Thank you for the walking tour this day. Overcast but not a steady rain. Appreciate the time involved this these, Paul. Enjoy your weekend and the week ahead. See you on the next. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🙂🙂👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
My uncle Bernard was stationed at RAF skellingthorpe during WWII. He flew his last mission from there in 1944. It's been moving to see the remains of the station he would have used. Thank you ❤
Even though I have no connections with these places, I really enjoyed the walk along the old lines, especially the attention to detail like the concrete signal poles.
That’s sunny Chilvers crossing to cosy cot cottage , screw bridge was like all the others but new top put on when they shored it up 1982 . The ministry made them sure them up and maintain them . That’s Thorney siding only one wooden bench platform was there
Was thinking precisely the same myself. Its a good model of what could be done with potentially troublesome bridges..... Whilst it is "in-filled" partly, its done in sympathy of the existing structure.... i.e. its been done in brick, with interleaved blue brick. End result, unless you look carefully, it looks like its always been there. Everybody wins!
if coming into Lincoln from Nottingham, sitting on the LH side of the train you can see the remains of the water tower, its inside the triangle. If memory serves me right the turntable pit is near the signalling centre.
Wow. Surprised by how much stuff there was to find. Looks like a great day out. I had to negotiate that giant puddle at the start too on my trip from Clifton to the first bridge. I think my boots got a bit wet that day!
At Pyewipe junction along with the mess room , there are the remains of water tower which you can see from the train and a turntable base, which is lost in the undergrouth.
👍 would love to have a look around. I went past on the train a few years but couldn't see anything. I could have done with him stopping for a moment and passing slowly
A very sad day for drivers when the old LD closed because in its day a driver could get from con sidings to whitemore with a coal train in an 8 hour shift after it closed they ran via annesly which took them 9:5hours return
A really good day out despite the rain. I found those sidings fascinating especially when I first discovered them, you really wouldn't know they were there, and to find buildings and platforms was a real bonus. I'm sure there's a comment deleted whilst at the Lincs/Notts border, something about two bits of anatomy being either side of the border?!!!
The station master there was Alec Medley at skellingthorpe my uncle transferred to skelly box when they shut Harby in 1969 . The old wheel that opened the gates is in my garage at home
All of the waiting room furniture is in my garage complete in it’s dark green livery with its brass handles it’s my tool store now and the concrete boards from the cattle dock pen are my garden path , my washing line down my garden is a role of old signal wire been up since 1956 never snapped still hanging clothes on it to dry on wash days . We all lived out the railway in those days even the local farm where I was born in my granddads& grandmas cottage was the local pub in 1901 when they reached Harby the navies used the old cottage as an ale house at night my grandad told us . After my uncle Eric closed Doddington & Harby box in 1969 he went to skelly box until he closed that box in 1984 . The line had closed in 1982 but he had to remain at skelly box until the gates were removed in 1984 by order of the ministry of defense to British railways Doncaster main office . Reason being it took 2 years to get paperwork in place to bury the rails under the tarmac roadway once the gates were removed keeping rail traffic right of way over the road without having to apply for planning permission ever again . The ministry also made sure the ballast bed was kept in from fledborough to pywipe and all bridges and culverts maintained including the viaduct over the Trent . It was sanctioned in parliament in 1982 and ordered to BR to maintain everything from fledborough to pywipe down the old LD , reason being it’s the most direct root from munition factories in the midlands to raf bases in Lincolnshire should the need arise ever again in a war situation that section of the LD would be put back . They never sanctioned the avoiding line in Lincoln though because it’s quicker to go through Lincoln central to greetwell junction now that Pelham road bridge is built . That Pelham crossing was the only reason they built the avoiding line in Lincoln . The crossing was closed in 1958 and the bridge built in 1960 for 2 years where the crossing was it was controlled by local policemen .
You could have gone into the old Pyewipe building with another 5 minutes walk along the Dyke, although to the fair all the buildings are all a bit bare so those photos show kind of what it's like. If you continue along the path into Lincoln there is an old abandoned bridge on the side of a Morrisons car park from the original Nottingham Lincoln route. On the other side of Lincoln, maybe 30 minutes walk, you have the abandoned Lincoln to Boston line, which is a Sustrans bike route as far as Woodhall Spa. One day who knows you could have a walk along there.
