Paolo Coopio Posted April 14, 2021 Share Posted April 14, 2021 The old disused Beighton Branch of the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway runs from Beighton Junction (where it left the old Midland Railway) all the way out to Langwith Junction. You can walk along the old trackbed for much of it from Rother Valley Country Park. Accessibility does vary along the route but there are some great old bridges and relics left behind. Especially in the section before Killamarsh. I've only been as far as the Spinkhill Tunnel so far as I can see most of the trackbed has been claimed/developed past Spinkhill. This is part 2 of the set of videos I did of the route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unitedite Returns Posted April 15, 2021 Share Posted April 15, 2021 Thank you very much for posting your video. I really enjoyed watching the same. It’s a very long time indeed since I last visited the L. D &. E. C. R., and I am both, amazed and saddened by how much this long defunct line has changed so much in the past 40+ years. I have taken the opportunity of sharing with you, some images taken by myself in “happier times”. I hope that you can relate them back to the remains and locations shown in your video. LDE001-Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE003-Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE007-BTL.537/1964, Class 47, No.47180 at Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking South Towards Spinkhill-16/06/1977 LDE008-BTL.537/1964, Class 47, No.47180 at Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE011-Killamarsh Junction, LD&ECR bridge over Waleswood Curve, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE019-Meadowgate Lane, Beighton-LD&ECR Bridge over Norwood Colliery-Killamarsh (M.R.) Branch, View South towards Killamarsh-09/06/1977 LDE020-BTL.525/1964, Class 47, No.47168 at LD&ECR Bridge over Norwood Colliery-Killamarsh (M.R.) Branch (with GCR Bridge Foreground)-09/06/1977 LDE029-ECR/1977, Class 56, No.56024 at Killamarsh Junction, LD&ECR bridge over Waleswood Curve, on ex-Westhorpe Colliery Mineral Train-14/07/1977 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Coopio Posted April 15, 2021 Author Share Posted April 15, 2021 4 hours ago, Unitedite Returns said: Thank you very much for posting your video. I really enjoyed watching the same. It’s a very long time indeed since I last visited the L. D &. E. C. R., and I am both, amazed and saddened by how much this long defunct line has changed so much in the past 40+ years. I have taken the opportunity of sharing with you, some images taken by myself in “happier times”. I hope that you can relate them back to the remains and locations shown in your video. LDE001-Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE003-Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE007-BTL.537/1964, Class 47, No.47180 at Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking South Towards Spinkhill-16/06/1977 LDE008-BTL.537/1964, Class 47, No.47180 at Upperthorpe and Killamarsh Station Site, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE011-Killamarsh Junction, LD&ECR bridge over Waleswood Curve, Looking North Towards Beighton-16/06/1977 LDE019-Meadowgate Lane, Beighton-LD&ECR Bridge over Norwood Colliery-Killamarsh (M.R.) Branch, View South towards Killamarsh-09/06/1977 LDE020-BTL.525/1964, Class 47, No.47168 at LD&ECR Bridge over Norwood Colliery-Killamarsh (M.R.) Branch (with GCR Bridge Foreground)-09/06/1977 LDE029-ECR/1977, Class 56, No.56024 at Killamarsh Junction, LD&ECR bridge over Waleswood Curve, on ex-Westhorpe Colliery Mineral Train-14/07/1977 Love these photos. Can't believe how much its changed. Interesting to see how different it looks with less vegetation. First pictures I've seen of the bridges before they were ruins too. Thanks very much for sharing these. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Thanks both of you....I have walked along some of the way in the past....with, I recall, a few scary looking drops along the way .I still wonder at the iron bridge on the way into Killamarsh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo Coopio Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 21 hours ago, Lysanderix said: Thanks both of you....I have walked along some of the way in the past....with, I recall, a few scary looking drops along the way .I still wonder at the iron bridge on the way into Killamarsh. Love the iron bridges. Both the one over the road in to Killamarsh and the River Rother Bridge. I think the Killamarsh one feels higher. Both in a bit of a state of disrepair now. I often wonder if at some stage the health and safety crew will fence them off. By the way. I walked up the track bed south of Killamarsh last weekend and noticed that at the Spinkhill end there as a footpath closed sign up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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