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Railway location lists…. all the M’s

Any new additions to the lists covering the following regions have been highlighted in red and have been ‘tagged’ using  #  to aid your search; as ever if you have any questions please drop us a message or contact us via email.  Enjoy!

PLEASE NOTE: The updating of the lists covering railway locations alphabetically have historically, and for ‘operational’ reasons, lagged a little behind the regional or subject based lists. We hope that in time this might change, but in the meantime we are working hard to close the gap. 

Railway Locations MA – ME

  –  including first entries for Mablethorpe, Maesglas Junction (Newport), Maghera, Magherafelt, Magheramorne, Maidens, Manchester Oxford Road, Mandas (Sardinia), Manea, Manuel Low Level, Margate Sands, Marham, Marley Hill, Marple, Marsh Gibbon and Poundon, Marston Magna, Maxstoke, Maynooth, Mays siding (Swanley/Eynsford), Maze Hill, Measham (BR), Meole Brace, Mercer’s Crossing (Bricklayers’ Arms branch), Merstham Greystone Limeworks, Merthyr Vale Colliery, and Merton Park

A couple of the newer additions:

J179
Manorhamilton station, overall view, as the 11.15am goods from Sligo to Enniskillen crosses railcar B on a southbound service
26 Sept 1957

J363
Maghera station looking north; V class 0-6-0 No.13 shunting on right
10 June 1958

Railway Locations MI – MY

  –  including first entries for Middle Drove, Middleton (Manchester), Middleton Siding (Bitterley), Millersdale Viaduct, Mill Hill East, Millom, Milton Range Halt, Monmouth Tramroad, Mortimer, Moss Litter Co., Macclesfield, Mountain Stage, Mumby Road, and Musel (Spain)

A couple of the newer additions:

J494
¾ head-on view of 2-6-2T 5178 on the 10.15am to Newton Abbot at the platform at Moretonhampstead
17 Jan 1959

J660
Head-on ¾ view of whole train in J659 in the station at Middle Drove;  good view of D16 class 4-4-0 62530
19 July 1958

Where were these taken…??

This set of images that need a little detective work are all from Scotland specifically list SCS (South of the Clyde); there is always the possibility however that they are north of the Clyde! So come on all you Scottish experts help us with identifying these locations!!:

B165/2
An unidentified Scottish branch line station, showing footbridge, signal, signal box, platform and platform buildings, mainly white painted; no train; still in use, at least for freight

B235/3
LMS 2-6-0 42737 with special train Duty No.200 (but no headboard) at unidentified location in the Grangemouth area; prominent is a partly-demolished wooden signal box; no people in
view

B187/2
Unidentified station in Scotland with extensive freight sidings

B187/3
Steam-hauled passenger train ¾ view going away from camera on double track in Scottish city – possibly Glasgow

B235/4
LMS 2-6-0 42737 with special train Duty No.200 (but no headboard); ¾ view of whole train of three coaches passing goods yard of unidentified rural station

B258/7
BR standard 4-6-2 70009 Alfred the Great with lengthy passenger train at unidentified location which looks like a port; large building which could be a hotel in the background

Where were these taken…??

This first batch of images that need a little detective work are all from the North-East of England; I wonder if any of you very clever people out there can help us with the locations?:

3559
Unidentified station on the East Coast main line when still open for passengers and freight: staggered platforms. Cattle wagons in sidings on right; no train

3568
Slightly misty view of unidentified 4-6-2 with coal train at unidentified location on the East Coast main line

3640
View from overbridge of unidentified two-platform station with wooden platform buildings somewhere in the Newcastle electrified area with EMU arriving

3752
Tyneside EMU at unidentified location on double-track line

Introducing our railway locations lists…..

The updating of the lists covering railway locations alphabetically have historically, and for ‘operational’ reasons, lagged a little behind the regional or subject based lists. We hope that in time this might change, but in the meantime we are working hard to close the gap.  

Any new additions to the following lists have been highlighted in red:

  • Railway Locations I – J

      –  including first entries for Ilkestone, Ilton Halt, Imperial Paper Mills (Gravesend), Ingrow East & West, Inveramsay Junction, Irchester, Isham, Isle Adam, and Junction Road (on the K&ESR)

  • Railway Locations K

      –  including first entries for Kelmarsh, Kelvedon Low Level, Kemsing, Kentish Town West, Kettering, Kettering furnaces, Kew Gardens, Keynsham paper mills, Kidbrooke, Kidwelly Junction, Kilbarry (Cork), Kildwick and Crosshills, Kilfenora, Killamarsh Central, Killeshandra, Kilrea, Kimbolton, Kingsferry Bridge (Swale Halt), Kingskerswell, Kirby in Ashfield, Kirkconnel, Kirkham Crossing (Wooler), Kirklee Junction, Kirton Lindsey, and Konstanz

  • Railway Locations WA

      –  including first entries for Wallbridge Incline (Stanhope and Tyne), Walthamstow Hoe Street, Walthamstow (Queen’s Road), Wanstrow, Warrington gasworks, Wartle, Watchet Harbour, Watchet Quay (WSMR), Waterford Ironfounders’ Siding, Wattwil, and Wavertree Junction

As ever if you have any questions please drop us a message or email.  Enjoy!

New additions…. Christmas 2021

Any new additions to the lists covering the following regions have been highlighted in red and tagged with ‘#’ in order to aid searching:

As ever if you have any questions please drop us a message or email.  Enjoy!

New additions….

Any new additions to the lists covering the following regions have been highlighted in red and have been ‘tagged’ using  #  to aid your search; as ever if you have any questions please drop us a message or contact us via email.  Enjoy!

British Railways in Lincolnshire

A couple of the newer additions:

X25
The freight train for Fockerby about to depart from Reedness Junction with an REC party aboard including Frank Smith and Arthur Miall; view from brake van end, loco barely visible
22 July 1961

X551
Class J11 0-6-0 64419 head-on view as it runs round it’s RCTS special train at Winterton and Thealby, the then terminus of the cut-back branch that formerly ran to Winteringham and Whitton on the banks of the Humber
20 June 1954

British Railways in London (north of the Thames)

A couple of the newer additions:

X307
A gleaming 4-6-2 46229 leaving Marylebone with the Shakespeare
Limited; good ¾ view of whole train from elevated position

X487
Midland class 1P 0-4-4T 58072 with single coach train on a singleline branch; this loco was allocated to Kentish Town shed in 1948, which is around the time when this picture was taken. Any suggestions re location would be welcomed.

British Railways in Northumberland

A couple of the newer additions:

X228
Class G5 0-4-4T 67241 pulls away from Lambley station with a passenger train from Alston to Haltwhistle; good overall view from above with Lambley viaduct in the background

X315
North Sunderland Railway; 0-6-0ST Bamburgh with three-coach train at the platform at Seahouses; good ¾ view of whole train

British Railways in Shropshire and the Welsh borders

A couple of the newer additions:

X456
2-6-2T 5153 passing through Ironbridge and Broseley station with a coal train, with signalman on platform ready to collect the token, viewed from overbridge

X522
Royal Scot class 4-6-0 46114 Coldstream Guardsman arrives at
Newport (Shropshire) with the 11.25am Shrewsbury to Stafford local; near head-on view from opposite platform, showing whole train
30 Dec 1960

British Railways in Somerset

A couple of the newer additions:

X466
The collapse of Shepton Mallet viaduct on the S&D
2 Feb 1946

X46
Midland class 1F 0-6-0T 41706 ¾ view at Bristol

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