Then & now - see how we've grown!
Then
Park Lane station with Lister locomotive No.2 'Andrew' in the late 1980s.
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Now
Park Lane station with the replacement No.2 'Andrew' in May 2011.
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The original Pinesway signalbox pre 1995.
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Pinesway Junction signalbox in May 2011.
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Pinesway station with Lister locomotive No.1 'Amanda' in May 1991.
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Pinesway Junction and its impressive signals in May 2011.
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Pinesway station with its single platform and 2 short sidings.
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Pinesway Junction station with its 2 long platforms - note the growth of the tree opposite the signalbox!
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Common Lane at the end(!) of the line in 1984.
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Common Lane with its new signal gantry in February 2014.
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Common Lane in 1984 with Lister locomotive No.1 'Andrew'.
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Common Lane with signals galore in February 2014.
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Common Lane station in 1991 with 'Andrew' (left) and Amanda' (right).
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Common Lane station, the 'Pines Suite' and the carriage shed in May 2011.
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A distinctly rural Pinesway with a surplus of semaphores !
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Steam and diesel locos, semaphore and colour light signals and trees - it's not just the GLR that has grown!
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Common Lane with Loco No.5 and a maintenance train.
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Common Lane with loco No.5 and a maintenance train - spot the difference!
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Would you believe the Somerset & Dorset's 'Pines Express' used to pass along here at Common Lane crossing?
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Common Lane crossing once again is witness to a steam train passing over the crossing - who in 1966 would have thought 'steam' would once again return here!
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The former 'Wyke Crossing Box', seen here in British Rail days, closed in 1964 and it then lay derelict in an adjoining field until being rescued by the GLR in 1993.
Common Lane signalbox under construction in 1989. The 'Stephens' type lever frame was rescued from a scrapheap and completely refurbished and later extended to control even more signals!
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'Wyke', now better known as 'Pinesway Junction', was completely refurbished, extended and brought back to life as a working signalbox in 1994.
Common Lane signal box in 2014 - spot the numerous differences! Only the barn in the background seems the same.
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