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Title: Mile posts - help with research Post by: grahame on May 17, 2012, 09:41:24 Don't think these are gonna be GW ... but I would appreciate help in identifying
1. Railway Company 2. Approx age 3. Location (when in use, not now!) (http://www.wellho.net/pix/railmileposts.jpg) Title: Re: Mile posts - help with research Post by: TerminalJunkie on May 17, 2012, 10:15:50 This might help:
http://www.railsigns.co.uk/info/milepost1/milepost1.html Title: Re: Mile posts - help with research Post by: paul7575 on May 17, 2012, 10:22:52 Caledonian Railway.
http://www.railwayanapage.com/castiron.htm Paul Title: Re: Mile posts - help with research Post by: grahame on May 18, 2012, 06:21:05 Goodness - yous were fast! Many thanks.
Agewise that puts then pre-1923, right? How much older than that, I wonder? And would it be 32 miles from Glasgow down some route or other? Title: Re: Mile posts - help with research Post by: Worcester_Passenger on May 18, 2012, 07:47:18 The mileage on the Caley's main line started from 0 at Carlisle. The main line ran via Motherwell, Stirling, Perth and Forfar to Aberdeen, 241 and a bit miles. The lines from Carstairs to Edinburgh Princes St, and Motherwell to Glasgow Central were given mileages that followed logically from zero at Carlisle. Other branches would have had local mileages.
On the main line, 32 would be between Lockerbie and Beattock. There weren't many long branches. One possibility would be the Callander and Oban, where 32 would be between Crianlarich and Tyndrum Lower. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |