bluebottle Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Glamis – a small village in Angus, Tayside, Scotland; of considerable antiquity – there are many Pictish carved stones in the vicinity. There has been a castle at Glamis since the late 14th Century; the present castle dates largely from the 17th Century,. and has no connection with King Macbeth. It was the childhood home of the late Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Glamis Castle © Maciej Lewandowski. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lurker Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Sidcup - a station on the Dartford loop line - it's name is taken from the Middle English "Cettecopp" mean the "the fold on the side of the hill". Presumably the "copp" has a similar etymological origin to the "kop" of Spion Kop of Anfield/Hillsborough/Boer War fame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) Paso Robles in California and a stop on Amtraks Coast Starlight. Edited July 11, 2013 by roundhouse 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2013 Shenandoah TX (not sure if it's the one in the song or not) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 (edited) Holywell. Holywell is a market town and it takes its name from the St Winefride's Well. This is a holy well surrounded by a chapel. The well has been known since Roman times and has been a site of pilgrimage since about 660 when Saint Winefride was beheaded there. The well is classed as one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and the town bills itself as The Lourdes of Wales. Many pilgrims from all over the world continue to visit Holywell and the Well. Holywell had a station which was the terminus of the line up from the north wales main coast line at Holywell junction. Holywell Town was openened by the LNWR in 1912. The branch line had a 1 in 27 gradient from Holywell Junction to Holywell Town. Trains were worked up the line with the engine downhill of the wagons, which could only consist of two wagons and a brake van. The passenger service was push pull again with the loco downhill of the carriages.. The line was closed to passengers in 1954 and to goods in 1957. Holywell Junction station was closed to passengers in February 1966. A view to the buffer stop at Holywell Town station. As can be seen the head-shunt was not very long. It appears a that it would only hold the loco and one wagon. (I think that I have read somewhere that the line was originally going on further that Holywell). Rhyl & District Model Railway Club have made a 00 nmodel of Holywell Town station. Their website is:- http://www.penmorfa.com/rdmrc/holywell%20town.html Edited July 11, 2013 by andytrains 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2013 Leipzig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2013 Holywell. Holywell is a market town and it takes its name from the St Winefride's Well. This is a holy well surrounded by a chapel. The well has been known since Roman times and has been a site of pilgrimage since about 660 when Saint Winefride was beheaded there. The well is classed as one of the Seven Wonders of Wales and the town bills itself as The Lourdes of Wales. Many pilgrims from all over the world continue to visit Holywell and the Well. Holywell had a station which was the terminus of the line up from the north wales main coast line at Holywell junction. Holywell Town was openened by the LNWR in 1912. The branch line had a 1 in 27 gradient from Holywell Junction to Holywell Town. Trains were worked up the line with the engine downhill of the wagons, which could only consist of two wagons and a brake van. The passenger service was push pull again with the loco downhill of the carriages.. The line was closed to passengers in 1954 and to goods in 1957. Holywell Junction station was closed to passengers in February 1966. A view to the buffer stop at Holywell Town station. As can be seen the head-shunt was not very long. It appears a that it would only hold the loco and one wagon. (I think that I have read somewhere that the line was originally going on further that Holywell). Rhyl & District Model Railway Club have made a 00 nmodel of Holywell Town station. Their website is:- http://www.penmorfa.com/rdmrc/holywell%20town.html Croydon MRS built a model of this station but it was lost in the clubroom fire back in 1989. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted July 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2013 Now:- Hold on! Was that Leipzig, or Croydon? So, it's either Goodrington, or... New Cross Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Leipzig Nothing like Croydon. No litter on the ground! