Came across an Echo "As it was" article with this picture taken in 1954 of the trains in Boultham Park. The son of our next door neighbours worked at Rustons and made an engine in their garage - that would be after this pic, though
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I’d forgotten about that, it must have still been there in the 70’s or even later
I went with a friend occasionally but never really got into train spotting - but the size of this group of lads suggests it was quite a popular hobby
Yes, it was in the 1950s and into the early 1960s. Really lost popularity then with the end of steam. I took two of three photos at Central in about 1961/62 but they're not very good. This one is B1 61003 'Gazelle'.
I can't get nostalgic about one of those things!Talking about railways, this was my transport home after a match for many years:
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The track was there into the 80s, at least. Only removed when it was turned into a car-park, I think.
I was trying to think when the diesels came in - the ones like in your first picture. I remember my Mum and Aunt taking my brother and I and our two cousins to Woodhall Spa one afternoon, just to have a ride on a new diesel, but I have no concept of time
I believe that Woodhall Spa and Woodhall junction ( formerly Kirkstead) stations closed to passengers in 1970 if that’s any help
I believe that Woodhall Spa and Woodhall junction ( formerly Kirkstead) stations closed to passengers in 1970 if that’s any help
My cousin lives in the old Kirkstead/Woodhall Junction station, the platform is part of their garden, I think. The station closed to passengers in 1970 and to freight the following year.