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I'd been looking for one for several days and this one just popped up close to me. Don't know who was most surprised!
40145 Opening up after exiting the Firsby curve working the 1Z37 Burton-on-Trent to Skegness with 37706 OTR. 27/07/24
A pair of Class 114 DMUs are seen at Firsby, Lincolnshire, on Saturday 26/09/1970.
Firsby was closed less than a week later, on 5th October 1970, along with much of the east Lincolnshire network.
Woodhall Junction railway station (previously called Kirkstead Station) is a former station in Woodhall, Lincolnshire. It served as a junction where several different lines met, none of which are still open.
The station opened as Kirkstead (Kirkstead and Horncastle according to the notice in "The Times") on 17 October 1848 as part of the "Lincolnshire Loop Line" between Lincoln and Boston which largely followed the course of the River Witham.
A branch line was opened from Kirkstead to Horncastle via Woodhall Spa by the Horncastle Railway on 11 August 1855 by which time the station was known as Kirkstead.
The Kirkstead and Little Steeping Railway, known locally as the "New Line", opened in 1913 leaving the Loop Line just south of Woodhall Junction and cut across the fens to Midville allowing faster journey times to Skegness.
The renaming of the station from Kirkstead to Woodhall Junction in 1922 was an attempt to increase the profile of Woodhall Spa as a holiday destination.[citation needed]
The station was host to a LNER camping coach for the 1935 season.
The lines through the station closed at different times:
The branch line to Horncastle closed to passengers on 13 September 1954.]
The Lincolnshire Loop Line route from Lincoln to Boston via Tattershall closed to passengers on 17 June 1963.]
The station closed to passengers on 5 October 1970 when the Lincoln Central to Firsby via Midville was closed to passengers.[
On 5 April 1971 the Goods Service between Lincoln - Bardney - Woodhall Junction and Horncastle was withdrawn - the last line to stay open through the station.[
It is now a private residence, but the platforms and former goods yard are clearly still visible.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodhall_Junction_railway_station
Seen near Firsby with the sea merging into the sky on the horizon, a Sprinter makes its way back to Nottingham from Skegness. It has just crossed the Steeping River.
20213 (originally D8313) leads 20217 (D8317) on a Leicester to Skegness summer Saturday service.
07 July 1984
Closed 3 October 1970: fifty years to the day before this picture. Former bridge for the tracks over Hobhole Drain.
Just a few miles out of Skegness, the line takes a big horseshoe curve, plenty of time for the drone to get a shot on the far side of this and nip across for another bite of the cherry. 20227 and 20189 on the way back to Tyseley.
Probably 1 October 1970, two days before this line (Firsby-Lincoln) closed and three days before the main part of the East Lincolnshire Line closed. The bridge was just beyond the crossing gates in this view:
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A Skegness - Sheffield via Firsby & Lincoln service calls at the unlit station. The nearby RAF airfield is now home to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.
Unknown photographer.
And another unapologetically indulgent crop-in of the mighty 'Aureol' taking the curve at Firsby - anyone recognise themselves? 😎:)
Class 40 Indian Summer - the legendary Manchester-Skegness
On 25th Aug 1984, instead of chasing 40s across the north-west, I chose to take the only scheduled service that was still booked a Class 40, the Man Picc-Skegness (SO) and return. Here we are about to take the famous sharp curve at Firsby where the line once went north to Mablethorpe. Just out of view beyond the road bridge is Thorpe Culvert station. Plenty of bashers enjoying the view :)
40012 (D212) was one of the old LMR namers 'Aureol' and in the 1980s was one of a relatively small number of 'Whistlers' that were based at Carlisle Kingmoor (KD).
Little did I know then, as a Londoner born and bred, that some 14 years later I would end up living in Lincoln!
