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MarkoV
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- Land of the Finns
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- Marko
Panolyman
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- Wild West Wales
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- Brian
Erwood is a disused railway station in mid-Wales.
I think I’m correct in saying they’ve converted the old train lines from that station into to roads?
Panolyman
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- Wild West Wales
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- Brian
I think you're mistaken, as the only roads on the east and north banks of the river Wye have always been there.
The disused line ran from Builth Wells down to Hay on Wye and most of the route is inaccessible and hasn't even been converted to cycle path, except one very short section into Builth itself. It's a most scenic part of the country and it would be great if access was available.
Ah ok, someone editing the Wikipedia post on the station seems to think so (probably not a local like you).
Panolyman
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- Wild West Wales
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- Brian
Mmm, intersting.
I'm not a local but have cycled that section a fair number of times (as it's now part of National Cycle Network Route 8) and had never realised that crossing over that bridge, I was actually on the line of the old railway line (which seems pretty obvious when viewed from the road beneath).
It's not really clear how much you ride on the old line, as it joins up with the existing old road very soon and does follow it very closely for approx 4km until the next road bridge over the river.
So, they haven't really converted the old train lines from that station into to roads, just utilised the bridge.
I'm pleased that you are interested in the station info and can heartily recommend visiting one day to cycle the section, particularly lovely from downstream at Boughrood heading north as far as Builth Wells.
Cheers,
Brian.
Ghosts of old stations/ lines closed down by Lord Beecham in the 60s have always had a perverse interest to me, albeit they are a lot harder to find these days. I don't think Erwood was one of those but the abandoned aspects of these things are always interesting to me.
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- United States
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- United States
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- Southeast Idaho
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- Dan
Next to the Panama Canal, Panama Canal Railway on the left and a large cargo ship transiting the canal on the right.
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I rode the RR to Colon and back. Interestingly it is East to West going to the Carib side. Actually more S. to N.
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- Woodstock, CT
Good Evening,
I'll be spending quite a few weeks here in Reno, NV helping my grandson get through a compound fracture (pins-plate-screws) of his left arm. At 5-1/2 years old and at the very beginning of summer, it really stinks for him. He fell through a jungle gym and managed to also get a moderate concussion on the way down...
Anyway, he loves trains so I took him to the Nevada State Train Museum in Carson City, and they are prepping all of the show pieces for the July 4th Steam Up, which will be a real treat for all. We did get to use a hand-car for a few hundred feet, under the careful eye of one of the volunteers. We will be back for the 4th, and my youngest son is working on getting us up in a diesel cab engine (renting it) at another museum (Western Pacific Railroad Museum) in somewhat nearby California in a few weeks.
Regards,
Edd
I'll be spending quite a few weeks here in Reno, NV helping my grandson get through a compound fracture (pins-plate-screws) of his left arm. At 5-1/2 years old and at the very beginning of summer, it really stinks for him. He fell through a jungle gym and managed to also get a moderate concussion on the way down...
Anyway, he loves trains so I took him to the Nevada State Train Museum in Carson City, and they are prepping all of the show pieces for the July 4th Steam Up, which will be a real treat for all. We did get to use a hand-car for a few hundred feet, under the careful eye of one of the volunteers. We will be back for the 4th, and my youngest son is working on getting us up in a diesel cab engine (renting it) at another museum (Western Pacific Railroad Museum) in somewhat nearby California in a few weeks.
Regards,
Edd
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- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
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- John ...
Edd, best wishes for your grandson's good and speedy recovery.
Watch out for secondary symptoms of the concussion. I'm sure you know that, but it never hurts to mention the obvious, just in case.
Watch out for secondary symptoms of the concussion. I'm sure you know that, but it never hurts to mention the obvious, just in case.
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- Woodstock, CT
Thank you John, and yes, unfortunately, I'm no stranger to concussions. He seems to have come through the worst of it now, having his cast changed on Friday. The pins will come out, but the screws and plate will stay for the time being. from what I am told. The ice-breaker moment was when I showed him scars received in a former life; he understood that if I got better, he will get better too...
