Troy Steadman wrote:
Every day I drive past this old railway which I never saw in action
but have often heard about:

http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/...ht_railway.htm

...but the map of 1932 doesn't show the original track to Long
Grove. Does anyone know exactly where it went and if there are any
traces? It ought to be visible from the air:

http://tinyurl.com/4xhvu

Not sure if it helps your search, but there's a higher-resolution aerial
photo on Streetmap at
http://tinyurl.com/4zx4o


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Troy Steadman wrote:
Every day I drive past this old railway which I never saw in action
but have often heard about:

http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/...ht_railway.htm

...but the map of 1932 doesn't show the original track to Long
Grove. Does anyone know exactly where it went and if there are any
traces? It ought to be visible from the air:

http://tinyurl.com/4xhvu

Not sure if it helps your search, but there's a higher-resolution aerial
photo on Streetmap at
http://tinyurl.com/4zx4o

Thanks, I went down there today and walked the fields but still no
trace. There's only one way it can senibly have proceeded, straight on
at the "kink" where the rails dive off to the right for the later
bridge (which is still there), and then in a shallow loop to join up
with the "spur" shown at Long Grove on the 1932 map.

Couldn't find the "bridge over the Hogsmill" or the "gate on to the
mainline" mentioned on the website. The country park proper is lovely
but *very* muddy in winter.




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