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Post by tomtom11928 on Aug 12, 2015 15:14:57 GMT
On the X78 route in Brightside there is a junction where you can't stop on as there used to be a train there, presumably for transporting things between the steelworks.
Anyone know when the track was removed, as the sign saying 'stop when lights show' with a train sign. And does anyone know what kind of locomotives were used and the typical length of trains?
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Post by DPL233 (33LUG) on Aug 12, 2015 17:11:21 GMT
On the X78 route in Brightside there is a junction where you can't stop on as there used to be a train there, presumably for transporting things between the steelworks. Anyone know when the track was removed, as the sign saying 'stop when lights show' with a train sign. And does anyone know what kind of locomotives were used and the typical length of trains? Is it the not crossing where the steel crucibles are transported by road from one plant to the other. |
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Post by tomtom11928 on Aug 12, 2015 17:45:50 GMT
On the X78 route in Brightside there is a junction where you can't stop on as there used to be a train there, presumably for transporting things between the steelworks. Anyone know when the track was removed, as the sign saying 'stop when lights show' with a train sign. And does anyone know what kind of locomotives were used and the typical length of trains? Is it the not crossing where the steel crucibles are transported by road from one plant to the other. I assumed it used to be a train crossing as like I said there's a warning sign with a picture that clearly depicts a steam train, hence me asking on here. |
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Post by metromadman on Aug 12, 2015 23:27:33 GMT
As 33lug has said. It's not a railway crossing. One plant melts steel so it is in liquid form but the the casting of this is done across the road. This has to be done quite quickly as the steel starts to solidify making the job for the workers much harder/impossible.
The crossing is to allow a specialist
vehicle to transport the liquid steel to the casting works.
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Post by metromadman on Aug 12, 2015 23:30:39 GMT
There is an interesting program (sure it's on one of the Discovery channels) that follows the work of steel industry and is filmed with Sheffield Forgemasters which shows you various stages/processes. The transportation of steel around the site is featured.
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Post by The Captain on Aug 13, 2015 6:07:52 GMT
If its the crossing on Brightside Lane linking Forgemasters then some of us are old enough to remember when it really was an internal railway crossing!. Same on Carlisle St linking the Steelworks before it got abandoned and tarmacked over.
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Post by lv426 on Aug 13, 2015 8:24:42 GMT
It's not all that long ago - maybe 15 or 20 years (vague recollection) - since that was a Railway crossing. These movements were later replaced by a (I'll call it) "road" vehicle of sorts.
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Post by metromadman on Aug 13, 2015 9:16:45 GMT
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Post by lysander on Aug 18, 2015 10:44:47 GMT
Many steelworks had internal railway systems which were generally connected with the main line...simply because the technology was more reliable than the internal combustion engine and our roads, a century or more ago, didn't handle the heavy traffic they do today.
I have been in Forgemasters and been very close to the road engine which was carrying an extremely large, red hot, forging ingot. I didn't stand too close!
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Post by duncan on Aug 18, 2015 11:06:16 GMT
Many steelworks had internal railway systems which were generally connected with the main line...simply because the technology was more relable than the internal combustion engine and our roads, a century or more ago, didn't handle the heavy traffic they do today. I have been in Forgemasters and been very close to the road engine which was carrying an extremely large, red hot, forging ingot. I didn't stand too close! Consett steel works had a massive internal railway system and even built most of their own locos. |
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Post by lysander on Aug 18, 2015 18:53:15 GMT
As you travel from Sheffield to Doncaster( via Rotherham Central) the line runs very close to TATA Steels which still has its own internal rail system.
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Post by tomtom11928 on Aug 19, 2015 13:07:40 GMT
As you travel from Sheffield to Doncaster( via Rotherham Central) the line runs very close to TATA Steels which still has its own internal rail system. Does it link up just before the sidings where the post office trains (used?) to go |
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Post by lyndhurst25 on Dec 27, 2015 22:04:31 GMT
If its the crossing on Brightside Lane linking Forgemasters then some of us are old enough to remember when it really was an internal railway crossing!. Same on Carlisle St linking the Steelworks before it got abandoned and tarmacked over. Is this one of them? www.flickr.com/photos/johnmightycat/5950218313/ |
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Post by The Captain on Dec 28, 2015 14:09:55 GMT
If its the crossing on Brightside Lane linking Forgemasters then some of us are old enough to remember when it really was an internal railway crossing!. Same on Carlisle St linking the Steelworks before it got abandoned and tarmacked over. Is this one of them? www.flickr.com/photos/johnmightycat/5950218313/The very one. Happy days back then when we had a proper industry. |
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