systemx Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Err, um, aye, OK - you go 1st though eh:2thumbsup:. The Crawley looks well creepy. Top work though. Makes you wonder how many of these tunnels are there? Seems like Edinburgh's riddled wi them. One tunnel I'll never get to run in or, more sadly, out of, the tunnel at Tynie! Was working at Alnwickhill Reservoir today and noticed a green cabinet(A bit smaller than BT cabinets)with CRAWLEY ACCESS POINT painted on it.Didn,t see any rats though. BTW this is one of the best threads ever on Kickback.I do quite a bit of wealking on and around the Pencaitland Railway Walk.(Good for cycling on Deek) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I've always been more fascinated by the north Edinburgh line, having been brought up around it. The station at Trinity is still easy to spot, as it has now been converted into a house, but kept a lot of the original features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larbertjambo Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Once used the Edinburgh South Suburban railway a couple of years ago, that is against my will. Having grew up with relatives that stayed on Station Rd/Mitchell Street/Peffer Street & Bank i was always keen to listen to the old stories that went with the Duddingston & Craigmillar Station one of my all time wishes was to travel on that line but never thought i would see the day that is until Hearts played a game in Glasgow some time in April 2006, Haymarket Station was not available and neither was through traffic aloud so instead of getting off at Edinburgh Park (where we should have been told) we done the South Sub eventually coming in from the East into the Waverley... anyone elso on that train that day ? It took longer to get from Edinburgh Park to the Waverley than it did from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Oh the occasion was Hibs 0 v 4 Heart Of Midlothian was about to post something similar, but i,m going way back in time. a football special to hampden on (wednesday?) 25th oct 1976. league cup semi final v celtic. haymarket was out of action so the "special" trundled round the suburban line till almost back at haymarket then ambled its merry way to kings park gettin us to the match about 10 mins before half time. after a 2-1 defeat the journey home was murder as the train semed to stop all the time. remember it going in towards haymeket before stopping to reverse on to the suburban line, loads of fans opened the doors and clambered down the embankment rather than wait till it eventually got into waverly. would think the last bus would,ve been long gone by then. the worst "special" i was ever on! still at least you could take your carry out on them. helped numb the pain of watching hearts at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Doog Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Was working at Alnwickhill Reservoir today and noticed a green cabinet(A bit smaller than BT cabinets)with CRAWLEY ACCESS POINT painted on it.Didn,t see any rats though. BTW this is one of the best threads ever on Kickback.I do quite a bit of wealking on and around the Pencaitland Railway Walk.(Good for cycling on Deek) Very interesting mate, do you think the tunnel extends all the way up to Alnwickhill then? From what I remember the description of where the tunnel began and ended were a bit vague. Edit - Just read the website again, it says it runs from 'approximately' the Meadows. Alnwickhill to the Meadows is some approximate if that's the case! Edited October 16, 2009 by Scooby Doog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Dover Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Was working at Alnwickhill Reservoir today and noticed a green cabinet(A bit smaller than BT cabinets)with CRAWLEY ACCESS POINT painted on it.Didn,t see any rats though. BTW this is one of the best threads ever on Kickback.I do quite a bit of wealking on and around the Pencaitland Railway Walk.(Good for cycling on Deek) Was up that way earlier this week. Went into the Saltoun big Forrest walk ? Went off piste at one point and came across the old railway track bed. Like I said on an earlier post, it's weird finding this regulation gap in amongst the trees that just disappears off into the distance. Below the bridge at the Carberry - Cousland junction ( traffic lights ) there was a halt with platforms and stuff. It's all buried now though as the cutting has been filled in up to the height of the bridge ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuj1 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Really loving this thread. From old photos, maps etc of how places used to be, especially from the areas where I grew up, I can't get enough of it. Like edinphoto, its worth checking out the Scran website http://www.scran.ac.uk/ It's ?10 for 6 months, I paid ?20 last year (its well worth it - you'll spend hours and hours on it) and its also worth checking out http://www.henniker.org.uk/ Loads of photos from in and around Edinburgh. Like this at Lothian Road many years ago..... ? Dave Henniker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots civil war Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 anybody read `the railway man` by eric lomax? it has a brilliant description of the railways,yards at joppa/porty on the east coast main line back in the 30`s......recomend it to all the nostalgists out there as for granton,i remember clocking a class37 with a couple of oil tanks in the late seventies,crossing the road at the roundabout !!!!!....my dad worked at texaco along the road and i think thats where the oil headed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol1874 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 anybody read `the railway man` by eric lomax? it has a brilliant description of the railways,yards at joppa/porty on the east coast main line back in the 30`s......recomend it to all the nostalgists out there as for granton,i remember clocking a class37 with a couple of oil tanks in the late seventies,crossing the road at the roundabout !!!!!....my dad worked at texaco along the road and i think thats where the oil headed You've just cranked this excellent thread up a notch on the anorak scale by naming a loco type! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larbertjambo Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 No danger mate, you wouldn't get me down there. Like you say, it looks well creepy and I'll bet that it's half full of rats too. I remember from working in the Caley hotel many moons ago that there's a tunnel with a stream running through it right under the hotel. No idea where is starts or ends but it was a fairly big thing. Apparently there's umpteen underground streams running under Edinburgh. Fascinating stuff. the peoples story musuem in the high street used to have map showing the various streams running through the old town (loads of rhem) and that was why there were so many breweries in that part of town, the scottish parliament has an underground stream that is used for "grey water" its pumped up into the building and used for flushing toilets and urinals. another train memory is coffin lane, well remember going down there with my dad and looking up at the buffers in the train yard. it was great when it became disused (late 60s) as we all played down there, small service tunnels to crawl about in. great fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots civil war Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 you knew it was coming eh haha it was a glasgow eastfield one,152 i think it was 37s also sound fakn great:stuart: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuj1 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 ? Dave Henniker Oops! Christ I even quoted it was his copyright! http://www.henniker.org.uk/images/places/local_a/ed-central/_views_/w_approach.