@@WobblyRunner The first bit of the route away from Lincoln Central Station is still in use as railway sidings which you can see perfectly from the opopoisite end. Then goes over what is now a road bridge, past what was originally a large warehouse named Titanic House which used asffices (where i work) before it starts on the proper pathway. Lots of old railway stuff in Lincoln modernised into new use, like former St Marks Station and former railway goods sheds used by the University. The University internally have kept parts of the original building, I've been on a tour inside and may do so for you if you ask.
fond memories of this trackbed having done it twice it goes quite a long distance & the bypass cuts across the bed at the curve im glad to see your taking the challenge as the lincolnshire ones arent easy to do & because your doing these on foot a good part of the day to walk one of them where it took me a couple of hours via the bike & like you said the area is reltavely flat oh btw the crossing with the footway & replaced gates is close to a gliding club & you found a lot more than i did as a lot of its hidden in the undergrowth
@@WobblyRunner to do this one i had to set off from donny 5:30 am just to get to the start point which was the old power station then returing late in the evening to donny & i think thats a roundabout 8 mile one from fledborough to the bypass or close to it in total i did just over 50 mile round trip
Great documentary Paul always wondered were the line finished.Always great to see them blue brick bridges to and how many bricks were used and the skills to.
That’s a fog man’s cabin at wigsley drain bridge number 99 and Harby drain bridge was 100 and Doddington and Harby station road bridge number 101. My grandad was on fledborough viaduct during its construction my uncle was signalman at Doddington and Harby and I worked on the line too
There were no sidings between Harby and Doddington just 1 into Doddington goods shed . Doddington and Harby was so called because the squire insisted upon it from Doddington hall old Mr Jarvis
The brick,s used are class A blues ,and are as hard as granite !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,the work of the modern work done on the bridge looks a monstrosity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, modern day building,s old school rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Doddington and Harby platforms were taking out both sides . The signal box and all its instruments are in my back garden because we bought them
Good to see Jim again
Be careful Kieran, he'll get a big head 😄
Thank you for the walking tour this day. Overcast but not a steady rain. Appreciate the time involved this these, Paul. Enjoy your weekend and the week ahead. See you on the next. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🙂🙂👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thanks Martin. Have a nice weekend. See you on the next one.
That concrete base with 4 studs is the old distant signal base
My uncle Bernard was stationed at RAF skellingthorpe during WWII. He flew his last mission from there in 1944. It's been moving to see the remains of the station he would have used. Thank you ❤
Thanks for the story. A great family connection to the old station and area there :)
Even though I have no connections with these places, I really enjoyed the walk along the old lines, especially the attention to detail like the concrete signal poles.
👍 glad you enjoyed it
That’s sunny Chilvers crossing to cosy cot cottage , screw bridge was like all the others but new top put on when they shored it up 1982 . The ministry made them sure them up and maintain them . That’s Thorney siding only one wooden bench platform was there
It ended up with 1 train per day . 1980. The crash was at screw bridge behind bakers farm
Great video Paul. Good to see those bridges haven't had the highways england treatment and filled with concrete
Oh god yeah. I wonder if the trackbed is protected? As technically there's nothing in the way.
Was thinking precisely the same myself. Its a good model of what could be done with potentially troublesome bridges..... Whilst it is "in-filled" partly, its done in sympathy of the existing structure.... i.e. its been done in brick, with interleaved blue brick. End result, unless you look carefully, it looks like its always been there. Everybody wins!
Used to have cup of tea, in the Pyewipe Cabin, 1974 to 1980
Great stuff Michael. I bet it was a hive of activitiy back then, full of characters.
It use to get worse than that in the 1963 floods even high Marnham power station was under water
if coming into Lincoln from Nottingham, sitting on the LH side of the train you can see the remains of the water tower, its inside the triangle. If memory serves me right the turntable pit is near the signalling centre.
One day I’ll write a book about the old LD
That’s folly bridge with the wire hangers still in place
Wow. Surprised by how much stuff there was to find. Looks like a great day out. I had to negotiate that giant puddle at the start too on my trip from Clifton to the first bridge. I think my boots got a bit wet that day!
😄 just to soak the feet at the start of a long walk
At Pyewipe junction along with the mess room , there are the remains of water tower which you can see from the train and a turntable base, which is lost in the undergrouth.
👍 would love to have a look around. I went past on the train a few years but couldn't see anything. I could have done with him stopping for a moment and passing slowly
A very sad day for drivers when the old LD closed because in its day a driver could get from con sidings to whitemore with a coal train in an 8 hour shift after it closed they ran via annesly which took them 9:5hours return
A really good day out despite the rain. I found those sidings fascinating especially when I first discovered them, you really wouldn't know they were there, and to find buildings and platforms was a real bonus. I'm sure there's a comment deleted whilst at the Lincs/Notts border, something about two bits of anatomy being either side of the border?!!!
😄 haha well that comment has made it onto another video you'll be pleased to know
@@WobblyRunner I've seen it!!!!
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The station master there was Alec Medley at skellingthorpe my uncle transferred to skelly box when they shut Harby in 1969 . The old wheel that opened the gates is in my garage at home
That's a great souvenir to have.
