Midland Railway coal drops

[Alan Turner]

Whilst not common there were a few instances of use by the Midland Railway. Does anyone have a drawing or photograph of any Midland Railway coal drops.
I believe that there were some at Ilkley.

Thanks

Alan

[kelham]

Hi Alan

There were quite a few in the London area: Camley Street by St Pancras had lots of course, but there were other depots around the place such as Walworth Road, just down from the Elephant & Castle on the LCDR line. This latter was featured in one of the magazines not so very long ago...but I can't for the life of me remember which one! The depot lasted until the early '70s I believe.


Richard

[Terry Bendall]

Hi Alan

There are some pictures (3) of the Walworth coal sidings in the Middleton press book Holborn Viaduct to Lewisham.

Terry Bendall

[Major Clanger]

Hi Alan

There were quite a few in the London area: Camley Street by St Pancras had lots of course, but there were other depots around the place such as Walworth Road, just down from the Elephant & Castle on the LCDR line. This latter was featured in one of the magazines not so very long ago...but I can't for the life of me remember which one! The depot lasted until the early '70s I believe.


Richard

Midland Record, I think. Although pretty much a "London" feature rather than a "Midland" one. Also, I think the coal drops at Ilkley may have been associated with the gasworks rather than domestic coal, although I can't remember which book has the signalling diagram and photos in it.

Andrew Hartshorne

[davidnuttall]

Hi Alan
The coal drops at Ilkley were mainly used for the gas works but at least one of the local coal merchants that had there own yard used them as well. There were also coal drops at Burley in Wharfedale. Both stations were jointly owned by the Midland and North Easern Railways, I suspect that the drops were built at the instigation of the North Eastern rather than the Midland.
David

[Hardwicke]

Bill Hudson's book 'Through Limestone Hills' has a photo of the ones at Johnson's siding Ambergate (which are still there if you want to measure them I believe). There might also be a drawing in there.