'A day in the life' - log book update:
Saturday 25th August 1984 - 40012 on 1E67 08.15 Man Picc - Skegness
MAN PICC
Ashburys
Reddish North
Romiley
New Mills Central
EDALE
Dore
SHEFFIELD
Darnall
Worksop
RETFORD (Low Level)
Gainsborough Lea Road
Saxilby
LINCOLN CENTRAL
Metheringham
Ruskington
SLEAFORD
Heckington
Swineshead
Hubbert's bridge
BOSTON
Thorpe Culvert
Wainfleet
Havenhouse
SKEGNESS
and in reverse for
1M54 13.24 Skegness - Man Picc
304 miles
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 26 by the time I had 40012 to Skeg. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
Locomotive History
D212 / 40012 'Aureol'
D212 was built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire and entered service in May 1959, allocated to Willesden MPD. From the 1st June 1959, D212 transferred to Crewe North, firstly on loan and then permanently before transfer to Carlisle Upperby in Sep 1959 and Camden in December 1960. D212 was named 'Aureol' by Mr.M.Glaister, Director of the Elder Dempster shipping line at Liverpool Riverside Station on the 20th Sep 1960. D212 remained at Camden for the next five years before a gradual move back to the North West via Bescot (Dec 1965) and Crewe (Apr 1966) finally transferring to Longsight in Aug 1967. It remained at Longsight for almost eleven years apart from brief stays at Springs Branch (Jun 1972 - May 1973) and Kingmoor (May 1973 – Aug 1973).
D212 became 40012 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme. Its final transfer was in Dec 1978 when 40012 transfered to Carlisle Kingmoor where it remained until being withdrawn from active service in Feb 1985, due to derailment damage. Following withdrawal it was dragged to Crewe Gresty Lane sidings awaiting disposal. However, due to the Crewe Station remodeling scheme, 40012 was reinstated to traffic on 20th May 1985 at Crewe TMD, given the departmental running number of 97407 and restricted to a maximum speed of 35 mph for use on engineering trains only. Withdrawal for the second time around finally took place at Crewe TMD on the 4th Apr 1986, due to cracked bogie frames, and it was moved to Crewe Basford Hall yard to again await disposal. On the 1st Sep 1986, 97407 along with sister loco 97408 (ex-40118) moved from Crewe to Carlisle to provide spares to keep the flagship of the class (D200) running in order for it to fill its railtour commitments. 97407 remained at Carlisle until 7th Sep 1988 when it travelled via Workington, Crewe and Nuneaton to Vic Berry's Yard at Leicester for asbestos removal to be carried out, before moving on to its new home at the Midland Railway Centre. This magnificently detailed history courtesy again of John Woolley Photos
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
'Indian Summer' - a period of happiness or success occurring late in life...English Electric Type 4 1958-1984
BR Class 114 DMU - bound for Grimsby Town - at Firsby station in April 1970. The Skegness branch platform is on the far left, and the station has an advert for the Butlins holiday camp, there.
The line closed completely six months later - in October 1970 - and the track was soon lifted.
Today (2018) almost all signs of the railway have gone, except for the goods shed (behind the photographer..), which is in use as a potato warehouse, and a small building at one end of the remaining short stub of platform, which can still be seen from the road.
The Class 114s were all gone by 1992, apart from some in departmental use. Two 2-car units have been preserved at the Midland Railway, Butterley, and one car at the Strathspey Railway.
Restored from an under-exposed unfocussed grainy original..
Original slide - photographer unknown
The weekend in Lincoln was not dedicated to railway interest, however I sneaked in one picture here at Firsby on 1st July 1964 with a train arriving for Grimsby Town. Waiting in the siding is a train for Skegness.
01 07 1964
Cliff Road which runs between the A15 outside Ingham and Spridlington in West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Firsby reservoirs, looking at these shots this might be a juvenile bird rather than an adult female which might explain its wandering about.
A selection of Midland Railway stations and signal boxes on the Leicester to Peterborough cross-country line (originally the Syston and Peterborough Railway), with the occasional diesel train passing.
Whissendine box and crossing welcomes an officer's special pulled by a TPO red liveried Class 47 diesel. There is no sign of the 1848 Whissendine station which closed in 1955.
At Ketton box the last Midland Railway lower quadrant semaphore signal is briefly seen before The Sprinter speeds over the crossing. The scant remains of Ketton and Collyweston station - another 1848 opening - are located on the east side of the crossing. The station closed in 1966.
