Tim Lewis Posted March 28, 2021 Report Share Posted March 28, 2021 3 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: Interesting program on the box yesterday afternoon with Chris Tarrent on Ch5 Chris Tarrant examines how trains transformed the nation and shaped modern Britain, beginning with the invention of the steam locomotive and the work of the navvies who dug the tunnels and laid the tracks. Chris then explores the role of the railways during the two world wars and looks at the devastating impact of the Beeching report in the 1960s Chris Tarrant in a more waterways environment ? 3 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: Interesting program on the box yesterday afternoon with Chris Tarrent on Ch5 Chris Tarrant examines how trains transformed the nation and shaped modern Britain, beginning with the invention of the steam locomotive and the work of the navvies who dug the tunnels and laid the tracks. Chris then explores the role of the railways during the two world wars and looks at the devastating impact of the Beeching report in the 1960s The Chris Tarrant series 'Extreme Railways' is a good watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanshaft Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 On 26/03/2021 at 19:14, NB Alnwick said: True - the LNER had plans though . . . If it had not been for the second world war, the GC route would have been electrified. The electric locomotives were designed and at least one had been built before the war. The plan was to start with Manchester to Sheffield with an engine change at Sheffield for trains to London - this actually happened in the immediate post-war years. The steam engines allocated to the Sheffield - Marylebone expresses were Gresley's A3 class pacifics based at Leicester where there was usually a second engine change. The now famous 'Flying Scotsman' was one of the original six allocated to this duty. The named expresses included "The South Yorkshireman" and "The Master Cutler". I remember as a youngster travelling on the South Yorkshireman from Bradford to Sheffield in 1959. It was steam hauled to Penistone, then electric to Sheffield Victoria, then steam to London. I think it was the slowest way of getting from Bradford to London (over five hours from memory). In later years the signal box at Penistone was renamed as such but the 't' seemed to be always missing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NB Alnwick Posted March 29, 2021 Report Share Posted March 29, 2021 So Marples and his cohorts weren't the only vandals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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