Abandoned Lines and Stations
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
Melton Constable
Melton Constable, Norfolk. The station probably could be called the heart of the M and GN network. Hard to believe today, but in it's heyday it must have been a very busy and interesting location with lines coming in from four directions, together with the large engineering works, goods yard and engine shed. All in a very rural village setting. It's busiest time was probably summer Saturdays with holiday trains to and from Yarmouth Beach.
In the photo, the photographer is standing on the B1354 road bridge opposite the station entrance in B.R. days. Access to the 300 yard long island platform was achieved by a flight of steps down from the bridge. The view is looking east towards Norwich and Yarmouth. From the bridge, the extensive engineering works were to the extreme right, the goods shed and yard to the left (next photo}
Image. thanks to Norfolk Orbital Railway.
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