Stamford's splendid S&PR station remains intact complete with a preserved signal box recovered from the west of the station and moved to its present location. The 1851 London and North Western Railway line from Rugby via Market Harborough terminated in the LNWR bay, platform 3, the far side of the current Leicester platform, which is now disused and filled in.
At Uffington the signalman from the former MR signal box opens the gates by hand before a Loadhaul Class 60 heads a Redland freight train over the crossing.
The next sequence is at the Maxey Road level crossing where the Midland line from Leicester runs parallel to the East Coast Main Line. A dmu from Leicester passes followed by a London-bound GNER Class 91 & train.
Ashwell signal box and then Langham Junction box and its bracket signal are followed by a sequence at Oakham station & crossing box. After a very brief view of the ruins of Saxby station where the MGNJR used to branch off to East Anglia we move to Melton Mowbray station where the fine station building and tall signal box are seen.
Following another very brief view of Melton Junction where the former main line from Nottingham joined the Peterborough line we move west to Frisby station box in the rain. Two diesel multiple units pass in quick succession.
An unapologetically indulgent crop-in of the mighty 'Aureol' taking the curve at Firsby - anyone recognise themselves? 😎:)
Class 40 Indian Summer - the legendary Manchester-Skegness
On 25th Aug 1984, instead of chasing 40s across the north-west, I chose to take the only scheduled service that was still booked a Class 40, the Man Picc-Skegness (SO) and return. Here we are about to take the famous sharp curve at Firsby where the line once went north to Mablethorpe. Just out of view beyond the road bridge is Thorpe Culvert station. Plenty of bashers enjoying the view :)
40012 (D212) was one of the old LMR namers 'Aureol' and in the 1980s was one of a relatively small number of 'Whistlers' that were based at Carlisle Kingmoor (KD).
Little did I know then, as a Londoner born and bred, that some 14 years later I would end up living in Lincoln!
'A day in the life' - log book update:
Saturday 25th August 1984 - 40012 on 1E67 08.15 Man Picc - Skegness
MAN PICC
Ashburys
Reddish North
Romiley
New Mills Central
EDALE
Dore
SHEFFIELD
Darnall
Worksop
RETFORD (Low Level)
Gainsborough Lea Road
Saxilby
LINCOLN CENTRAL
Metheringham
Ruskington
SLEAFORD
Heckington
Swineshead
Hubbert's bridge
BOSTON
Thorpe Culvert
Wainfleet
Havenhouse
SKEGNESS
and in reverse for
1M54 13.24 Skegness - Man Picc
304 miles
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 26 by the time I had 40012 to Skeg. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
Locomotive History
D212 / 40012 'Aureol'
D212 was built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire and entered service in May 1959, allocated to Willesden MPD. From the 1st June 1959, D212 transferred to Crewe North, firstly on loan and then permanently before transfer to Carlisle Upperby in Sep 1959 and Camden in December 1960. D212 was named 'Aureol' by Mr.M.Glaister, Director of the Elder Dempster shipping line at Liverpool Riverside Station on the 20th Sep 1960. D212 remained at Camden for the next five years before a gradual move back to the North West via Bescot (Dec 1965) and Crewe (Apr 1966) finally transferring to Longsight in Aug 1967. It remained at Longsight for almost eleven years apart from brief stays at Springs Branch (Jun 1972 - May 1973) and Kingmoor (May 1973 – Aug 1973).
D212 became 40012 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme. Its final transfer was in Dec 1978 when 40012 transfered to Carlisle Kingmoor where it remained until being withdrawn from active service in Feb 1985, due to derailment damage. Following withdrawal it was dragged to Crewe Gresty Lane sidings awaiting disposal. However, due to the Crewe Station remodeling scheme, 40012 was reinstated to traffic on 20th May 1985 at Crewe TMD, given the departmental running number of 97407 and restricted to a maximum speed of 35 mph for use on engineering trains only. Withdrawal for the second time around finally took place at Crewe TMD on the 4th Apr 1986, due to cracked bogie frames, and it was moved to Crewe Basford Hall yard to again await disposal. On the 1st Sep 1986, 97407 along with sister loco 97408 (ex-40118) moved from Crewe to Carlisle to provide spares to keep the flagship of the class (D200) running in order for it to fill its railtour commitments. 97407 remained at Carlisle until 7th Sep 1988 when it travelled via Workington, Crewe and Nuneaton to Vic Berry's Yard at Leicester for asbestos removal to be carried out, before moving on to its new home at the Midland Railway Centre. This magnificently detailed history courtesy again of John Woolley Photos
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
'Indian Summer' - a period of happiness or success occurring late in life...English Electric Type 4 1958-1984
66707 is seen rounding the sharp Firsby Curve whilst leading 1S03 Nottingham to Skegness, with 66763 on the rear
A Class 114 DMU is seen at Firsby, Lincolnshire, around 1970.
