Texas   10 #1 Posted October 7, 2010 I think there's probably another thread dealing with this topic but I'm not sure of the title so...... Can anyone remember a station called Checker House? It was on the G.C. I think, between Worksop and Retford. Or was it the old Great Northern? I've looked on Ordinance Survey maps going back a few years and it's not shown. I was regaled of tales, as a kid, of trains belting thro' that section. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blue11265   10 #2 Posted October 7, 2010 http://www.signalboxes.com/chequerhouse.php  Funnily enough I found this the other night. Great site by the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mikeG Â Â 16 #3 Posted October 8, 2010 (edited) Any model railway collectors may be interested in the 2 engines I have for sale - see 'items for sale'. Both Sold. Edited October 11, 2010 by mikeG Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #4 Posted October 8, 2010 Thanks for that Blue11265. Interesting spelling of Checker/ Chequer, I always thought it was the former. I'll have to have another look at the O.S. maps and see if I can see the other spelling anywhere. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hillsbro   32 #5 Posted October 8, 2010 It would seem that "Checker House" is the correct form. In Col. M.H. Cobb's monumental work "The Railways of Great Britain - a Historical Atlas" it appears as Checker House, the station having opened in 1852 and closed in 1931 - see here. Bartholomew's Gazetteer uses the same spelling, as does the Wikipedia list of closed railway stations - see here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #6 Posted October 10, 2010 So, did anyone ever trainspot at Checker? And if so, did trains go like the clappers thro' there? What community, do you think, did the station serve? According to O.S.maps there are no villages or houses nearby. I always imagined it was just a box to protect the crossing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blue11265 Â Â 10 #7 Posted October 10, 2010 So, did anyone ever trainspot at Checker? And if so, did trains go like the clappers thro' there? What community, do you think, did the station serve? According to O.S.maps there are no villages or houses nearby. I always imagined it was just a box to protect the crossing. Â Texas, The line speed through Checker House is 60 mph. I dont think that it would have been any higher than that all those years ago. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #8 Posted November 15, 2010 Another question. Anybody ever heard of a Stocksbridge Railway? I heard it was a private railway built by Samuel Fox for use of his workforce and they traveled free. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
libertarian   10 #9 Posted November 17, 2010 Another question. Anybody ever heard of a Stocksbridge Railway? I heard it was a private railway built by Samuel Fox for use of his workforce and they traveled free.  Wikipedia is your friend!  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocksbridge_Railway  Hope that helps, and as it says it is still open for freight, though in slightly reduced form. To see it look on Google maps for the only railway in Stocksbridge and thats it (it joins the old Great Central mainline at Deepcar and so from there south the line was originally something different). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
27001Ariadne   11 #10 Posted November 18, 2010 Re the Stocksbridge Railway, whereas it now ends on Corus's (formerly Samuel Fox's) yard more or less opposite the Silver Fox pub, it previously continued onto the long forgotten Sheffield Corporation Railways, shown on th reproduction 1903 O/S map. Built to convey workers & materials to the reservoirs, these are the mysterious disused railway embankments that I've heard commented on by passengers on the 20A bus, seen on the righthand side going uphill toward Langsett, before the line dives under the road to the reservoir side. At the Corus end it's now severed by the Stocksbridge byepass. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Texas   10 #11 Posted November 19, 2010 Thanks for the feedback 27001Ariadne ( that's a hell of a psuedonym). I haven't got a O.S map showing the full rail line but I managed to find a trace on one published in 1988. That's at O.S. 221006 approx, east of Langsett and just north of the A616. I presume also that the old track follows the footpath, shown by the pecked line. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
hillsbro   32 #12 Posted May 22, 2013 I just found these photos of Checkerhouse signal box and station.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...