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Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:00 am
by Matt
okay thanks Chris.
Here we go.
Where are these buildings, what were they used for, and how are they railway related?
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:06 am
by Matt
need a clue(s)?
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:33 am
by Chris Cairns
Yes please!
Chris Cairns.
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 1:39 am
by Matt
okay, first clue.
the site in the photograph was linked to a railway that was once run by a certain colonel.
Posted: Sun Sep 08, 2013 3:05 pm
by laurence703
They're not ammunitions stores are they by any chance? possibly converted to farming buildings?
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:06 am
by Matt
yes, they were ammunition stores.
can anyone tell me where they are, and what the railway connection is?
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:36 am
by Andrew
Aha!
If it's ammunition, and it's Colonel related, I reckon it's the Shropshire and Montgomeryshire - Nesscliffe, according to Wikipedia...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:46 am
by Matt
Correct! It is the former Nesscliffe ammunition depot.
The site was built in 1941 to provide ammunition storage for the British Army. It was connected to the national rail network by the former Col Stephens Shropshire and Montgomeryshire light railway. The system remained in use until the depot closed in 1960, and all the remaining locos and stock were transferred to longmoor.
Today, the site is a training camp for the British army, and the old depot buildings are used for training purposes. I was at the camp for a week long exercise, and had to spend a night sleeping in one of the old buildings. The track is still there embedded in the concrete.
okay Andrew, your turn.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 10:56 am
by Andrew
OK... Which UK narrow gauge railway ran 3,200 passenger miles per day ?!! According to what I've just read at any rate, haven't been able to double-check...
Andrew.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:17 am
by Matt
isle of Mann railway?
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:47 am
by Andrew
Nope, sorry...
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:24 pm
by Big Al
Isle of Man not in the U.K. or E.U. it's a Crown dependency.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:33 pm
by vjoneslong5040
Must be the Welsh Highland Railway? Or maybe the Snowdon Mountain Railway?
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:04 pm
by Andrew
I'm afraid not. I reckon both of those must have a daily mileage in the low hundreds?
As far as I know none of these "passenger miles" could actually be enjoyed by the general public...
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:19 pm
by WVLR
The Post Office Railway.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:25 pm
by Andrew
No, but getting closer, geographically speaking...
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 3:57 pm
by Big Jim
Docklands light railway?
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:19 pm
by Andrew
Nope, t'was NG, but getting incredibly warm - geographically...
Andrew.
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:03 pm
by Big Jim
It wouldn't be something to do with the building of the jubilee line extension would it?
Posted: Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:13 pm
by williamfj
A railway system to do with the construction of the Channel Tunnel?
