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had a nice mooch around here for an evening recently with newbie to here davetdi, started on the site of the old midland line railway station (now sadly demolished) but further exploring in the undergrowth gave us lots of interesting finds - i'll put a few of my pics up then leave dave to add from his faves - he has the better camera and eye for a photo

anyway here we go

anyone any idea what this is, in the station yard, turned from solid steel and gas axed at around 4ft from ground (marks of both still visible) surrounded by a 3m circular brick paved area
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there was a huge amount of machinery buried away in the undergrowth
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2 huge boilers
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some old buildings
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and one of the hoppers that carried the ore
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a truck still sitting on the rails
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thanks for looking
 
some of the pics I took too

It was such a surprise to find so many unexpected things - well worth a visit as I suspect theres more there to see hidden in the dense undergrowth.

The steel spindle in the old train yard - I have an idea what this was for, but keen to see what you think.. Its finely machined on the main part of it....

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remains of an old stone carrying railcart, you can identify by the rivets
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some kind of sorter - looks like the iraqi supergun!
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A crusher from London EC
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inside it..

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Not sure what this was but its at 90degrees to an old railway line
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some old buildings on the site
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The roof on this place was quite substantial for some reason
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oh. a little bungalow!
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Unfortunatley some developers seemed to have chopped the site into half by building a rather large dual carriageway straight through the middle!

so some pics from the other side of the road where it was very very overgrown - got pricked a few times - OOO'er !

a 4x4 tyre
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more trollies from the quarry
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Then after much scrambling thru nettles and spikes we found this little beauty - still on the rails, it must be the only one left like it. Its got quite a look about it
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There cant be much rail left as untouched as this

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thanks for looking
 
Very nice pictures. I love the old rusty rails in the wood.
 
Great stuff guys. Been meaning to check this place out for a while but I figured there wouldn't be much there... How wrong I was!
 
Good stuff chaps. I've hung around in Thrapston a bit (saw the Midland Station before they demolished the last buildings). Never saw this stuff though. Top drawer!:)
 
the rail cart you see were the carryers for the tappered tubs that youve pictured, they used to be ballast/ore waggons and with the lift of a lever they will tip both ways, there are several fine examples of these at the abbey pumping station in leicester all restored and they are made by a company called hudsons.
 
thanks for the replies Guys

We are going to go back and have a further look around to see what else there is as its real easy to mis some great bits in the undergrowth. And given the time of year thats only going to get worse - and I hate stinging nettles!
 
thanks for the replies Guys

We are going to go back and have a further look around to see what else there is as its real easy to mis some great bits in the undergrowth. And given the time of year thats only going to get worse - and I hate stinging nettles!


This is pretty damn close to where I live, hadn't realised there was so much 'under the trees' so to speak although I had noticed a few months ago some of the bigger buildings have been demo'd :(

I haven't posted enough stuff to be able to PM you guys yet, but this would be a neat local ex for me ;)
 
hi there

the metal post was a pivot point for a small crane seen picture of it somewhere may be bridge street come to think of t now.

had a look at kettering to cambridge book bymiddleton press circ 1991

isbn 0906520932

the tramway was there in a 1901 map which may have served the nene side iron works just up on midland road local known as the foundary.

here is the link to the thing i was thinking about

http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/t/thrapston_bridge_street/index.shtml

cheers
hm





had a nice mooch around here for an evening recently with newbie to here davetdi, started on the site of the old midland line railway station (now sadly demolished) but further exploring in the undergrowth gave us lots of interesting finds - i'll put a few of my pics up then leave dave to add from his faves - he has the better camera and eye for a photo

anyway here we go

anyone any idea what this is, in the station yard, turned from solid steel and gas axed at around 4ft from ground (marks of both still visible) surrounded by a 3m circular brick paved area
4572696408_53ed51192a.jpg


there was a huge amount of machinery buried away in the undergrowth
4572074079_1882d0ea24.jpg


2 huge boilers
4572715364_fe9aebf0af.jpg


4572090383_8eddd1e13d.jpg


some old buildings
4572810644_a8c890655e.jpg


4572183621_5c710efa23.jpg


and one of the hoppers that carried the ore
4572221875_cd9dbdde4d.jpg


a truck still sitting on the rails
4572225955_4fb0c7fbfd.jpg


thanks for looking
 
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i visited this place yesterday with my better half and goldie87, we were in the area exploring somewhere else and though lets go and find it and look for ourselves. This place is such a little gem and untouched for many years. among the boilers and crushers i also found what is possibly a steam winch or pump and the huge stone grader i reckon was onced housed in the building that it seems to be sat upon, but fire at some point has destroyed all the timbers and collpses have taken place. i was even more suprised to see what the roof of the building was cladded in under the coragated tins (im sure those who have been will know) ;)

we never did get to see the rails and the carts as this was a spur of the moment explore and didnt read that this stuff was infact on the other side of the A14 and we were then drawn to photographing the large viaduct only a couple of hundred yards away. Then with the looming of a huge dirty rain cloud we decided to call it a day before we got soaked.
 
Great pictures there thanks for posting. Liking the rails running through the trees, looks great place to explore.
 
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