Rob Many thanks Rob, You'll find the buffer stops in our S & D section click here.
Three cheers for whoever thought of remembering this long gone station in such a manner.
Three cheers for whoever thought of remembering this long gone station in such a manner.
Burnham on Sea. 8th November 2017. Copyright Rob Lindley
Burnham on Sea. 8th November 2017. Copyright Rob Lindley
Burnham on Sea. 8th November 2017. Copyright Rob Lindley
1982 First HST
Edinburgh to Penzance
Roger Winnen
Edinburgh to Penzance
Roger Winnen
The first Edinburgh Penzance HST stands at Platform 2 Penzance on the evening of 18th May 1982 Copyright Roger Winnen
The same train from the 'wall' at Penzance with the mark 1 sleeping car train in Platform 4. 18th May 1982 Copyright Roger Winnen
Penzance 19th May 1982 Platform 1 Copyright Roger Winnen
Dave Ambler of Liskeard and I are trying to date a photograph he took in 1981 of the Up platform lengthening works at Liskeard Station. We have established a date of June 1981 for the lifting of the Up Goods Yard -which provided the space for the extended platform, and, subsequently, a car park - and we believe that 125 sets began operating the NE-SW services into Cornwall in Autumn of that year. The work to lengthen the platform was clearly to accommodate the 125 sets, or so we would assume.
We simply can't pin down any precise dates, either for the introduction of the 125 services, or for the commissioning of the platform extension at Liskeard. Please could you help us with this conundrum?
With very best wishes and congratulations on the CRS website.
Kind regards, Alec Kendall Thanks for your query - we hope this answers it.
With reference to the use of vinyls on the front of an HST as seen in the pictures above one wonders who authorised the placing of these labels, it raises two issues. (1) Of safety, what if the vinyl started to peel off at speed, and (2) surely the application wouldn't have done the paintwork any good? A good idea through - the 'Heart Line'.
We simply can't pin down any precise dates, either for the introduction of the 125 services, or for the commissioning of the platform extension at Liskeard. Please could you help us with this conundrum?
With very best wishes and congratulations on the CRS website.
Kind regards, Alec Kendall Thanks for your query - we hope this answers it.
With reference to the use of vinyls on the front of an HST as seen in the pictures above one wonders who authorised the placing of these labels, it raises two issues. (1) Of safety, what if the vinyl started to peel off at speed, and (2) surely the application wouldn't have done the paintwork any good? A good idea through - the 'Heart Line'.
Blue Anchor
John Cornelius
John Cornelius
Copyright John Cornelius