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boxfrenzy
05-05-2009, 03:11 PM
Sunny weather. Some steam trains. There's a couple of boxes ticked. Wasn't going to bother posting but then I rememebered I liked these pictures.
Arley Station- another one on the Severn Valley Railway. It runs from Bridgenorth to Kidderminster. This is a tiny station, and I would imagine it has looked like this for nearly a century. Although the line is a heritage one, it was originally a mineral line before Doctor Beeching closed it. More about him later.
A not dissimilar viewpoint to the one I drew and painted for my GCSE art exam. Sadly I don't have a copy of my course work to include on the report.
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A train steams in to the station
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Trucks in the siding. In the distance, the tracks disappear.
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Signal box. Although not the original, this was recued from somewhere nearby. Wait, is the door open?
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The teatowel is to prevent the sweat from the signalmans hands pitting and corroding the levers. Fact.
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More recent inventions enabled the signalman to communicate up and down the line with other signallers. Before, bells and a machine which moved a token from oneside to the other were employed. Sadly I lost any ability to control a camera at this point and subsequently deleted all pictures of the aforementioned device. You'll have to make do with the phones.
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The carraige over there is closed, and has a door marked PRIVATE on it. What a shame, as it is a sleeping car. If only I wasn't carrying my small boy.
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Actually, that is no reason to not explore. Father and son (aged 2) enter the sleeping car.
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This single cabin was the only one unlocked. It looks bigger than my flat.
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I took this on the way out. I love it but have absolutely no idea on how it happened. Any ideas?
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The waiting room.
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And looking out.
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Old school Sunday night mum fodder in pre Heartbeat days "Oh Dr Beeching!" was filmed here.
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Terrifying isn't it?
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Apparently steam train tennis is a very popular sport around these parts
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