RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 5 minutes ago, beast66606 said: There's 2 vehicles on the right which implies this is a reasonably large station. They look like Mk1 coaches. The van to the left of the crab looks to be in a bay. The platforms look too straight to be Crewe, but what about Preston? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, brushman47544 said: They look like Mk1 coaches. The van to the left of the crab looks to be in a bay. The platforms look too straight to be Crewe, but what about Preston? It's got wires, so not Preston. Also Has a glass sided footbridge of WCML 1960s style? What I thought were wires may be a scratch. Edited December 11, 2019 by TheSignalEngineer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Wolverhampton? It is a guess based on the route to/from Shrewsbury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Here is another of the misty/atmospheric variety. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 3 minutes ago, jonny777 said: Here is another of the misty/atmospheric variety. New Street Platform 10. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 No prizes for guessing where this is.... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 28 minutes ago, jonny777 said: Wolverhampton? It is a guess based on the route to/from Shrewsbury. I did think it may be Shrewsbury but couldn't match the platforms up. I think the stuff in the steam which I thought was a footbridge could be the end of an old overall roof. Possibly the clock at midnight gives a clue as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 I see what you mean with the girders in the steam. I think they may well be a roof span and it might be Shrewsbury while undergoing removal of the overall roof? I know the roof was taken down in the early 1960s, but not sure exactly when and Wikipedia seems not to know either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 (edited) Shrewsbury was my thought with the lit up footbridge in the distance above the parcels van being ‘the Dana’ that spans the station but as signal engineer says the platforms don’t match up (if it did the pic would be looking at plat 6 from the current platform 7 looking north) Edited December 11, 2019 by big jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 20 hours ago, jonny777 said: Here's another. As I mentioned, not wonderful quality but New Street has never been a place for good photography really. Think the collective effort has got there again! This is the best I can find... https://www.flickr.com/photos/133909440@N06/38189162562/in/photolist-21bDrxh-2edSWZJ-dRGDZW-BkNShb-roHL7q-25hPzZ2-Xj6FcH-2hmCQCe-YkpgiZ-2hj2LNN-qn4kGE-HGEvDb-2gMYzCh-2g8VYQe-ysp5bn-2gergAE-21n769N-Lm9V77-2gadkkH-ArfzDo-21zKVsj-ctwswQ-27BFphJ-qePPca-cnkHuQ-N5QJDM-2cnp8dt-tL41aQ-295Cgpy-Gti1N9-Ymf2v2-HaZ4SQ-TxZ1Xw-2bUKDBH-cnpdyY-JD8iXG-867XNj-2ea26LY-mLBrjX-e4QFiC-21UGdh1-hpaZry-ZWjeyx-J3JMna-bk6wra-867XAY-cEWPmy-4GUSv5-JsftRQ-rqxwNK 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 If we are thinking shrewsbury, here’s one of my pics taken from Severn jn box, I’ve marked where I recon it’s taken from and looking towards 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 I can't find a picture of Shrewsbury with a double column canopy as in the original picture. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 Presumably, this must be an original S&MR chair? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 11, 2019 Author Share Posted December 11, 2019 This one defeats me completely. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armchair Modeller Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 Possibly N Wales coast main line Llanddulas looking east towards Abergele 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2019 21 minutes ago, Armchair Modeller said: Possibly N Wales coast main line Llanddulas looking east towards Abergele It certainly fits 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2019 3 hours ago, TheSignalEngineer said: I can't find a picture of Shrewsbury with a double column canopy as in the original picture. found a video and grabbed a still, can’t find any pictures though 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonny777 Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 14 hours ago, Blandford1969 said: It certainly fits Good heavens, that is brilliant. Thanks very much. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 10/12/2019 at 19:26, jonny777 said: Here's another. As I mentioned, not wonderful quality but New Street has never been a place for good photography really. If you look carefully there is at least one more track between the two platform roads, so it can't be Shrewsbury (Salop). It does look annoyingly familiar though. Paul J. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium brushman47544 Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Swindon 123 said: If you look carefully there is at least one more track between the two platform roads, so it can't be Shrewsbury (Salop). It does look annoyingly familiar though. Paul J. Indeed. Also, the coaches/vans behind the loco are on a long platform not a bay like the van to the left of the loco. Edited December 12, 2019 by brushman47544 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, Swindon 123 said: It does look annoyingly familiar though. It does and when we find out where it was we'll all be kicking ourselves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swindon 123 Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 27 minutes ago, Swindon 123 said: If you look carefully there is at least one more track between the two platform roads, so it can't be Shrewsbury (Salop). It does look annoyingly familiar though. Paul J. I was right. It was familiar, annoyingly so. My submission for location is Chester, precisely the Crewe end bay platforms (not the ones on the island platform). The nearest photo I have found that seems to match the original is thus. Paul J. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 Annoyingly I also had Chester in my head but the other end of the station! well done, I think that’s pretty conclusive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 This one at Chester loks to be taken about 3 or 4 supports back from the original photo. Chester Station by Peter Hughes, on Flickr 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 We’ve had fun with Chester previously, but that was the bays at the other end. :-) Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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