I was on holiday around these parts just a month ago, these are really nice and interesting parts to be around. I actually camped at Marshland Alpacas which is on the other side of Oxmarsh Lane level crossing. Definitely come back here again in the future!
The line from Lowestoft to Ipswich ( was ) , is MUCH more picturesque ........ and ..... the 1960's line from Tiverton to Tiverton Junction was idyllic to walk along on a summer's day ( ? ) .......... DAVE™🛑
Thank you for sharing this footage. I’m a driver for EMR and work the Barton trains regularly. It’s so nice to see the people who worked this line in the past, and the way it was worked.
I explored this in full in 1994 when the Barrow Crossing operator still had to trot back and forth to open and close the gates. There was no access to the former pier to the public but yes you can make out the old station.
Ah, the old Stallingborough box... My grandparents on my mothers side lived in the station house and as a kid would often be allowed to cross the road by myself to spend an hour in the box and very occasionally help to signal a train - well, pushing the lever forwards or backwards but every bit helps. The estate car passing from left to right at 5:15 is actually Granddad's estate car
@MalcolmHayles I believe he did for a bit, yes... Died in the 90s at Grimsby General before it was renamed Used to be great fun being in the box and watching everything going on both passenger and the occasional freight trains
Well done for converting all that 8mm cine footage and expertly edited. Full of interest and covers the people working the line as well as the physical railway infrastructure. In a few years I think AI technology will be able to sharpen up the images.
Malcom, do you have any footage of the freight workings between Grimsby and Louth during the late 70's early 80's to and from the ABM maltkilns, often worked by a 31 with the crew having to stop and do the crossing gates themselves once on the remaining single line? The old humber ferry Tattershall Castle is now a floating pub on the Thames moored on the northern side of the river just down from Hungerford Bridge.
Hello, unfortunately, I do not have any footage of the workings of this train. However, I did work on the train during the first years after it became, a single line. The story is in my book.
@@MalcolmHayles I used to watch the working when it came into the Maltkilns sidings as a kid, often from inside the roof of the derelict station, where we used to clamber around, I've even been up one of the chimneys! I was really hoping that one day the line would reopen, but sadly too much ego and infighting between people, and once the track was lifted, it was never going to happen.
I was on holiday around these parts just a month ago, these are really nice and interesting parts to be around. I actually camped at Marshland Alpacas which is on the other side of Oxmarsh Lane level crossing. Definitely come back here again in the future!
Stallingborough where I was a porter then signalman in the 1970's
The line from Lowestoft to Ipswich ( was ) , is MUCH more picturesque ........ and ..... the 1960's line from Tiverton to Tiverton Junction was idyllic to walk along on a summer's day ( ? ) .......... DAVE™🛑
Thank you for sharing this footage. I’m a driver for EMR and work the Barton trains regularly. It’s so nice to see the people who worked this line in the past, and the way it was worked.
Glad you enjoyed it. The next film will be Gainsborough to Brocklesby later in the year
I explored this in full in 1994 when the Barrow Crossing operator still had to trot back and forth to open and close the gates. There was no access to the former pier to the public but yes you can make out the old station.
Ah, the old Stallingborough box... My grandparents on my mothers side lived in the station house and as a kid would often be allowed to cross the road by myself to spend an hour in the box and very occasionally help to signal a train - well, pushing the lever forwards or backwards but every bit helps.
The estate car passing from left to right at 5:15 is actually Granddad's estate car
Did your grandfather work as a railway guard in Grimsby
@MalcolmHayles I believe he did for a bit, yes... Died in the 90s at Grimsby General before it was renamed
Used to be great fun being in the box and watching everything going on both passenger and the occasional freight trains
Well done for converting all that 8mm cine footage and expertly edited. Full of interest and covers the people working the line as well as the physical railway infrastructure. In a few years I think AI technology will be able to sharpen up the images.
Glad you enjoyed it
This is the line they reckon loses so much money that it would be cheaper to close it down and pay for a taxi for all the regular users
Marvellous video and footage, thank you for creating and sharing this. The line has changed a lot since the 70s and 80s!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks Malcolm for uploading this footage. Really like the footage inside Ulceby and Goxhill Signal boxes.
Glad you enjoyed it
Malcom, do you have any footage of the freight workings between Grimsby and Louth during the late 70's early 80's to and from the ABM maltkilns, often worked by a 31 with the crew having to stop and do the crossing gates themselves once on the remaining single line? The old humber ferry Tattershall Castle is now a floating pub on the Thames moored on the northern side of the river just down from Hungerford Bridge.
Hello, unfortunately, I do not have any footage of the workings of this train. However, I did work on the train during the first years after it became, a single line. The story is in my book.
@@MalcolmHayles I used to watch the working when it came into the Maltkilns sidings as a kid, often from inside the roof of the derelict station, where we used to clamber around, I've even been up one of the chimneys! I was really hoping that one day the line would reopen, but sadly too much ego and infighting between people, and once the track was lifted, it was never going to happen.