With the destination blind reading Peterborough, it is possibly a service that originated at Grimsby, which would travel to Peterborough via Boston.
Firsby was closed on 5th October 1970, along with much of the east Lincolnshire network.
Ingham, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire.
Ingham is written in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Ingeham". Possible etymologies are "homestead or village of a man called Inga" or "home of the Inguiones" (an ancient Germanic tribe).
Ingham is situated 7 miles (11 km) geographically north from the centre of Lincoln, and on the B1398 road, which runs parallel to the main A15 (Ermine Street). The parish boundary borders with Fillingham two field widths to the north. It follows the hedge line and a small drain eastwards to Middle Street (B1398), which it follows to the south for 110 yards (100 m), then follows the southern edge of Hare's Wood eastwards, north of Park Farm; the airfield is still there. This is the site of the former RAF Ingham. It follows the southern edge of a small wood at Ancholme Head (in Fillingham), the source of the River Ancholme just west of the A15. It meets West Firsby at the A15 (Ermine Street) which it follows to the south, and meets Spridlington.
North of the curve in the A15, it follows Ingham Lane to the west. It crosses Middle Street at Ingham Cliff, near Ingham Cliff Farm, where there is a weather radar station. To the north along the B1398 is the Windmill public house. The boundary follows the B1398 down Lincoln Cliff, over the crossroads along the road to where it crosses a small drain. It follows the drain northwards past Coates Gorse. To the west is Stow and the Vale of Trent (Trent Valley).
In the Second World War the village became home to RAF Ingham, a satellite airfield of the Royal Air Force base at Hemswell. Ingham consisted of three grass runways, and three Polish Squadrons (including No. 300 Polish Bomber Squadron) from 1st Polish Wing were based here, joined later by No. 199 Squadron RAF. In 1944 it was renamed RAF Cammeringham. The station effectively became unusable by 1945 as the short grass runways had deteriorated. After the war, demobilised Polish aircrew lived here.
North-east of the village, on opposite sides of the B1398, is the distribution centre of an outdoor toy manufacturer on the former airfield, and Lincolnshire Rescue Kennels.
With some heavy looking cloud massing a rather weary looking 45037 carrying the unofficial Tinsley name of Eclipse races through Firsby with 1E48, the 10:15 Skegness to Sheffield service on 9th July 1988. This was my only trip to this area, and the only colour shot taken on the day. indeed it was the sole 645 transparency in the whole month, a month when I took only a couple of rolls of b&w, so I assume the weather must have been exceptionally poor, even for a British Summer!
Class 40 Indian Summer - the legendary Manchester-Skegness
On 25th Aug 1984, instead of chasing 40s across the north-west, I chose to take the only scheduled service that was still booked a Class 40, the Man Picc-Skegness (SO) and return. Here we are about to take the famous sharp curve at Firsby where the line once went north to Mablethorpe. Just out of view beyond the road bridge is Thorpe Culvert station. Plenty of bashers enjoying the view :)
40012 (D212) was one of the old LMR namers 'Aureol' and in the 1980s was one of a relatively small number of 'Whistlers' that were based at Carlisle Kingmoor (KD).
Little did I know then, as a Londoner born and bred, that some 14 years later I would end up living in Lincoln!
