Norfolks Lost Railways..May-July 2017

[Eddiek]

An excellent report, well done...

 

[Pandy6980]

MELTON CONSTABLE TO YARMOUTH LINE

This line from the central hub at Melton Constable to the popular resort of Great Yarmouth Tthe line was owned by the midland and great northern railway,The line shut in 1959,and the former track serves as part of the weavers way cycle and walkway.

Just before you get to honing station there is a beautiful Victorian iron bridge. The bridge is listed.

A bit further up the track is honing station.there is still lots of remains here,the two platforms and a hut with a pump in it, The remains of the waiting room and the base of the station.

The wooden pump hut

The remains of the old waiting room.

All that remains of the old station is the fireplace.

At the back I made a nice discovery.it was the old cattle pen. A lot of stations had cattle pens to transport cattle from the local farms. This still had the original gates and flooring.

The walkway to herd the cattle from the farm to the pen.

This pillbox was a bit further down the line. This one has been decorated with flowers and stuff.

One of two bridges that went over the north walsham to dilham canal. The north walsham to Dilham canal was built close to this stretch of railway. The canal is the only one in Norfolk.the canal was built to service the various mills along its stretch, Being operated by wherries it opened in 1826, the canal was not a success , it laid derelict for years there is a trust that has started restoring it and some of the six locks.if anyone is interested on more info on the canal here is my friend Chris's very good and very informative video of the canal with one of the trusts members. I promise its not clickbait.

Briggate lock

Honing lock

The next station is felmingham station.it closed the same time as the rest. The inside is being used for storage.

And one last bridge to finish things off.

thanks for looking and hope it was not too long winded. i know its not epic stuff. but it shows there are still interesting things to find out there. Even if they are on a smaller scale.

 

[Pandy6980]

A fantastic report loved this one , well done very interesting some great finds

 

[stuartthfc11]

Thank you, I loved that. I really hope they restore some of these lines.

 

[Philwill80]

Amazing! So much history!

 

[Mikeymutt🐶]

Thank you, I loved that. I really hope they restore some of these lines.

Thank you. Since doing this quite a few things have been restored now.

 

[dave]

Amazing report very well done. This type of report is as good as it gets in my opinion.

 

[Mikeymutt🐶]

Amazing report very well done. This type of report is as good as it gets in my opinion.

Thank you Dave. It took some miles to do. But just like doing things that are a bit different than normal if I get a chance.

 

[TheTimeChamber]

Very nice, great set of images

 

[CantClimbTom]

So many lovely photos, trying to imagine how many hours you put into this, but the results are fantastic

 

[Mikeymutt🐶]

Very nice, great set of images

Thank you very much

 

[Mikeymutt🐶]

So many lovely photos, trying to imagine how many hours you put into this, but the results are fantastic

I spent most of my spare time covering this for three months.

 

[dansgas1000]

It's astonishing the work you put into this mate, easily one of the most comprehensive and best reports I've seen. It's amazing how many old rail bits are still around. As always fantastic photos!

 

[Mikeymutt🐶]

It's astonishing the work you put into this mate, easily one of the most comprehensive and best reports I've seen. It's amazing how many old rail bits are still around. As always fantastic photos!

Thank you mate. I reckon with the amount around I could have spent many more hours doing this.

 

[Lndnpdd]

Speaking as an engineer, some of those photos of the structures are truly erection inducing