Abandoned Lines and Stations

A miscellaneous collection of photos of disused stations and lines throughout East Anglia. Much has changed. Some of the stations no longer exist having disappeared under housing estates and road improvements. Bridges and other infrastructure are disappearing at an increasing rate, although some of the Victorian architecture has been preserved. References used for dates and information unless otherwise stated, Forgotten Railways (East Anglia) R.S. Joby and A Regional History of The Railways of Great Britain Volume 5 by D.I. Gordon.
For M and GN information:- The Stations and Structures of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway. Two volumes by Nigel Digby.

Contributions to this album would be very welcome.

Other related sites:-

Berney Arms Web. Railways in the Great Yarmouth area. http://berneyarms.co.uk/html/yarmouth/rail/railway.htm

The Reshaping of The Stour Valley Line. The effects of the closure of this line including a photo gallery. http://stourline.co.uk

Disused Stations Site. Nick Catford's excellent resource.. http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/

Kings Lynn to Hunstanton you tube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyp3wBqCuvE

Video from 1961 of a class 31 at Rodbridge level Crossing, Long Melford. on the Stour Valley Line. http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/98971

Wisbech and Upwell Tramway. Film from 1961 http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/139644

Last Train From Aldeburgh. Silent film from 10th September 1966. http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/517

Highly recommended. Excellent collection of disused stations on flickr here:- http://www.flickr.com/photos/blue-pelican-railways/

Colour film from 1959 featuring The Cambridge to Mildenhall branch : http://lode.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/cambridge-to-mildenhall-line-2

Facebook:- Friendly Facebook discussion group here. https://www.facebook.com/groups/497395890391199/?fref=ts

Colour film from the last day of the Cambridge to Sudbury line, taken between Pampisford and Haverhill. 4th March 1967 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DflFQ3wuqY

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Soham, Cambridgeshire.

The scene at Soham on 2nd June 1944 when the front wagon of a Whitemoor to White Colne ammunition train containing forty, five hundred pound bombs caught fire and exploded in the station area. Both the driver, Benjamin Gimbert and fireman, James Nightall received the George Cross and LNER medal for their bravery in detaching the wagon and moving it away from the residential area of Soham. The station was destroyed and seven hundred houses damaged, but the town escaped devastation. Regretably, during the incident Fireman Nightall and the on duty signalman, Frank Bridges, were killed, and the driver badly injured. The view is facing Fordham. Image source. The Cambridgeshire Collection. Information source. A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain Vol 5. D.I. Gordon.

soham

eastanglianrailwayarchive
on June 23, 2014
The locomotive involved in the Soham explosion was W.D. 2-6-0 No 7337, a locomotive which later became known as Army No-400 "Sir Guy Williams" At Soham, the extensive damage caused by the exploding wagon included a massive crater and the destruction of the signal box. Despite this , the line reopened later the same day and the remaining wagons of the train involved eventually completed their journey. The wagon which never arrived at White Colne or rather what was left of it, remains to this day buried in the bottom of the former crater and undisturbed by today's trains passing a few metres above.

Darren Kitson. 20th June 2014

Abandoned Lines and Stations

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