Good shout, but if the yard was built during WW2, then it just falls outwith the original criteria.Woodford Halse 'New' Marshalling yard. Built during WW2 and closed in 1966 with the whole railway itself less than 70 years old.
Portishead station was rebuilt on a new site nearer the town in 1954.How this subject qualifies as 'trivial' defeats my understanding of English. Many of the aforementioned projects were huge investments, later seen as money wasted. Some thought so at the time.
Portbury dock was for a long time a white elephant, but made it, eventually, just about. This was more due to it having been built and thus not to waste an existing asset, so the branch line was upgraded.
Was the (temporary) airport construction siding that significant a piece of infrastructure?Manchester Airport second runway construction siding.
It also (and correct me if I'm mistaken, I may be thinking of one of the Victorian tunnels) still has a railway inside, albeit a narrow-gauge one used for maintaining the HV cables.Woodhead Tunnel is neither closed nor largely redundant, and it's more useful to the railway now than it would be if it still had trains running through it.
It carries the power lines that eventually reach the Stalybridge substation and the Heyrod feeder.
Was in the area at the beginning of July and could see no evidence of there being any railway tracks still in situ (narrow gauge or standard) at Woodhead Tunnel (Western portal). The high power cables were moved out of the Victorian tunnel(s) (now blocked off) into the 1950s tunnel a few years ago now due to the poor condition of the former.It also (and correct me if I'm mistaken, I may be thinking of one of the Victorian tunnels) still has a railway inside, albeit a narrow-gauge one used for maintaining the HV cables.
The Victorian tunnel which used to hold the cables had a narrow-gauge railway inside, it was featured in a magazine article about the tunnels I read ages ago. I'd expect that the more modern tunnel has a similar set up.Was in the area at the beginning of July and could see no evidence of there being any railway tracks still in situ (narrow gauge or standard) at Woodhead Tunnel (Western portal). The high power cables were moved out of the Victorian tunnel(s) (now blocked off) into the 1950s tunnel a few years ago now due to the poor condition of the former.
1967 leeds city station train sheds. lasted till 1999-2002.
And Leeds Powerbox. Control went to York at the same time
The Victorian tunnel which used to hold the cables had a narrow-gauge railway inside, it was featured in a magazine article about the tunnels I read ages ago. I'd expect that the more modern tunnel has a similar set up.
However as this system was entirely contained within the tunnel, it's no surprise that nothing could be seen from the outside!
Was the (temporary) airport construction siding that significant a piece of infrastructure?
Talking of Leeds wasn't the connection from the Wakefield line (LNER) to the Dewsbury line (LMSR) near Wortley built post war and then abandoned on electrification to Leeds.1967 leeds city station train sheds. lasted till 1999-2002.
And Leeds Powerbox. Control went to York at the same time
The Victorian tunnel which used to hold the cables had a narrow-gauge railway inside, it was featured in a magazine article about the tunnels I read ages ago. I'd expect that the more modern tunnel has a similar set up.
However as this system was entirely contained within the tunnel, it's no surprise that nothing could be seen from the outside!
So which is it? Inclined to concur with LowLevel since if there was a narrow gauge railway still in place at Woodhead Tunnels, you'd expect it to accessible from one or other of the portals for maintenance purposes.The narrow gauge railway infrastructure outside of the tunnels was totally removed when the old tunnels were capped.
The new tunnel is wide enough for road vehicles to use it for access so no need for the train.
So which is it? Inclined to concur with LowLevel since if there was a narrow gauge railway still in place at Woodhead Tunnels, you'd expect it to accessible from one or other of the portals for maintenance purposes.
On the West Drayton to Staines West branch two small halts Poyle Estate Halt and Colnbrook Estate Halt were built and closed in 1960s with a short life of only a few years. The connection at Staines between the Staines West branch and the SR Staines to Windsor line was built in the 1980s and now closed (unsure if track still in situ?).