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- Subject: (rshsdepot) Bangor rail stations. Bangor, Wales
- From: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 20:37:34 -0400
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Bangor, North Wales (formerly on the Great Western Railway)
On this page is a picture of an earlier Bangor station:
http://uk.geocities.com/carolyn_carr2003/history.html
See this page for pictures of the Bangor, North Wales station in the =
1970s:
http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/passenger.htm and here:
http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/strangers.htm [many other North Wales rail =
pictures can be accessed from here as well] Is a DMU a "diesel multiple =
unit" ?
Here is a steam engine pulled excursion train in front of Bangor =
station:
http://rhylmrc.freeservers.com/images/5972_olton_hall_bangor_28may01.jpg =
This is a modern picture. (ex-GWR Hall 5792 Olton Hall class is the =
engine designation)
Now called the North Wales Coast Railway (main line-Manchester and Crewe =
to Bangor and Holyhead, 3 branch lines to Blaenau, Ffestiniog and =
Llandudno) Bangor is 238.71 miles from London Euston station.=20
Here is the map: http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/osbig.gif Across from =
Bangor is the Isle of Anglesey. [When this island was known as the Isle =
of Mona, in 60 A.D., Seutonius Paulinus took the 19th and 20th Roman =
Legions to the Isle of Mona where they proceed to kill the Druiid =
priests and destroy the sacred groves,]
The Chester and Holyhead Railway opened 1948. In 1859 it was swallowed =
up by the London and North Western Ry.; In 1923 this coast line became =
part of the London, Midland and Scottish Ry. under a government merger =
plan. Merged into British Railways after WW II, called British Rail in =
1960's (nothing to do with Great Western this Brit rail history =
says)...The last main line steam train on Brit Rail was in 1968 ...in =
the 1990s it was privatized and called Regional Railways North West, =
renamed North West Regional Railways. ...in 1994 Railtrack took over, in =
1996 the majority of freight locomotives and "wagons" in Britain were =
sold Wisconsin Central Ry., and formed into the English, Welsh and =
Scottish Ry., the passenger equipment and operations were franchised to =
Train Operating Companies- the North West Regional Railways in 1997 =
became the North Western Trains of the Great western Group, the Virgin =
Group ran the trains from and to London. Now this line is owned by a bus =
company, FirstGroup, and is called First North Western, most of the =
Virgin Trains owned by the Stagecoach Group.
this history ends in 2000.
A North West Coast Railway Class 158 train in an unidentified station (I =
am checking), nice sheds (called an Ariva train):=20
http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/ch-0812-158818.jpg
Views of a freight at Bangor: =
http://www.vegwales.connectfree.co.uk/bat/nwc/double/3.htm
The station was built around 1922, but I can't find any historic =
pictures.
Here is a page with some photos of restored old British diesel =
locomotives on this line. The top photo is at Bangor, and if you go down =
you will see more at this station, and at others, and even a train going =
through the Penmaenmawr yards. But best of all near the bottom see the =
train passing the Conway Castle. This picture is worth all the others if =
European railway stations bore you, I would love to take this train and =
pass through that bridge!:
http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/news/nw0211.htm
Britain has more railroading in one little coast of Wales than we have =
in almost the entire country!