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Edd
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- Woodstock, CT
Good Afternoon,
I tried to find a real-time train tracker but I doubt that one is available for non-shippers (probably a 9/11 issue), so we have been listening for train horns and tracking the times instead. It worked for my grandson & I this morning, with a 30 minute window in between. The Union Pacific was inbound (east) from California and the Amtrak was outbound (west) to California, then possibly north to Oregon/Washington. The freight had a lot of motive power, using three diesels up front and two in the middle, cars totaling about 115 from my rough (very rough) count. The horns, ground shaking, and the roar of the engines scared the crap out of my grandson, but after the train finally got by, he could not stop laughing, so I guess it all worked. He had never been that close (~60 ft) to a moving train before; I can't wait until he tells his parents what he and grandpa did today....
Regards,
Edd
I tried to find a real-time train tracker but I doubt that one is available for non-shippers (probably a 9/11 issue), so we have been listening for train horns and tracking the times instead. It worked for my grandson & I this morning, with a 30 minute window in between. The Union Pacific was inbound (east) from California and the Amtrak was outbound (west) to California, then possibly north to Oregon/Washington. The freight had a lot of motive power, using three diesels up front and two in the middle, cars totaling about 115 from my rough (very rough) count. The horns, ground shaking, and the roar of the engines scared the crap out of my grandson, but after the train finally got by, he could not stop laughing, so I guess it all worked. He had never been that close (~60 ft) to a moving train before; I can't wait until he tells his parents what he and grandpa did today...
.Regards,
Edd
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Good Evening,
It was a train weekend for myself, youngest son, and grandson. Still processing many of the images, but these were from this morning taken in Virgina City (NV), the Virgina and Truckee Railroad, site of the 1800's gold and silver rush. Truth is that the gold helped pay for the Union war effort against the Confederacy during the Civil War...
Regards,
Edd
It was a train weekend for myself, youngest son, and grandson. Still processing many of the images, but these were from this morning taken in Virgina City (NV), the Virgina and Truckee Railroad, site of the 1800's gold and silver rush. Truth is that the gold helped pay for the Union war effort against the Confederacy during the Civil War...
Regards,
Edd
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- Woodstock, CT
Good Afternoon,
Last Saturday was another "train driving" experience, this time running a Western Pacific SW-1500 (129 ton, 1500 H.P.) switcher at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum (Portola, CA) with my youngest son and grandson in the cab. I had it for over a hour, and managed to accomplish all the tasks I was assigned, including moving through a series of switches in a simulated switch yard...
. Honestly, it was a cake-walk controls-wise and operationally compared to steam trains I have driven in the past, smooth as silk. It did not have dynamic (traction) braking, so the air brakes had to be carefully modulated, as they were certainly non-linear. Air pressure was applied to slow the train, opposite of other forms of transportation.
Regards,
Edd
Last Saturday was another "train driving" experience, this time running a Western Pacific SW-1500 (129 ton, 1500 H.P.) switcher at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum (Portola, CA) with my youngest son and grandson in the cab. I had it for over a hour, and managed to accomplish all the tasks I was assigned, including moving through a series of switches in a simulated switch yard...
. Honestly, it was a cake-walk controls-wise and operationally compared to steam trains I have driven in the past, smooth as silk. It did not have dynamic (traction) braking, so the air brakes had to be carefully modulated, as they were certainly non-linear. Air pressure was applied to slow the train, opposite of other forms of transportation.Regards,
Edd
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Good Afternoon,
The Nevada State Train Museum (Carson City, NV) has the oldest running steam trains in the US, and this past weekend was their big steamup. It was a very hot day, but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, with the sights, smells and sounds of the restored trains, all maintained by a volunteer crew.
Regards,
Edd
The Nevada State Train Museum (Carson City, NV) has the oldest running steam trains in the US, and this past weekend was their big steamup. It was a very hot day, but everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, with the sights, smells and sounds of the restored trains, all maintained by a volunteer crew.
Regards,
Edd
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