John Alsop has kindly forwarded his check lists update No.36
The pdf file can be opened by clicking on this link:
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John Alsop Checklist Update No. 35
John Alsop has kindly forwarded his latest list of updates to his listings of pre-nationalisation UK officials.
To access a pdf of the update click on this link:
Alsop checklist 1 Caledonian and Highland Railways
We are really grateful to John Alsop for his permission to publish his checklists.
The first one covers the pre grouping companies of Scotland.
Click on this link for a pdf of the listing:
Plym Valley Railway
The Plym Valley Railway can be found on the eastern edge of Plymouth, but plan any visit carefully because the line only operates on a few days each year. Whilst in existence for many years, development progress has been very slow on this line and can’t be looked at in the same light as neighbours at Buckfastleigh, Paignton or Bodmin. The station at Marsh Mills is a portacabin and the larger locos that once occupied the site have long since been relocated away. There isn’t a building at Plym Bridge where the line extends to. The line mainly runs through woodlands and has coined that name for marketing. The shop does sell postcards but with limited openings it is not surprising that the postcards on sale date back a lot of years. The recently printed offerings available are not postcards but plain back card photos. Review visit Dec 2014.
The railway did publish some postcards and the listing link is here:
Do you know where this is?
Appears to be 1950’s western region with a 3 part name on the totem
Tony Harden has now identified this as Denham Golf Club station. The station is still open today but no longer has the pagoda shelters.
Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Woody Bay, North Devon
This is a very ambitious and fast growing narrow gauge Company looking to re-open much of the line closed by the Southern Railway in 1935. The current operations are based around Woody Bar station which is the original Swiss style chalet station. Internally it has seen major change and now features a shop and a cafe. At last visit in Spring 2014 the shop was selling postcards produced by the company.
Middleton Railway – Leeds
The Middleton railway commenced back in 1758 and introduced steam locomotives in 1812 as a line moving coal from an open pit down to the city of Leeds. Today the railway operates a regular passenger service from a recently constructed office, depot, station and museum complex at Moor Road close to the M621 motorway in south Leeds up to a park beyond a sports centre. At a visit in spring 2014, the railway’s shop was stocking a few postcards produced some years ago by the railway.
For a listing of postcards produced by or featuring the MIddleton Railway please click on this link:
New Cards
The aim of this section is to make members aware of railway postcards that have been recently published and availability details when known.
Often railway postcards are published for specific events in quite low quantities and therefore it maybe that all stocks have been cleared very quickly and we cannot guarantee availability.
As postcards are seen by most as an old fashioned and obsolete method of communications, the continuing availability of new issues cannot be taken for granted. Thankfully, many people still regard a picture postcard as a cheap souvenir of a visit and so many railway heritage and preservation sites still keep stocks of postcards. Museums and Preservation societies that are known to have published postcards will be listed under the listings section. We will try to advise whether they are still selling railway postcards (either their own or commercial publishers’ products) however situations can change quickly.