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) Gretna. Surprised we have not had Gretna before! Gretna, a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Because Gretna is located so near the English-Scottish border, Gretna and nearby Gretna Green, are linked to weddings because of the more liberal marriage laws in Scotland. (Bit like Vegas, without the gambling). During the First World War it was notable for HM Factory, Gretna, codenamed Moorside. This was a huge cordite munitions factory built nearby on the shore of Solway Firth. The factory was the biggest munitions factory ever built and went for 9 miles from Eastriggs to Longtown in England and was two miles across. The factory employed 30,000 workers, mostly women, who mixed by hand what they called 'devil’s porridge' of nitro-glycerine and guncotton into the cordite paste, and then loaded the cordite strands into shell cases. During the 1840s, three railway companies were building lines around Gretna and this ended up with 3 stations named "Gretna". The 1st was openened by the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway on 23rd August 1843, this station was renamed Gretna Green railway station in April 1852. It was closed on 6th December 1965. However a new station was opened nearby on 20th September 1993 and in 2009 a new second platform was added as the track was doubled. This station is served by the ex-Glasgow South Western Line. The other two stations were situated to the east of Gretna, over the border in England. Gretna station was opened on 9th September 1847 by the Caledonian Railway on its main line between Carlisle and Glasgow and Edinburgh and was closed on 10th September 1951. The North British Railway built another Gretna station alongside the Caledonian station. This opened on 1st November 1861 and closed during World War One. Edited July 12, 2013 by andytrains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2013 Achnasheen - think the name means something like' if it's not raining, it pretty soon will be' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) New Deer. New Deer is a village Aberdeenshire, Scotland situated in the valley of Deer. It was founded after monks from Deer Abbey, built a chapel at Auchreddie. The New Deer Show is held every year, this year at Craigieford Park, New Deer, on 20th & 21st July 2013. This two day show is held in July with a marquee dance on Saturday evening. The show is something a little different to the usual family weekend. The show is organised by the New Deer Agricultural Association. See www.newdeershow.co.uk Edited July 12, 2013 by andytrains Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CLARENCE Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) ROYSTON, originally in the West Riding, now part of Barnsley, West Yorkshire. The Railway Station was on the Midland main line, between Leeds and Sheffield. Closed in 1968. Royston is also on the now derelict Barnsley Canal. The old coking plant is, I believe, still working. Thames/Clyde express, Royston, 1951 Coking plant. Barnsley Canal Cheers, David. P.S. Sorry about yet another N! Edited July 12, 2013 by CLARENCE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2013 Noyelles sur Mer - mid point of the Baie de la Somme system Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted July 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2013 Ruthin, North Wales Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 12, 2013 Nowhere .... it's in Norfolk Near Acle on the Norwich to GT Yarmouth line http://www.tourofuk.com/england/Norfolk/Nowhere 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Edinburgh, need I say more. Dave Franks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CLARENCE Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 HAGGERSTON, Northumberland, about 6 miles south of Berwick, alongside the A1. A tiny hamlet and a huge caravan site, around the remains of a 14th century castle. Another N, sorry! Cheers, David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted July 13, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2013 Northwood. One of the smaller ones, just outside Cowes, IoW Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 13, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2013 Devizes in Wiltshire... Home of Wadsworth brewery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Sible Headingham, Essex....It is the Headingham without the castle or the Colne Valley Railway Preservation Society. Devizes in Wiltshire... Home of Wadsworth brewery My Father-in-law worked there as a trainee accountant before joining the navy in WW2. Edited July 13, 2013 by Clive Mortimore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 HAGGERSTON, Northumberland, about 6 miles south of Berwick, alongside the A1. A tiny hamlet and a huge caravan site, around the remains of a 14th century castle. Another N, sorry! HAG CASTLE.jpg Cheers, David Also, a Haggerston in London just north of the City. Nowhere near as pleasant as your Haggerston though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 (edited) Mintlaw. Mintlaw, which means a smooth, flat place, is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the A952. Mintlaw had a station which opened on 18th July 1861, the line running on to Peterhead which opened the following year. The line became part of the Great North of Scotland Railway and in 1923 was incorporated into the LNER. Passenger services on this line were withdrawn in 1965 as part of the Beeching cuts but freight services continued to operate to Peterhead until 1970. then:- Edited July 13, 2013 by andytrains 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 13, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2013 Witham, Essex........I lived there in the 80s. The station has some very unusual OLE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted July 13, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2013 Merthyr? No, I think we've been there before.... Lets try Mold Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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