Comments about railway

There are 47 comments about "railway"

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

drew: they just cannot put those down, its part of history and protected. I live pretty close and go for grocery there every week, and you should have go INSIDE the loblaws cause they kept lifters......

in response to: New Use for Urban Ruins? by CE

Re; KOTS: Hi James, yeh i knew about kots through my mates who used to go and see you (they are on the snubtv clip on youtube but not sure if you are in that line up)......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

James cashan: RE: Jon Burgess, ha ha well spotted jon i dont think that public demand, finance nor desire is great enough for that. K.O.T.S. Fans and those that remember us are a rare commodity,although i......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Ron, The houses in Atherton Lane Cadishead are the original houses that were built after the railway arrived. Next time I'm passing I will take some pics and post them. Rob...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Peter: nice! this reminded me of the incline railway on {lookout mountain}, in {chattanooga} {tennessee}... [[http://www.ridetheincline.com]] [[img:26948]] ...

in response to: A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa by colavitos ghost

cyril bagshaw: Hi Sheila Yes, that was Lennies, There was also a furniture business near there called Motlers,who also had another shop in Eccles,but I dont know when they ceased trading along with The Lombardian store the other......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Wendy I'm sure you'll get to meet people soon enough. The pictures of the two signs above were actually taken up the moss from Cadishead, not Irlam. If you drive/walk all the way up New Moss......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Elicar: These stopped two blocks west of Main (Westlake). [[img:26588]] But realtors' boundaries of the Danforth Village are: "Danforth Village spans from Victoria Park Avenue west to Greenwood Avenue, and includes the first few blocks north of The......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

Alan Taylor: Thinking of Liverpool Road travelling towards Cadishead you had Tramway Road running diagonal from it to the railway embankment which had a 'tunnel' through to the side of the steelworks main entrance then from Liverpool......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob On the last of your photos, you can just about see at the edge on the left, a little opening cut under the railway that led into LSC (British Steel). I never worked at......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob Really interesting old photos.I can all but see the "back entrance" under the railway to the Steelworks canteen. I wonder if there were many loyal workers there as my father-in- law was, after spending 50years......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Elicar: I do not mind graffiti in abandoned and obscure places (I took some on railways and under a bridge, but when perfectly good walls just like the one in here are "vandalized", then I am......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

Alex Price: Hi Everyone! Has Anyone Been In Maintenence Tunnels In Irlam Railway Viaduct? There Is 11 Cameras In There So If You Get Caught You Will Be Taken Home By Police (That It! That Isnt Exacly......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Bob Salmon: Hi rob Yes I remember Len Jackson; my mother got her daily pinta from him for a few decades. One of his employees on the milk round was a good friend of mine, his name was Ivor......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Keith Smith: Hi Cadisheaders,I used to live on Atherton lane behind the George hotel,and spent years down the bamas fishing on the newt pond,had a great bonfire every year on the bamas,shooting slug guns on the railway......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Just realised I could have worded that better, chances are that when the first picture was taken the railway was still in use. This picture is taken from a bridge which crosses the now dismantled railway......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Liverpool Road, Cadishead, from the disused railway bridge, date unknown. [[img:24510]] Same shot from March 2006. [[img:24511]] I only moved to Cadishead in 2005 and before that new nothing about the area. I love finding sites like this......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Stephen Weir: What a great site for all those that grew up in Irlam & Cadishead, a real trip down memory lane.I spent the best part of my childhood (60's early 70's) in Irlam.Bestmemories include venturing on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

CE: This alley runs north/south whereas the railway runs east/west (by Montreal definitions which anyone from Montreal knows have nothing to do with what a compass might tell you). The trees that can bee seen......

in response to: Two Strips of Dirt by CE

Rex Statham: Just read your article but something is not quite correct. The Brookwood cemetery is on the up side of the main railwayline( traveling towards Southampton is the down side) It is correct that a funeral......

