SteveHB Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 London St. Pancras To Sheffield - Part 2: Market Harborough to Sheffield. Chesterfield to Sheffield Midland can be seen at 1 hour 20 mins of the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 Excellent film, great find Steve Good to see the Burrowing junction at Queens Rd, now long since gone The guys pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired, Broadway Tunnel, Beauchief pronounced Bowchief, Millhouses and Eccleshall. But an great film all the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 11, 2012 Author Share Posted November 11, 2012 Part 1 is also on YouTube, makes a total of 3 hours and 20 minutes viewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 If you are pushed for time, it is possible to do the same journey in 8 minutes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Pond Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 Excellent film, great find Steve Good to see the Burrowing junction at Queens Rd, now long since gone The guys pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired, Broadway Tunnel, Beauchief pronounced Bowchief, Millhouses and Eccleshall. But an great film all the same When did the burrowing junction stop being used? I used to catch the TPO from birmingham on a friday night in the late 70s, and thought I remembered going under the dive under then to get to platform 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 When did the burrowing junction stop being used? I used to catch the TPO from birmingham on a friday night in the late 70s, and thought I remembered doing under the dive under then to get to platform 1. Now that's a good question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madannie77 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 According to Stephen Batty in Rail Centres: Sheffield (Book Law Publications, 2005 reprint of the Ian Allan 1984 book) the dive-under was taken out of use on 25th June 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 That would be the same time as resignalling then? This would be when the quadruple track was removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Pond Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 According to Stephen Batty in Rail Centres: Sheffield (Book Law Publications, 2005 reprint of the Ian Allan 1984 book) the dive-under was taken out of use on 25th June 1972. In which case I am very much mistaken that I'd been in trains that used it! Wishful thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiginc Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Excellent film, great find Steve Good to see the Burrowing junction at Queens Rd, now long since gone The guys pronunciation leaves a lot to be desired, Broadway Tunnel, Beauchief pronounced Bowchief, Millhouses and Eccleshall. But an great film all the same He also says as the train enters Chesterfield that Robert Stephenson lived out his days in a cottage overlooking the railway. Some cottage Tapton House, it's a School now. But yes a great film. PS I did wonder why the train did not stop at any stations, must have been run just for the film!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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