An interesting post by railway historian Anthony Dawson on his Facebook Page ‘On Historical Lines’ titled ‘Replication, Experimentation, and Re-enactment.‘ is shown below as a screenshot, but raised a question about the operation of one railway that is already ‘lost’ despite still operating until the very end of the 20th Century, and maybe slightly intoContinue reading “The Bowes Railway: Re-enactment of rope hauled railways”
Category Archives: Heritage Railways
Signalbox switching in at Hampton Loade, SVR
An interesting signalling video describing a mechanical signalbox being switched in at Hampton Loade on the Severn Valley Railway.
Thoughts on railways around Northallerton: Wensleydale Railway towards Whitby?
This blog post is entirely my own view, not those of any organisations mentioned, it is purely intended as a ‘thinking aloud’ piece. This was inspired by a recent Facebook post about the little used section of the Wensleydale Railway between Leeming Bar, Northallerton West and the interconnection with the East Coast Main Line (ECML)Continue reading “Thoughts on railways around Northallerton: Wensleydale Railway towards Whitby?”