'A day in the life' - log book update:
Saturday 25th August 1984 - 40012 on 1E67 08.15 Man Picc - Skegness
MAN PICC
Ashburys
Reddish North
Romiley
New Mills Central
EDALE
Dore
SHEFFIELD
Darnall
Worksop
RETFORD (Low Level)
Gainsborough Lea Road
Saxilby
LINCOLN CENTRAL
Metheringham
Ruskington
SLEAFORD
Heckington
Swineshead
Hubbert's bridge
BOSTON
Thorpe Culvert
Wainfleet
Havenhouse
SKEGNESS
and in reverse for
1M54 13.24 Skegness - Man Picc
304 miles
Between 1982 and 1984 I spent many happy hours with my friends chasing around the North of England after the remaining Class 40s. At the beginning of 1984, there were still 50 members of the fleet in service, but this had already reduced down to 26 by the time I had 40012 to Skeg. By the end of the summer timetable, just 25 remained in service, and only 17 of the class survived into 1985, all but 3 being withdrawn over the weekend of 21st/22nd Jan 1985.
D200/40122, 40118 and 40012 were kept on just for rail tours, although D200 had a second Indian summer :)
Locomotive History
D212 / 40012 'Aureol'
D212 was built by the English Electric Company at their Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-Le-Willows, Lancashire and entered service in May 1959, allocated to Willesden MPD. From the 1st June 1959, D212 transferred to Crewe North, firstly on loan and then permanently before transfer to Carlisle Upperby in Sep 1959 and Camden in December 1960. D212 was named 'Aureol' by Mr.M.Glaister, Director of the Elder Dempster shipping line at Liverpool Riverside Station on the 20th Sep 1960. D212 remained at Camden for the next five years before a gradual move back to the North West via Bescot (Dec 1965) and Crewe (Apr 1966) finally transferring to Longsight in Aug 1967. It remained at Longsight for almost eleven years apart from brief stays at Springs Branch (Jun 1972 - May 1973) and Kingmoor (May 1973 – Aug 1973).
D212 became 40012 in the 1973 TOPS renumbering scheme. Its final transfer was in Dec 1978 when 40012 transfered to Carlisle Kingmoor where it remained until being withdrawn from active service in Feb 1985, due to derailment damage. Following withdrawal it was dragged to Crewe Gresty Lane sidings awaiting disposal. However, due to the Crewe Station remodeling scheme, 40012 was reinstated to traffic on 20th May 1985 at Crewe TMD, given the departmental running number of 97407 and restricted to a maximum speed of 35 mph for use on engineering trains only. Withdrawal for the second time around finally took place at Crewe TMD on the 4th Apr 1986, due to cracked bogie frames, and it was moved to Crewe Basford Hall yard to again await disposal. On the 1st Sep 1986, 97407 along with sister loco 97408 (ex-40118) moved from Crewe to Carlisle to provide spares to keep the flagship of the class (D200) running in order for it to fill its railtour commitments. 97407 remained at Carlisle until 7th Sep 1988 when it travelled via Workington, Crewe and Nuneaton to Vic Berry's Yard at Leicester for asbestos removal to be carried out, before moving on to its new home at the Midland Railway Centre. This magnificently detailed history courtesy again of John Woolley Photos
My interest in the railways waned permanently with the demise of the Class 50s, initially from the Paddington-Oxford route in 1990, and finally when they retired from the Waterloo-Exeter services in 1992.
As well as enjoying the thrash, I managed to record many of the trips and railway scenes encountered on film for posterity. Those days are now long gone, but happily the photos remain for me to reminisce over and share. ;)
Taken with a Zenith TTL SLR camera and standard lens. Scanned from the original negative with no digital restoration
You can see a random selection of my railway photos here on Flickriver: www.flickriver.com/photos/themightyhood/random/
'Indian Summer' - a period of happiness or success occurring late in life...English Electric Type 4 1958-1984
Class 08 diesel shunter D4075 and solitary brake van, are about to trundle across the level crossing and pass the wonderful Great Northern Railway signal box at Bardney on their way to Horncastle to pick-up two empty tank wagons from a small Esso depot there, a journey of 23 miles from Lincoln, in 1970. The line between Lincoln (Greetwell Junction) to Firsby (Bellwater Junction) closed to passengers in October 1970, but the short section to Bardney remained open for many years after to serve the British Sugar works situated there. Bardney box (formerly Bardney North) which dated from 1876, closed on the 5th October 1970.