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A short lived narrow gauge railway used to make its way across the Hogmoor Inclosure for military purposes. After closure and dismantling in the early years of the 20th Century, the route returned to nature, but is still clearly visible. Rowan Ash with berries, Oak and Scots Pine trees along with ferns and gorse now line the old route seen here looking towards the setting Sun.© Tim Penycate
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Ash Green Station - Waiting for the train that will never come!
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This is the old Farnham/Alton bound Platform at Ash Green (The Station is now a private house but this Platform is outside of the boundaries) looking towards Farnham. No passengers have used this Platform (Apart from an occasional Railtour) for 77 x years now (at the time of writing).© Tim Penycate
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Once a busy route between London Waterloo and Alton (via Guildford) closed in 1937. A faster more direct route from London to Alton (and beyond) via the rapidly expanding nearby military base of Aldershot in 1870 and reduced the importance of the route via Ash Green and Tongham. The route was truncated in the 1950s and closed completely in 1960. The route now forms part of the “Christmas Pie Trail” (named after a local village of that name)!
© Tim Penycate
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Several heavy rain showers have affected North Hampshire and Whitehill. The rain has passed, but the clouds that brought some of them are now backlit by the setting Sun. This picture is taken from the Bordon and Whitehill Relief Road which follows the course of the old Railway that used to pass through the area.
© Tim Penycate
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Much of the PNR system (although not all) has closed down for 5 x years for major re-building and refurbishment. Tutoban Station is the main rail terminal in Manila and this is a view of the approach to the Station and the Depot outside.
© Tim Penycate
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The low sun reflects off of the rails at Aldershot Station Platform 2.
© Tim Penycate
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The opposite side of the Basingstoke Rainbow, over the railway tracks. Is the crock of gold here at RAF Odiham appx 5 x miles away from where the rainbow appears to end?
© Tim Penycate
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A heavy shower has passed over Basingstoke and the setting Sun is now pitching in from the West producing this beautiful bright rainbow. Is the crock of gold inside the building? Sadly not!
© Tim Penycate
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London Waterloo Station and the London Eye
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South Western Railway Class 450 Desiro 450 030 waits at London Waterloo to form the 2L49 16:45 to Basingstoke. The Driver has not yet arrived, but in the background an unidentified Class 458 Juniper arrives from Windsor & Elton Riverside. In the background the iconic London Eye and Art Deco Shell building can be seen.© Tim Penycate
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Waiting for the journey which will not start!
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A beautiful study of Island Line’s Unit 484 002 waiting at Ryde St Johns Road Station with the setting Sun casting its golden rays on the train and the wet track. After 2 x days of heavy rain, the track about a mile away is heavily flooded and sadly the train will be going nowhere for the rest of the day.© Tim Penycate
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Southern Portal of St Lawrence Tunnel on Isle of Wight.
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The railway from Merstone to Ventnor was the first route to close on the Isle of Wight. The once quite scenic route last saw a train almost 70 x years to the day this picture was taken in September 2022. The pictures shows the Southern (Ventnor end) of St Lawrence Tunnel ( sometimes know as High Hat Tunnel) as it looks today.© Tim Penycate
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Platform 6/7 at Guildford has a single track running through it. Herb Robert is a beautiful fragrant native wild flower in England and is slowly growing itself around one of the rails and covering up the litter people throw on the track.
© Tim Penycate
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View of the lines - the Great Central Railway about a mile South of Loughborough
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From the album: Bring Back the Trains!
A train passing under the bridge which carries a footpath from the A6 to Charnwood Water, during the Spring Diesel Gala on the heritage Great Central Railway, Leicestershire, England Photo taken from the garden of The Cedars Hotel and Restaurant in Cedar Road, just off the A6 - about a mile South of Loughborough Central Station -
A cold January evening on the Isle of Wight, sees two passengers waiting for the train back to Ryde from Brading on Island Line. As part of major upgrade work on Island Line, Brading Station has been upgraded to have 2 x operational platforms again for the first time since the late 1980s.
© Tim Penycate
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The Sun has not long risen and there is a hard frost on the ground at Aldershot Railway Station with Aldershot FC's stadium in the distance. A very thick fog descended and blanked this view out less than 1/2 hour after this picture was taken!
© Tim Penycate
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Station lights and Signal lights blend with the floodlights of nearby Aldershot Town FC to give a dramatic winter evening view.
© Tim Penycate
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A warm Summer day at Eastleigh and a Shunting Signal is glimpsed through the trees.
© Tim Penycate
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These tracks at Ascot Station in Berkshire used to connect through to the line from Guildford, but when the Station track layout was re-modelled in the 1960s, they became sidings for the berthing of trains on race days at the nearby Royal Ascot Racecourse. The sidings in turn fell out of use in the mid 1980s and nature is well and truly taking over some 35 x years later.
© Tim Penycate
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A Silver Birch has grown up through an old disused Station platform at Ascot Station in Berkshire. Although Ascot Station is still very much in use, this Platform has not seen a Train since the mid 1980s. Nature takes over!
© Tim Penycate
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Early morning at a damp and cold Bentley Station on the South Western Railway network in Hampshire. Note the crows flying!
© Tim Penycate
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From the album: Out and about in Somerset
...on the Strawberry Line (now National Cycle Network - route 26) running through North Somerset and Somerset, in the South West of England. You can just about make out the old platform ramp, almost buried beneath a lush growth of ivy, blackberries and all sorts of other wonderful plants! The Strawberry Line Trail currently runs from Yatton to Cheddar, mostly following the route of the old Strawberry Line Railway. There is an ongoing campaign to get the trail extended all the way to Shepton Mallet, via Wells is Somerset: Here you go...You can sign the petition, if you want! http://www.thestrawberryline.org.uk/index.php -
The Up, Home signals for Ropley on the Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line) in Hampshire, England
© Tim Penycate
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Flying Scotsman pulling in to Ropley Station on the Mid-Hants Railway (Watercress Line)
© Tim Penycate
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Flying Scotsman in British Railways livery on the Mid-Hants Railway - otherwise known as the Watercress Line.
© Tim Penycate
