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Hammersmith railway station is a heritage railway station on the Midland Railway - Butterley in Derbyshire.
There was no station at this point originally, being situated on the Ambergate to Pye Bridge Line. However, when the line was reopened, the A38 road prevented any further westward extension.
Hammersmith is used as terminus with a run-around loop. Trains normally proceed from here eastwards without stopping at Butterley railway station which they left a few minutes previously. The location of the terminus allows passengers to cross the causeway over Butterley Reservoir.
There is no public access at this point; passengers are instead advised to use Butterley railway station.
There has been some discussion that the line could be extended westwards under the A38 and onto Sawmills as finances allow.
Builders' hoarding optimistically showing the finished building. I assume it will take so long to complete, by then we will be back in the EU.
Hammersmith Sunset
A lot of my photographs this last two weeks has been from in and around Hammersmith where I work.
I took this sunset picture on my way home one day . . . I think I was experimenting with a GND8; I had it on in this picture but off in the other one.
The pier seen here is the Dove Pier which, according to www.twrc.rowing.org.uk/slug/lower.htm "is a particularly severe hazard on the flood (rowers have died going under the boats there in the past)"
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Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, approximately 5 miles (8km) west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames. One of West London's key transport hubs and commercial and employment centres, home to several multinational company offices, it is focused on the two London Underground stations, bus station and road network node at Hammersmith Broadway.
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There is evidence of occupation of some riverside areas around Hammersmith as far back as Roman and Saxon times, and the area was referred to in the Domesday Book.
However it was not until the arrival of the railways that the present day district of Hammersmith began to develop. The extension of the Metropolitan Railway to Hammersmith from Paddington in 1864, followed by the District Line in 1874, began a period of considerable expansion and the second half of the 19th century saw a huge increase in population from 10,000 in 1801 to 250,000 in 1901.
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Hammersmith's office activity takes place mainly to the eastern side of its centre, along Hammersmith Road and in the Ark, an architecturally-unique office complex to the south of the flyover which traverses the area. The offices of Coca-Cola, Disney, EMI, L'Oreal, Sony Ericsson, World Wrestling Entertainment, AOL UK, and Accor UK are all found in Hammersmith. Two NHS hospitals add to the set of employment activities carried out in Hammersmith - Charing Cross Hospital to the south of the centre on Fulham Palace Road, and Ravenscourt Park Hospital to the west by Ravenscourt Park. Charing Cross Hospital is a large multi-disciplinary hospital with an accident & emergency department and teaching department run by Imperial College London, whilst Ravenscourt Park Hospital specialises in orthopaedics and related surgery.
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Having seen some photos of a well lit Hammersmith Bridge at night, I thought it would be a good target. Turns out it isn't lit very well and the tide was so far out there were very few reflections. So I took some light trails instead...
Great Western Railway 2-6-2T L150 (5521) is in the process of running round its train at Hammersmith, Midland Railway Centre, 1st September 2016.
Locomotive History
L150 (5521) is a Great Western Railway 45xx class 2-6-2T engine. From 4575 the design was modified to incorporate larger, sloping-top tanks for increased range. A total of one hundred and seventy five class 45xx locomotives were built at Swindon Works and 5521 (part of lot number 249) entered traffic in December 1927, allocated to Newton Abbot MPD. At Nationalisation in 1948 it was allocated to Taunton, where it remained until transferred in June 1951 to Machynlleth. Its stay in Wales was short and it returned to the West Country in November 1951, allocated to St. Blazey. It transferred back to Taunton in August 1958 and to Laira in November 1961 from where it was withdrawal in April 1962. 5521 was sold to Woodham Bros. Barry and languished in South Wales until it was sold for preservation to the Dean Forest Railway in late 1975. It was finally restored at The Flour Mill in the Forest of Dean between 2004 and 2007. As part of its overhaul it has been fitted with Westinghouse air pump on the driver's side, giving 5521 a dual (vacuum/air) train brake capability. It would spend the 2007 - 2009 in Poland returning to the United Kingdom in 2009. In May 2013, at the request of London Underground, the locomotive was painted in red London Transport livery (similar to that worn by the Great Western Railway pannier tanks used by London Transport until 1971) and numbered L.150, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Line. The loco has since operated special trains on London Underground and visited a number of other Heritage Railways.
Here is ADE40439 turning out of Hammersmith bus station running the white major route 220 due to serving White City,Hammersmith,Putney Bridge and Wandsworth
73129 approaches Hammersmith (double heading with 92214) with a train from Butterley, 24th August 2008.
Locomotive History
Outshopped from Derby Works in August 1956 it is the sole survivor of the last batch of 30 steam locomotives to be built at Derby Works and is unique in being the only preserved Standard Class 5 fitted with Caprotti Valve Gear. It was initially allocated to Shrewsbury on the Western Region until in September 1958 it transferred north to Patricroft shed (Manchester), where it was to spend the remainder its working life until being withdrawn from traffic on 2nd December 1967.
The eastbound platform of the Circle and Hammersmith and City lines, at Baker Street London Underground Station. I initially processed a version of this in mono, but I was much happier with the colour version, I love this particular platform at Baker Street, one of the first London Underground stations.
This part of the station was opened in 1863 and built by the Metropolitan Railway (though this part of the station is now only served by the Hammersmith & City and Circle Line trains, the Met trains branch off just before reaching here). There is something about these platforms that perspire history, the benches, alcoves, brickwork, and plaques all dating from the 1860's. I'm a real fan of LT design, so tried to visit a few stations on a recent visit to London.
Other bits about Baker St, Sherlock Holmes lived at No 221B Baker Street, and 'Baker Street' was a great song by Gerry Rafferty released in 1978
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London before the Lockdown, when we still could. www.flickr.com/photos/giomagphotographer/albums/721577148...