Its been about two years since our last visit to Amerton, so we went up there for the 2021 Steam Gala…
Category Archives: Railways
The Stafford to Shrewsbury Railway Line
The Stafford–Shrewsbury line formerly ran between Shrewsbury and Stafford, from 1849 to 1966.
Those paying attention will spot that the little thing above only shows Wellington to Stafford… and for good reason – the line between Shrewsbury and Wellington is still in use, and here I’m only interested in the closed parts.
Amerton Railway
Despite living only a few miles for the Amerton Railway for nearly 30 years, I only got round to visiting it in 2019. Here are the pics of our visit.
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Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
July 2019 and we inexplicably found aourselves in Kent. Handily, the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway was nearby…
East Lancs Railway
Just a few pics of our trip to the East Lancs Railway, back on May 16th 2019.
West Lancs Light Railway
June 11th 2017, and a trip to the West Lancs Light Railway…
Ribble Steam Railway
Septtember 12th 2015, the 32nd anniversary of my Dad’s passing, and I decided to visit the Ribble Steam Railway, which just happens to be right next door to where he worked. Good call, Tony!
Barry Tourist Railway
August 22nd 2015 was not a good day to visit the Barry Tourist Railway, as they wer clogged up with a charter train. So not many photos on this one…
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Crewe, Gateway to Hell
According to figures published by the Strategic Rail Authority for the financial year 2002/3, 773969 people began their rail journeys from Crewe Railway Station, yet only 763846 people ended journeys there. This represents a net de-population of 10123 people in one year alone, by train alone. This is as close to 10000 people as makes no odds to me.
In the April 2001 census, Crewe had a recorded population of 67683 people. If we’re being generous we can round this up to a guestimate of 70000 people by April 2003.
Given these figures we see that within seven years of April 2003, in other words April 2010, Crewe will become a desolate no-mans-land inhabited only by temporary, transient souls on their way to elsewhere.
I was there today. Its happened already.