in response to: The London Necropolis Railway by TBCS

Tony Coppoletta: Lovely. I'm looking forward to enjoying the green space once it's open--although it'll be in spurts since I don't live in New York... It's really exciting that this is happening, though, since it......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Dave: [[img:17931]] The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal resulted in the need to replace the famous stone aqueduct at Barton, which had been constructed as part of the Bridgewater Canal in the eighteenth century. The old......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

DAVE: [[img:17828]] With the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, sections of the existing railway network had to be rebuilt. Lines which crossed the Canal had to be taken on higher level bridges. With changes to the......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: Irlam Old Bridge ......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17789]] T1082. Irlam Viaduct carried Railway Deviation Number 5 over the Manchester Ship Canal. Here we can see the Canal's construction under the Bridge. A line of wagons full of extracted material waits to be taken......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jan : 25th September 2006: Having just got back from my usual 2 weeks in Dungeness living in one of those 'Railway Carriages' as you put it.........I fell as I always do......2 weeks is not enough............Life is so simple there,......

in response to: Day out in Danger Nose by elaine

Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005). Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Grimnir: Another thing I just thought of - WHO the Hell is mad enough to actually CLIMB up onto a railway bridge etc. and very carefully put these things up??? Why do we not see them????......

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

Graham Schurman: Did you have permission from CPR to take these pictures? You could have gotten into big trouble with the the CPR Police if they had known you were on their bridge, especially since it......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Andrew, I managed to get into the site thru your name search ! I remember sliding down the embankment under the bridge on pieces of cardboard "borrowed" from Quicksave. And dangerously walking along the railway......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Quote "Please could someone explain these comments... Night soil? (It was used to soak up Victorian Manchester's 'night soil'.) as in from sewage?(fertilised by 200 year old human waste)" Hi, Yes, I did mean human waste. I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Caroline: Whilst travelling in Italy last year I was shocked to find that a man deliberately sat down next to me at a railway station and masturbated. What chilled me to the core was the......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

indykid: In Sussex at Camber Sands, amongst the dunes there are still these concrete bunkers, think they're know as pill boxes? They are odd though, because where they are built on sand, they are literally concrete......

in response to: Sound Mirrors by elaine

Micah: Véhicule is French for vehicle. When I did Katimavik (five long years ago!) our PL in first rotation put a sign on the Katima-van to say 'this vehicle stops at all railway crossings' but,......

in response to: No Parking by Gabi

danielle: nah, it's a man made railway in New Zealand. It's quite amazing. This fella built this massive railway thru his property, and takes people for tours. He has 2 bridges, and along the track he......

in response to: Choo-Choo by danielle

Balloonhedz: yup..you usually smell it before you see it. Even after the exhaust has been run through the water filter. Theyre not supposed to run diesels underground. The LIRR used to have diesel hauled......

in response to: Subway Roulette by Balloonhedz

elaine: i know, nice, huh? i did mean to but they became back catalogue and never made their own thang. i particularly like this building. it is right bang next to a railway, so i imagine......

in response to: trashbarges by elaine

Paige: I just got a book on those tracks. They were part of the New York Dock railway and were in operation until the 1980s when waterfront railroads were on their last legs. The company merged......

in response to: Lower Manhattan at Sunset by sine

Moebius Rex: dunno if this is a biiig deal, but it looks like the photos for this post were grabbed from a page of the Brookwood Cemetery Society website ([[http://www.tbcs.org.uk/railway.htm]]), while the text was swiped either from......

in response to: The London Necropolis Railway by TBCS

elaine: found it! it is hrealdic and symbolises the london borough of southwark, just across the river from the city. long way from home! I'm surprised viccy park got it... how bizarre. st george has a......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

kimberly: my gran told me all that land used to be owned by british railways. what would they want with a spread like romney marsh? the place is a floating sinkhole only kept afloat by old......

in response to: dungeness 1998 by elaine