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol1874 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 you knew it was coming eh haha it was a glasgow eastfield one,152 i think it was 37s also sound fakn great:stuart: Aye, I bought my son, ahem, a DVD of 37s from bookworld in town. Not bad at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deek Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 You've just cranked this excellent thread up a notch on the anorak scale by naming a loco type! Ahh the tractor, the class 37, also known as the English Electric type 3. Still in use by EWS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
269miles Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Think I've got a few years on you NT (I'm 49)... I'm obviously getting to that age though of remembering how things used to be in Embra "in the old days". My grannie lived at the top of Longstone Road. Two of my earliest 1960's childhood memories from then were: - the sound of the air-raid siren, must have been one in the area from WW2 (...it was only 20 years before after all) .. and I have no idea why they cranked it up again (cold war exercise ? or maybe it was just Saughton prison ? who knows...) - the sight of a farmer and his sheepdog herding his sheep up Longstone Road ,and down Calder Road (the carraiageway now) towards the abbatoir at Chesser. God only knows where they came from ! LOL. In the very early 60s I lived near Canonmills and there is a police box (still) that used to have a siren on op. I can still remember the thing being tested on a regular basis but I never asked why. I can also remember the smog warnings and the terrible smog & fog that hit Edinburgh in the winter (so many coal fires !!). The pic of the Scotland St tunnel brings back memories as I spent many a day playing in what was still a live goods yard in my very early years. I recall it being used as a sort of deep freeze store for new cars in the late 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots civil war Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 they are still around,yes sometimes on the daily refuse train from powderhall to dunbar and return sometimes stabled at craigentinny depot on standby or summat and usually(in pairs!!!) on the windscale-torness nuclear flask train on a wednesday morning trundling through the sub line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Ahh the tractor, the class 37, also known as the English Electric type 3. Still in use by EWS. This really is a coming out thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Busby ! Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 This thread is way too good to be allowed to drift into obscurity. Needs to go to Classic Kickback at some point soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deek Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 This really is a coming out thread. The class 57 is used by Virgin as a rescue train. All are named after Thunderbird characters and are placed at strategic places on the rail road. This is the "Parker" at Bristol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol1874 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 If this is to 'degenerate' into a full on train thread, then I have to nominate the sound of a Valenta powered HST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby_swing_the_bar Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Went to Newcastle from Fife on the train last December. Got to Murrayfield and turned off and ended up going around the Sub. Took ages, but it was a wee bit of a change. There are loads of old train tracks everywhere, lots of them are turned into cycle paths so still useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2 Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 There is a guy who is an oracle on railways, don't know his number, but his name is Roy Cropper and he stays in Weatherfiield near Manchester utd, runs a cafe called Roy's Rolls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambophil Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 I think there's a cross country train to Aberdeen at about 5.30 am that goes round the sub. I don't know why though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 one of the best threads on kickback at the moment and deserves to be in the classic folder next to beautiful Edinburgh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMBOANDO Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 As one who will be 47 next April. I can still remember freight trains(Petroleum carriers) going along the railway line that used to run past Granton harbour and up into what used to be two oil(petrol tanks) at where Saltire street and that are now. Then up into the old gasworks. I dont remember any passenger trains but I can still remember a fishing fleet out of Granton Harbour. John Well John,as a Granton lad(40 on Halloween)i remember the excitement on seeing the train crossing Grantor square in the mid-to late 70s,the line at the back of the William Waugh scrap yard and the harbour was my playground when i was a lad. Great days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiea Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Big team big train Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboinglasgow Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 wish someone could overlay google maps with the routes and stations of allEdinburghs current and former railways. Would be interesting to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougiea Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 wish someone could overlay google maps with the routes and stations of allEdinburghs current and former railways. Would be interesting to see. Try the following site: http://geo.nls.uk/maps/towns/edinburgh1893/openlayers.html Overlays 1893 maps onto google maps (or whatever you choose) Worth a look at Gorgie, Dalry & Fountainbridge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Dover Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Just thought I'd save this thread from the beeching axe Took a drive down to Hawick last Sunday, since my head was unusually clear with there having been no Hearts game Had a wee nostalgia fest as I walked along the old Waverley line at Riccarton Junction, a thriving village away in the border hills that was only accessible by getting the train either in or out !! Unfortunately some of the 'friends of Riccarton' group ended up not being very friendly and their restoration project ground to a halt and nature is already starting to reclaim the platforms they had begun to restore Much more success is being had by the Waverley preservation society who have re-laid a fair bit of track down that way at Whitrope Tons of stuff on the net if anybody is interested http://riccartonjunction.org/history.