Lewes Station Trackwork

[goatdriver]

Does anyone out there know what type of rails and sleepers are used on the lines through and in the immediate vicinity of Lewes Station? I'm in the US, so it's a bit difficult to gather the information first hand. Thanks in advance.

Robert

[garethashenden]

When? Right now? 1990? 1930? 1890?

From Google street view I think it's flatbottom with concrete sleepers. Those pictures were taken in June 2016.

I found a few pictures on Wikipedia as well.
From November 2008 showing only two lines, one is flatbottom and concrete sleepers, the other is bullhead and wooden sleepers.

From September 2013, the three lines through the platforms are flatbottom with concrete sleepers while the line up against the retaining wall is bullhead with wooden sleepers.

[Noel]

For anyone confused by the photos, the first one is the London line platforms, the second the Brighton line platforms. The curving line of gravel with flower planters on it is common to both photographs; it was once another running line, with platform faces on both sides. It lasted as such into the 1970s, I seem to remember, but am not totally sure now.

[Colin Parks]

Hi goatdriver,

Without an idea of the era which you are interested in, it is hard to give definitive answers, but if you need information on the station from the 1850s to present-day, there are plenty of pictures of the station environs here:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Lewes ... 17&bih=708

Further to what Noel has said, I can remember that the line with two platform faces was there in the early 70s. However, I do not remember trains using it at that time. I have a feeling that the line served Platform Four on one side and platform Five on the other (though my memory might be playing tricks on me).

Colin

[goatdriver]

Thanks for all the responses. I'm planning to do sometime between 1990 - current. I appreciate the help.

[Horsetan]

Looks like someone had a go at modelling it at full strength

[Colin Parks]

Lucky you are intending to model the 1990s and not the 1890s goatdriver!

Look at the point formation in this picture to the bottom right, a sort of tandem with a diamond crossing running through it - or is that an outside slip?

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lewes ... L5mcT9BAHM:

An earlier picture on the Google the Lewes Station search shows a tandem point with a single slip within it. The LB&SCR must have considered four-way points (cf. Kemp Town) as not much of a challenge...