[ebooktalk] Re: railways
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 20:06:42 +0100
Well, Steve, if you come from gateshead, it is definitely the right side of the
river although Sunderland is still probably beyond the pail. during Newcastle
900 I was working in the very education project I mentioned earlier. But I was
spending quite a lot of time over in our Newcastle operation, a dilapidated
building just below All Saints Church. I was involved in writing a trail
booklet for the Keep which they were still using ten years later. I'd guess
the reason for the curve at the Central Station is to do with the shape and
contours of the north bank of the river.
On 20 Jun 2013, at 11:38, Steven Bingham wrote:
> June
>
> As far as I know Brief Encounter started life as a play.
>
> I can remember reading in Thomlinson’s North Eastern Railway that there were
> good engineering reasons for the curve at Newcastle Central station but I
> can’t remember what they were now. There was a very interesting little book
> published as part of the Newcastle 900 celebrations that gave a good history
> of the railways in the town. If I can find it I will scan and share it.
>
> Your end of the Newcastle and Carlisle certainly had its share of adventures
> while it was being built. As far as I can remember there were a few miles of
> marsh land that gave a lot of trouble for the foundations of an embankment
> and I can remember a story about trees causing lots of problems but I think
> they were due to land owners trying to get them out on the railway before it
> was ready for them.
>
> A lot of people suggest that the allure of railways is due to the temporary
> nature of relationships that the closeness of travel brings – being confind
> to a compartment with several strangers for quite long periods. But
> personally my fascinations goes much farther. I enjoy reading about the
> history, the scenery, the operation and the passengers of railways. Fact or
> fiction it doesn’t really matter. It’s almost as if if there’s a train in it
> then I have to read it.
>
> And finally, when I lived in the North East I was very strongly advised that
> Gateshead was the wrong side of the River and that Sunderland was definitely
> beyond the pale!!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Tar Barrels
> Sent: 19 June 2013 22:50
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: railways
>
> Newcastle has such lovely bridges, and the railway station is truly
> wonderful. Did I hear somewhere that it was the first station to be built on
> such a curve? I think in your case, Newcastle is not only the wrong side of
> the tracks, is it also the wrong side of the river? Only joking, by the way.
>
> What is it about trains that makes them appear romantic? Who will ever forget
> those scenes in Brief Encounter? By the way, was that taken from a novel?
>
> June
>
> From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
> Sent: 19 June 2013 10:02
> To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: railways
>
> I was brought up when at home at the south end of the King Edward railway
> bridge over the Tyne. there was a massive shunting yard very close too. My
> home-time childhood was therefore full of the sounds of trains, including, in
> those days, steam engines. The first job I ever had in education was running
> a project based in a restored railway station building in Felling in the east
> side of gateshead. Trains ran past the windows to and from South Shields and
> beyond. all very magical.
> On 19 Jun 2013, at 09:19, Shell wrote:
>
>
> Hi June,
> There is a book on Kindle, which seems to be an anthology of travel writing
> about this railway line, but also talks about the history and building of the
> network.
> I have also always loved railways and when we looked at this house and saw
> that it backed right onto the rail track, I knew we had to live here. I love
> to hear the trains rumbling past all the time. The only thing we didn't count
> on was the train track's amazing mouse population, which is something we have
> to be constantly vidulent about.
> I do have some books about train travel, I will look them out for you.
> The details for the kindle book and link are
> The Trans-Siberian Railway: A Traveller's Anthology by Deborah Manley
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Deborah%20Manley%20kindle
> Shell.
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Tar Barrels" <tar.barrels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:42 PM
> To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [ebooktalk] railways
>
> > Clare, I've always been fascinated by railways, and Thomas the Tank Engine
> > was the bedtime reading for both my boys for many years, and had long wanted
> > an old station as a house. What I got was a bit different - the station
> > master's house on a line still very well in use - the Carlisle to Newcastle
> > line. However, we love it.
> >
> > As for railway books - I'll read anything about the railways, fact or
> > fiction, so was a bit surprised when I couldn't get away with Edward
> > Marston's detective, especially as I think some of them are set in Cumbria.
> > I really will try them again.
> >
> > I'm just about to start a book on the building of the Burmese railway, and
> > though it will be harrowing, I expect it will also be fascinating. What I'd
> > really like ot find is something about the Siberian railways, and the people
> > who built those lines.
> >
> > We now have a very interesting situation in the village. My husband is
> > called David Horne, and we live in the Old Station House, but there is
> > another Station House in the village, on the side of the Settle line, and
> > the guy who lives there is also called David Horne. You couldn't make it up,
> > could you? There has to be a book in there somewhere!
> >
> > June
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ebooktalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Clare Gailans
> > Sent: 18 June 2013 09:18
> > To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: CURRENT READING
> >
> > June, I had somehow failed to realise, though you've told us a lot about it
> > on other lists, that you live in an old station-master's house. Some people
> > will remember Annette Brown from our year at school (whatever happened to
> > her?). She lived in the old station-master's house at Tankersley, near
> > Barnsley. In fact I think her dad was the old station-master. Can't remember
> > what job he moved on to, if any. He was a good bit older than her mum. Her
> > parents had both lost their former spouses and each had a girl and boy of
> > very similar ages. Annette's stepsister was a month younger than she was.
> > Sorry, nothing to do with books. Clare
> >
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