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Browsing the shelves of a station bookstall in Sydney last year, I spotted a British Steam magazine with an article on football specials. Interesting articles apart, the pics included this one from 1961showing a local Leith North to Princes Street train (stopping at Murrayfield) approaching Newhaven Station. I noticed on the right of the picture the finishing touches to Trinity's new Assembly Hall building. I was in 1st year then. Not so fond memories of the gym behind it. I don't remember there being 4 tracks on the line there, must have been for passing. I used to take the train up to Princes Street, but only remember the diesel multiple units. No. 1 thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots civil war Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 great foto there,is that bridge in the distance on newhaven road boss...looking east?? i live near there and trying to get bearings on that great pic....... the pic ive added is craigentinny,from the bridge at top of fishwives causeway......express heading to waverley station,1929...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eckauskas Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 One thing that the west of Scotland really has got going for it is the train system. I absolutely hates buses and the train / subway / low level system is superb. Edinburgh really could use something similar. I hear Edinburgh might have a tram system going soon. Not too sure about it, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 http://www.railbrit.co.uk/home.php Loads of pictures on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better call Saul Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Can anyone tell me where this was then and what it is now Dont enlarge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Bottom end of Russell Rd? Now a path/cycle way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better call Saul Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yer gettin warmer ..but not a path way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots civil war Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) av it !!!! the old diesels,there was some great designs in there of the mainline locos.love the steam,but the diesels were my generation i grew up by the railway and the class forty was a big fave..... when i was a nipper in the late seventies,in the summer nights i could hear the 22.00hrs edinbro-kings cross parcels swooping down through abbeyhill from craigentinny, with one of those beasts in charge !!!!! and then seconds later it hammering it past my garden at sunset...what a fakn buzz i used to get watching em Edited November 23, 2009 by scots civil war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blairdin Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Yer gettin warmer ..but not a path way West Approach Road? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 great foto there,is that bridge in the distance on newhaven road boss...looking east??Yes, seems to have been taken from Craighall Road - the old station building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart MacD Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Big team big train Beautiful! My uncle was a driver and gave me a hurl on one of these beauties at Haymarket Sheds. These were the days before overzealous OH &S regs. came in. Anyone agree that these are the sexiest machines made by man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedbump Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 West Approach Road? Decent shout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better call Saul Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 West Approach Road? Corrrrect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Sidebottom Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 This is fascinating. Would anyone care to list the old stations on the "sub" no longer in use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots civil war Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 duddingston park by the bridge,craigmillar park,morningside all with platforms theres platforms also at easter road,leith walk outwith the sub thats as far as i know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest casper Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Beautiful! My uncle was a driver and gave me a hurl on one of these beauties at Haymarket Sheds. These were the days before overzealous OH &S regs. came in. Anyone agree that these are the sexiest machines made by man? I had a relly who was a train driver and liked a drink. I remember one night when I was about 18 he took me and ma dad down to Newcastle and back in the cab on what was then called the night rider. We picked him up and then we went to the Beachwood for some pints. We then dropped him off a Haymarket to get his train and we made our way to the Waverley where we were to get on, me in a brown BR dust coat and my dad a BR donkey jacket. We were told that if anybody asked that we were electricians from Haymarket along to check a fault on the train and that the bag containing the carry out was our tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better call Saul Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 This was the giant leith (****) central where the scotmid off duke street is now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better call Saul Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 This is fascinating. Would anyone care to list the old stations on the "sub" no longer in use? Newington , blackhall (near blackford pond) few other places like trinity , gilmerton , loanhead , millerhill , bonnington all had stations I have a few pictures of them (sad I know ) will get round to posting them later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwull22 Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 av it !!!! the old diesels,there was some great designs in there of the mainline locos.love the steam,but the diesels were my generation i grew up by the railway and the class forty was a big fave..... when i was a nipper in the late seventies,in the summer nights i could hear the 22.00hrs edinbro-kings cross parcels swooping down through abbeyhill from craigentinny, with one of those beasts in charge !!!!! and then seconds later it hammering it past my garden at sunset...what a fakn buzz i used to get watching em Never mind yer class 40 I raise you with one of these beauties, now they made a serious sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Thor Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Well John,as a Granton lad(40 on Halloween)i remember the excitement on seeing the train crossing Grantor square in the mid-to late 70s,the line at the back of the William Waugh scrap yard and the harbour was my playground when i was a lad. Great days! What a great thread. I'm a Granton boy as well (i'm 41) and remember well the trains running across Granton Square and up towards the gas works. There was still trains running into the early 80's. The line up the back of Waugh's was a great place when you're a youngster, a huge adventure playground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Better call Saul Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 A few from Granton This station was built behind the caley hotel leading onto th ewestern appraoch road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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