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Moodster020
12-05-2009, 06:19 PM
Here's an old one i did over a year ago now, a rare find given the way the old railways have been built over/redeveloped/knocked down in the last 40 years

Here's a bit of background history of it:


Broomielaw opened on the 8th July as a private halt for the Bowes-Lyon family who lived in nearby Streatham Castle. The station had a single platform located located in a cutting on the up side of the line with a covered stairway down from the road above.

Although private the halt was used by children from the local village who caught excursion trains. The station was opened to the public on 9th June 1942. The station had no general freight facilities although a siding were provided on the north side of the line controlled by a signal box to the west of the station and Broomielaw did handle parcels and continued to do so until final closure of the line on 5th April 1965.

The station served the nearby army barracks particularly during WW2, most likely causing it to be open to the public
Closure in 1965 as part of Dr Beeching cuts.

Signal Box:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/moodster020/Broomielawbox3.jpg

Inside, signal levers still remain!:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/moodster020/Box1.jpg

Roof's caving in though:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/moodster020/boxroof.jpg
Give it another decade or two & not alot would remain i would think...


The station, how it used to look...
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/moodster020/broomielaw_old5.jpg

Same location (roughly)now:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/moodster020/staionverandah.jpg

Different angle:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/moodster020/broomielawstation.jpg

Inside the waiting room:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj33/moodster020/insidewesternmoststationbuilding.jpg



More below:
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12470438@N07/sets/72157608024676540/

Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8KeTNndc7w

location:
http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=54.558663&lon=-1.874614&z=19.4&r=0&src=msa

BB
12-05-2009, 07:57 PM
Nice!

Really cool little place dude :thumb

boxfrenzy
12-05-2009, 08:04 PM
I like that one mate, old and new pictures are good. :thumb

evilnoodle
12-05-2009, 08:38 PM
I like that trees that have grown on the platforms!

sinnerman
12-05-2009, 09:53 PM
good little find there

simonix
13-05-2009, 08:01 AM
Luv that first photo, well done. :thumb

converse1
13-05-2009, 08:04 AM
Yeah, the first pic is great. :tthumb

Krypton
07-03-2011, 12:27 PM
Sorry to drag this up but the place looks really interesting and i'd like to visit it :thumb

minxy*
07-03-2011, 05:30 PM
Nice pics,this place looks a nice mooch.

beam assisted
07-03-2011, 06:15 PM
Beautiful place- this is the reason why this section was opened