All of the waiting room furniture is in my garage complete in it’s dark green livery with its brass handles it’s my tool store now and the concrete boards from the cattle dock pen are my garden path , my washing line down my garden is a role of old signal wire been up since 1956 never snapped still hanging clothes on it to dry on wash days .
We all lived out the railway in those days even the local farm where I was born in my granddads& grandmas cottage was the local pub in 1901 when they reached Harby the navies used the old cottage as an ale house at night my grandad told us .
After my uncle Eric closed Doddington & Harby box in 1969 he went to skelly box until he closed that box in 1984 . The line had closed in 1982 but he had to remain at skelly box until the gates were removed in 1984 by order of the ministry of defense to British railways Doncaster main office . Reason being it took 2 years to get paperwork in place to bury the rails under the tarmac roadway once the gates were removed keeping rail traffic right of way over the road without having to apply for planning permission ever again . The ministry also made sure the ballast bed was kept in from fledborough to pywipe and all bridges and culverts maintained including the viaduct over the Trent .
It was sanctioned in parliament in 1982 and ordered to BR to maintain everything from fledborough to pywipe down the old LD , reason being it’s the most direct root from munition factories in the midlands to raf bases in Lincolnshire should the need arise ever again in a war situation that section of the LD would be put back . They never sanctioned the avoiding line in Lincoln though because it’s quicker to go through Lincoln central to greetwell junction now that Pelham road bridge is built . That Pelham crossing was the only reason they built the avoiding line in Lincoln . The crossing was closed in 1958 and the bridge built in 1960 for 2 years where the crossing was it was controlled by local policemen .
You could have gone into the old Pyewipe building with another 5 minutes walk along the Dyke, although to the fair all the buildings are all a bit bare so those photos show kind of what it's like. If you continue along the path into Lincoln there is an old abandoned bridge on the side of a Morrisons car park from the original Nottingham Lincoln route.
On the other side of Lincoln, maybe 30 minutes walk, you have the abandoned Lincoln to Boston line, which is a Sustrans bike route as far as Woodhall Spa. One day who knows you could have a walk along there.
Lots to dig into in the future. I think we're doing up to Woodhall Spa at some point 😃
@@WobblyRunner The first bit of the route away from Lincoln Central Station is still in use as railway sidings which you can see perfectly from the opopoisite end. Then goes over what is now a road bridge, past what was originally a large warehouse named Titanic House which used asffices (where i work) before it starts on the proper pathway.
Lots of old railway stuff in Lincoln modernised into new use, like former St Marks Station and former railway goods sheds used by the University. The University internally have kept parts of the original building, I've been on a tour inside and may do so for you if you ask.
I went in the old shed to a gig a few years ago.
Took a few photos but I was 5 ciders into the evening by the that stage 😄
fond memories of this trackbed having done it twice it goes quite a long distance & the bypass cuts across the bed at the curve im glad to see your taking the challenge as the lincolnshire ones arent easy to do & because your doing these on foot a good part of the day to walk one of them where it took me a couple of hours via the bike & like you said the area is reltavely flat oh btw the crossing with the footway & replaced gates is close to a gliding club & you found a lot more than i did as a lot of its hidden in the undergrowth
You're right about the distances 😄
@@WobblyRunner to do this one i had to set off from donny 5:30 am just to get to the start point which was the old power station then returing late in the evening to donny & i think thats a roundabout 8 mile one from fledborough to the bypass or close to it in total i did just over 50 mile round trip
Great documentary Paul always wondered were the line finished.Always great to see them blue brick bridges to and how many bricks were used and the skills to.
Great isnt it Chris.
And those blue bricks arent including the ones used to build Fleborough Viaduct :)
That’s a fog man’s cabin at wigsley drain bridge number 99 and Harby drain bridge was 100 and Doddington and Harby station road bridge number 101.
My grandad was on fledborough viaduct during its construction my uncle was signalman at Doddington and Harby and I worked on the line too
Great to hear the strong family ties with the line, Kevin 👍
There were no sidings between Harby and Doddington just 1 into Doddington goods shed .
Doddington and Harby was so called because the squire insisted upon it from Doddington hall old Mr Jarvis
Think you & Jim needed waders Paul! Fab video enjoyed it. ❤😊 PS isn't blue brick beautiful?
Cheers Carol. Glad you enjoyed it.
I do love blue brick.
In fact this weekend I'm out filming a series that will be all about blue bricks 😀
@@WobblyRunner WOW! Enjoy yourself Paul, hope the weather is kind! 🥰❤🤞
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The brick,s used are class A blues ,and are as hard as granite !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ,the work of the modern work done on the bridge looks a monstrosity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, modern day building,s old school rules !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Great stuff.
I agree, the modern ammendments just dont look right.