Railway/Canal Proximity

[Dav and Pen]

1 hour ago, mark99 said:

Alton Staffs. Now a holiday home.

This station recently featured on an episode of Architecture the railways built on the yesterday channel.

[Opener]

6 hours ago, magpie patrick said:

This one's even closer  

Can't see any mooring rings - hope he finds one soon.

[Dorlan]

My favourite...

[David Mack]

4 hours ago, Athy said:

ooh, I want that seriously pretty signal box in my garden. Tool shed below, summer house above.

New use for old signal box:

https://caldervalleyclt.org.uk/hebden-bridge-signal-box/

[rgreg]

4 hours ago, Tacet said:

It depends on your criteria and how you are measuring.   Vazon Sliding Railway Bridge - Stainforth and Keadby Canal crosses the canal low and on the skew – so that is pretty close.

 

 

This was the canal that came to my mind for proximity over a longer distance: it is cheek by jowel with the railway for around five miles.  

[mark99]

5 hours ago, Athy said:

ooh, I want that seriously pretty signal box in my garden. Tool shed below, summer house above.

Which station is it?

 

 

Seriously I love signal boxes and wanted to build one as you suggest. Difficult ref planning permission due to height in a suburban garden at the time!

Edited November 17, 2021 by mark99

[David Mack]

10 minutes ago, mark99 said:

 

 

Seriously I love signal boxes and wanted to build one as you suggest. Difficult ref planning permission due to height in a suburban garden at the time!

You can buy new signal box style sheds. Only single storey though I think.

http://www.signalboxes.co.uk/ ( and in Athy's neck of the woods)

Edited November 17, 2021 by David Mack

[billS]

 

Aberdeen Waterloo branch - It used to be a canal...

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by billS

[ditchcrawler]

Rail line through the tunnel beside the canal for towing barges.

[Tim Lewis]

12 hours ago, Pluto said:

The Thames and Medway Canal is probably the best example, with the railway track cantilevered out from the towing path when the 'new' railway used the old canal tunnel.

From Hadfield’s ‘The Canals Of South And South East England’

 

 

12 hours ago, Pluto said:

 

 

 

Edited November 17, 2021 by Tim Lewis

[Mike Todd]

Five years ago we spent a short time in Fettlers Wharf Marina, near Rufford - the line is pretty close and at a higher level and comes close to the canal itself a short distance away.

[Captain Pegg]

16 hours ago, David Mack said:

You can buy new signal box style sheds. Only single storey though I think.

http://www.signalboxes.co.uk/ ( and in Athy's neck of the woods)

 

A crossing box rather than a proper signal box then.

[Ray T]

3 hours ago, Captain Pegg said:

 

A crossing box rather than a proper signal box then.

 

From here: Bedlam Lane Crossing: View of the former L&NWR Signal cabin located on Bedlam Lane crossing during the Winter of 1971 (warwickshirerailways.com)

 

 

 

 

 

View of the former L&NWR Signal cabin located on Bedlam Lane crossing during the Winter of 1971. It was a block post and contained block instruments working the two block sections 'Three Spires - Bedlam and Bedlam - Foleshill Gas Works sidings'. It was staffed by a Signalman and whilst the actual 'signalling' duties (the working of the block instruments and operating the signals) were not very onerous, the hand operation of the gates for every train made it quite a demanding job. This situation remained unchanged until it was abolished when the road was closed. Bedlam Lane had been a block post before 1903 when Foleshill Gas Works Sdgs was opened. Before 1903 the block sections were 'Foleshill Station - Bedlam Gates - Hawkesbury Lane'.

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