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On 04/07/2017 13:00, MartinR wrote:

There used to be 5 railway stations in Cheltenham, now there is
only one. Two branch lines were also closed, though the track bed
of one still exists as a cycle path.

Does the viaduct still exist near Andoversford junction? I used to
look out for the daily Southern loco at Lansdown Bridge, coming to
Cheltenham via the Midland and South Western Junction Railway (Via
Swindon Town and Cirencester Watermoor). I'm guessing the 5 stations
were Lansdown, Malvern Road, St James, Racecourse (still in use?) and
Charlton Kings?



Alas, the viaduct was demolished decades ago.

The stations : Lansdown (still in use), Malvern Road, St James, Charlton
Kings & Leckhampton.

The Racecourse station went out of use for a while, but is now
refurbished, but it no longer connects to the Cheltenham end.

--

Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

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On Monday, July 3, 2017 at 1:15:26 PM UTC+1, Norman Lynagh wrote:
I love browsing old maps and the following site has been brought to my attention



http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore



Using the drop-down menus on the left brings up all sorts of interesting maps,
all of which are zoomable.

A marvellous resource which will probably consume far too much of my time :-)

--
Many thanks, Norman. Wonderful stuff. A friend of mine has many old maps in his hallway. My perusal always delays our departure, much to the bemusement of our wives. I often look at the area around the River Lea and try to imagine Luke Howard's daily journey from his houses in Plaistow / Tottenham to his chemical factory on the canal near Stratford.

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On 04/07/2017 07:11, Vidcapper wrote:
On 03/07/2017 20:39, Col wrote:


I've always had something of a fascination with disused railways.
I would track (no pun intended) them on Google Earth just to see how far
I could follow them. The line of trees you get as you follow an old
railway cutting was always a dead giveaway!

There used to be 5 railway stations in Cheltenham, now there is only
one. Two branch lines were also closed, though the track bed of one
still exists as a cycle path.

The used to be two main stations in Bolton town centre but the other one
closed to regular
passenger traffic in the mid 50's, some time before Beeching of course.
The line in fact was one of the very first railway passenger services in
the world.
There used to be a line from Bolton to Bury and through to Rochdale
which was subject to the 'Beeching Axe'. There is still a viaduct fairly
close to the twon centre which I believe is a listed structure. The line
used to run right past the north end of Burnden Park, the old ground of
Bolton Wanderers.
I have often wondered whether the closure of this line was a good idea,
after all the 3 towns are all of reasonable size.

--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

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"Graham Easterling" wrote in message
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On Monday, July 3, 2017 at 7:02:19 PM UTC+1, Alan White wrote:
On 3 Jul 2017 12:15:24 GMT, "Norman Lynagh" wrote:

I love browsing old maps and the following site has been brought to my attention



http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore

That is brilliant, Norman, many thanks.

--
Alan White
Mozilla Firefox and Forte Agent.
By Loch Long, twenty-eight miles NW of Glasgow, Scotland.
Webcam and weather:- http://windycroft.co.uk/weather

In a previous existence I did some mapping - of a geological nature. At that time it was
NW of Scotand where the gaps in the maps were. Anyway here's a pic of the intrepid mappers
near a mountain you may recognised - desperately searching for the nearest pub
http://www.turnstone-cottage.co.uk/Mapping.html. At The Inchnadamph Hotel they let us
serve ourselves drinks into the early hour, with an honesty jar. Those were the days.

It wasn't really that brown, the photo had deteriorated badly before I scanned it. It was
a rare gap in the rain.

Graham
Penzance

Ah, the iconic Suilven, just down the road from me!

Phil
Northern Highlands of Scotland



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This email has been checked for viruses by AVG.
http://www.avg.com

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On Tuesday, 4 July 2017 19:30:20 UTC+1, Col wrote:
On 04/07/2017 07:11, Vidcapper wrote:
On 03/07/2017 20:39, Col wrote:


I've always had something of a fascination with disused railways.
I would track (no pun intended) them on Google Earth just to see how far
I could follow them. The line of trees you get as you follow an old
railway cutting was always a dead giveaway!

There used to be 5 railway stations in Cheltenham, now there is only
one. Two branch lines were also closed, though the track bed of one
still exists as a cycle path.

The used to be two main stations in Bolton town centre but the other one
closed to regular
passenger traffic in the mid 50's, some time before Beeching of course.
The line in fact was one of the very first railway passenger services in
the world.
There used to be a line from Bolton to Bury and through to Rochdale
which was subject to the 'Beeching Axe'. There is still a viaduct fairly
close to the twon centre which I believe is a listed structure. The line
used to run right past the north end of Burnden Park, the old ground of
Bolton Wanderers.
I have often wondered whether the closure of this line was a good idea,
after all the 3 towns are all of reasonable size.

--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

I have a B&W shot of a train ascending the wonderful Chequerbent Incline to Bolton (Moor Street?). Ivatt 2-6-2T + 2 coaches.

Tudor Hughes

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Tudor Hughes wrote:

On Tuesday, 4 July 2017 19:30:20 UTC+1, Col wrote:
On 04/07/2017 07:11, Vidcapper wrote:
On 03/07/2017 20:39, Col wrote:


I've always had something of a fascination with disused railways.
I would track (no pun intended) them on Google Earth just to see how far
I could follow them. The line of trees you get as you follow an old
railway cutting was always a dead giveaway!

There used to be 5 railway stations in Cheltenham, now there is only
one. Two branch lines were also closed, though the track bed of one
still exists as a cycle path.

The used to be two main stations in Bolton town centre but the other one
closed to regular
passenger traffic in the mid 50's, some time before Beeching of course.
The line in fact was one of the very first railway passenger services in
the world.
There used to be a line from Bolton to Bury and through to Rochdale
which was subject to the 'Beeching Axe'. There is still a viaduct fairly
close to the twon centre which I believe is a listed structure. The line
used to run right past the north end of Burnden Park, the old ground of
Bolton Wanderers.
I have often wondered whether the closure of this line was a good idea,
after all the 3 towns are all of reasonable size.

--
Col

Bolton, Lancashire
160m asl
Snow videos:
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3QvmL4UWBmHFMKWiwYm_gg

I have a B&W shot of a train ascending the wonderful Chequerbent Incline
to Bolton (Moor Street?). Ivatt 2-6-2T + 2 coaches.

Tudor Hughes

There's another one here


https://mikemorant.smugmug.com/Train...and-BRM/LMSR-2
-8-0-locomotives/i-cvq38Tg/A

--
Norman Lynagh
Tideswell, Derbyshire
303m a.s.l.
http://peakdistrictweather.org
Twitter: @TideswellWeathr