[Crewe is a pretty interesting station also on this line, all the =
pictures on this page are at Crewe. There is one where it is passing =
this multi arched brick wall that is a great shot; the third picture =
down which I would crop back on the left to remove the ugly modern =
addition part, 3 shots down is a better location: =
http://www.rail37.freeserve.co.uk/NWC_May.html ]
Here is the Victorian Bangor Pier: =
http://www.rainbowcourt.co.uk/otbt/Bangor_Pier1.jpg
Bangor, Wales:
http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/s1773-28.jpg
http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/s1838.jpg
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<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Bangor, North Wales =
(formerly on=20
the Great Western Railway)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>On this page is a =
picture of an=20
earlier Bangor station:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://uk.geocities.com/carolyn_carr2003/history.html">http://uk.=
geocities.com/carolyn_carr2003/history.html</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>See this page for =
pictures of=20
the Bangor, North Wales station in the 1970s:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/passenger.htm">http://www.2d53.co.uk=
/bangor/passenger.htm</A> and=20
here:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/strangers.htm">http://www.2d53.co.uk=
/bangor/strangers.htm</A> =20
[many other North Wales rail pictures can be accessed from here as well] =
Is a=20
DMU a "diesel multiple unit" ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Here is a steam =
engine pulled=20
excursion train in front of Bangor station:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://rhylmrc.freeservers.com/images/5972_olton_hall_bangor_28ma=
y01.jpg">http://rhylmrc.freeservers.com/images/5972_olton_hall_bangor_28m=
ay01.jpg</A> =20
This is a modern picture. (ex-GWR Hall 5792 Olton Hall class is the =
engine=20
designation)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Now called the North =
Wales Coast=20
Railway (main line-Manchester and Crewe to Bangor and Holyhead, 3 branch =
lines to Blaenau, Ffestiniog and Llandudno) Bangor is=20
238.71 miles from London Euston station. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Here is the map: <A=20
href=3D"http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/osbig.gif">http://www.page27.co.uk=
/nwales/osbig.gif</A> =20
Across from Bangor is the Isle of Anglesey. [When this island was known =
as the=20
Isle of Mona, in 60 A.D., Seutonius Paulinus took the 19th and 20th =
Roman=20
Legions to the Isle of Mona where they proceed to kill the Druiid =
priests and=20
destroy the sacred groves,]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>The Chester and =
Holyhead Railway=20
opened 1948. In 1859 it was swallowed up by the London and North =
Western=20
Ry.; In 1923 this coast line became part of the London, Midland and =
Scottish Ry.=20
under a government merger plan. Merged into British Railways after WW =
II, called=20
British Rail in 1960's (nothing to do with Great Western this Brit rail =
history=20
says)...The last main line steam train on Brit Rail was in =
1968 ...in the=20
1990s it was privatized and called Regional Railways North West, renamed =
North=20
West Regional Railways. ...in 1994 Railtrack took over, in 1996 the =
majority of=20
freight locomotives and "wagons" in Britain were sold Wisconsin =
Central=20
Ry., and formed into the English, Welsh and Scottish Ry., the passenger=20
equipment and operations were franchised to Train Operating Companies- =
the North=20
West Regional Railways in 1997 became the North Western Trains of =
the=20
Great western Group, the Virgin Group ran the trains from and to London. =
Now=20
this line is owned by a bus company, FirstGroup, and is called First =
North=20
Western, most of the Virgin Trains owned by the Stagecoach =
Group.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>this history ends in =
2000.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>A North West Coast =
Railway Class=20
158 train in an unidentified station (I am checking), nice sheds =
(called an=20
Ariva train): </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/ch-0812-158818.jpg">http://www.pag=
e27.co.uk/nwales/ch-0812-158818.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Views of a freight =
at Bangor: <A=20
href=3D"http://www.vegwales.connectfree.co.uk/bat/nwc/double/3.htm">http:=
//www.vegwales.connectfree.co.uk/bat/nwc/double/3.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>The station was =
built around=20
1922, but I can't find any historic pictures.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Here is a page with =
some photos=20
of restored old British diesel locomotives on this line. The top photo =
is at=20
Bangor, and if you go down you will see more at this station, and =
at=20
others, and even a train going through the Penmaenmawr yards. But best =
of all=20
near the bottom see the train passing the Conway Castle. This picture is =
worth=20
all the others if European railway stations bore you, I would love to =
take this=20
train and pass through that bridge!:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://www.page27.co.uk/nwales/news/nw0211.htm">http://www.page27=
.co.uk/nwales/news/nw0211.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Britain has more =
railroading in=20
one little coast of Wales than we have in almost the entire=20
country!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>[Crewe is a pretty =
interesting=20
station also on this line, all the pictures on this page are at Crewe. =
There is=20
one where it is passing this multi arched brick wall that is a great =
shot; the=20
third picture down which I would crop back on the left to remove the =
ugly modern=20
addition part, 3 shots down is a better location: <A=20
href=3D"http://www.rail37.freeserve.co.uk/NWC_May.html">http://www.rail37=
.freeserve.co.uk/NWC_May.html</A> ]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Here is the =
Victorian Bangor=20
Pier: <A=20
href=3D"http://www.rainbowcourt.co.uk/otbt/Bangor_Pier1.jpg">http://www.r=
ainbowcourt.co.uk/otbt/Bangor_Pier1.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000>Bangor, =
Wales:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/s1773-28.jpg">http://www.2d53.co.uk/=
bangor/s1773-28.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3D"Tom's New Roman" color=3D#000000><A=20
href=3D"http://www.2d53.co.uk/bangor/s1838.jpg">http://www.2d53.co.uk/ban=
gor/s1838.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
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