South of 1E Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 cant be many 20's on passenger turns on the Nuneaton-Coventry branch i suppose, heres 20147 at Coventry after dragging 86249 from Nuneaton on the 1246 Holyhead - Euston, the 86 working the train forward. the WCML was blocked between Nuneaton and Rugby due a fire on 81018 on 180985 NR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott B Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 When railways were railways and they kept the trains moving. Not the "this train will terminate here" or "kick the punters off onto a bus" excuse we get nowadays. Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NXEA! Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 cant be many 20's on passenger turns on the Nuneaton-Coventry branch i suppose, heres 20147 at Coventry after dragging 86249 from Nuneaton on the 1246 Holyhead - Euston, the 86 working the train forward. the WCML was blocked between Nuneaton and Rugby due a fire on 81018 on 180985 NR Brilliant! What a photo, single 20 as well! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted November 22, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2013 My Lords thats a monster move and a half wish I knew about that at the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestburyJack Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 My dad has just told me that the signal box at Coundon Road has been 'removed' - not sure if it was demolished or dismantled - does anyone know what has happened to it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Yes, it appears to have been dismantled, will have to go the long way to work tonight to check. http://forum.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/forum-posts.php?id=28203&show_cats=all You can't save everything, as they say. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Yes, it appears to have been dismantled, will have to go the long way to work tonight to check. http://forum.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/forum-posts.php?id=28203&show_cats=all You can't save everything, as they say. Interesting read!! cheers neil.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The signalbox up Blackhorse Road has also gone..... Here's a link to 37401 creeping away from Three Spires Yard...... http://www.flickr.com/photos/58806173@N08/7916813904/in/photolist-d4zJXs-d4zFHu-d4zGPC-d4zHN7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Coundon Road box... http://www.flickr.com/photos/58806173@N08/8183193156/in/photolist-dt81eb-dt7YkU-dt7ZV1-dt7ZfU-9ZKtNc-9rUYLm Hawkesbury Lane... http://www.flickr.com/photos/58806173@N08/5544103324/in/photolist-9rUYLm-f3qA4V-dt7YRL-9Go6S2-9Go8LR-9rS1Dc-fZLejX-e1fSdS-ddrN79-ddrLNA-ddrMaT-adVyKR-a49LDc-a4cBFQ-a49Kg8-a4czWJ-9q1FRj-a1bks3-9qqpwX-fxHSDk-dpQhiF-dUqP1W-f3qzD8-9XZhD3-asUUnR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Yes, it appears to have been dismantled, will have to go the long way to work tonight to check. http://forum.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/forum-posts.php?id=28203&show_cats=all You can't save everything, as they say. Interesting read!! cheers neil.. I'm guessing "Ron" on that forum might be a local photographer of the same name, I'll have to register to have a look at his other posts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted February 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2014 I do believe Ron lives literally around the corner from me we spoke for a while fairly recently at Canley whilst taking some photographs a really nice chap and a wealth of information regarding railways around Coventry. As for the demolition of Coundon Rd and Hawkesbury Lane it's such a shame as I've had several members of my family work in them and I'll miss them both as i work the services along the branch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 25, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2014 The signalbox up Blackhorse Road has also gone..... Here's a link to 37401 creeping away from Three Spires Yard...... http://www.flickr.com/photos/58806173@N08/7916813904/in/photolist-d4zJXs-d4zFHu-d4zGPC-d4zHN7 Presumably that was some sort of railtour (headboard and coaches visible!)? Keith Edit: spotted it was a Pathfinder tour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestburyJack Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 How the crossing looked in 1980... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted February 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2014 At least Carbodies is still there.Just. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestburyJack Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 And a shot taken (with permission - and why didn't I visit more often?!) from inside the box: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted February 25, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2014 Brilliant! Great shots of the 25s - lovely to see, just as I remember the place when I used to cycle up to Coundon Road in the early 80s as a teenager... cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
big T Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Presumably that was some sort of railtour (headboard and coaches visible!)? Keith Edit: spotted it was a Pathfinder tour. Hi Keith, I think it was the last train to work the branch. (I'm sure this was after the water train finished) Thanks Trev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted February 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2014 Yes Trev it was the last train up the branch sadly. I've heard so many rumours that it could be revived but nothing has come of it as yet shame really as DIRFT Daventry now has the water traffic from the channel tunnel. Cheers Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leekman Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Have just come back in and was held up by DR73309 going across the crossing at Wheelwright Lane heading towards Prologis Park. Does anyone know if it is just a one off routine maintenance visit or is there some more traffic in the offing? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott B Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I am wondering the same. It was dropped off the back of an Allelys low loader this morning. A few palisade fence sections have been removed from the end of the car park opposite the Arena. The lorry reversed through and onto the tracks at about 0930 this morning. The tamper then spent the rest of the morning up till lunch tamping up and down the section of line between Three Spires Jnct & the bridge over Hen Lane. It disappeared from view out of the office window after lunch but the fence panels have not been replaced so obviously not finished its job as yet. I presume there is currently no access to the branch at Three Spires Jnct, hence it being roaded in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted April 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2014 I presume there is currently no access to the branch at Three Spires Jnct, hence it being roaded in. It's still signalled as you can see the red light from Lythall's Lane bridge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 It's still signalled as you can see the red light from Lythall's Lane bridge. The signalling may still be intact and working, even if the track is out of use; I've seen cases where signals have been left, even when track has been lifted. The reason is to avoid having to modify the interlocking. I suspect that, in this case, if the points have not been used for a certain period of time, they would have to be properly recommissioned; I believe this happened during the Manchester South resignalling at Stockport. 'Platform 0' rings a distant bell- doubtless someone on here will know the precise details. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold CovDriver Posted April 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2014 The points to go up the Pro-logis branch are clipped and locked I can confirm this as I was on the Nuneaton shuttle all morning 14 times i stopped at Bedworth!! And as far as I know Three spires box is no longer operable since control of the line was moved over to the work stations in the Saltley signalling centre. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott B Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Suspected as much Cov Guard. Thanks for clarifying. Re Three Spires box being non operable, I suspect you are right on that score as didn't it get "torched" by the local riff raff. Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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