Guess the Place

[MartinR]

OK try this map segment.  Lots of Roman and later activity.

[johnfilmer]

Well done MartinR it is Headcorn. (That’s read West to East  )


It was an interesting station, with the connection to the light railway to Tenterden and beyond bringing goods for onward shipping to London as well as the local produce and passengers.


A claim to fame was that the troops returning from Dunkirk evacuation by train stopped at Headcorn where locals served refreshments.

[MartinR]

Headcorn.

• Grid reference: TQ 83706 43998
• Coords:            51°09'57"N, 000°37'35"E or 51.1657,0.62614

[MartinR]

Am I Daft or doesn't Left to Right equal West to East

Probably, certainly 

[Stewie]

Were those turntables common?  It would be a signalling nightmare, not to say a right royal PITA for trains held at the outer distant whilst someone man-handles a carriage over the tracks.

In the days when the gentry would take their carriages with them on the train, the small turntables would allow the carriage (minus its horses) to be loaded onto a wagon at the dock and then attached to the rear of the train using either of the turntables, and hence the staggered platforms. The wagons would be hand shunted by station staff.

[johnfilmer]

I did realise the east/west mistake this morning, but hoped that nobody would notice 


Should have known better...


So, how many main lines were there in mid Kent in 1908? Rather narrows it down. Then how many stations on it have a now obsolete spur?

[grandarog]

That is a main line running left right, or as MartinR would say, east west.

Am I Daft or doesn't Left to Right equal West to East

[MartinR]

Were those turntables common?  It would be a signalling nightmare, not to say a right royal PITA for trains held at the outer distant whilst someone man-handles a carriage over the tracks.

[Stewie]

Presumably it’s a station on the former South Eastern Railway network as it has staggered platforms and small carriage turntables leading from the dock.

[johnfilmer]

That is a main line running left right, or as MartinR would say, east west.

[johnfilmer]

 Not Minster or Sandling Park.


More mid Kent.

[Beachbum]

Sandling Park Junction?

[Stewie]

Looks a very similar layout to that at Minster in Thanet.

[johnfilmer]

Very quiet!


It is a much simpler place these days, the rails curving down on the right have long ago been lifted, but signs of its previous importance remain.

[John Walker]

I've found it but will hold off for now.   


I should add that I recognised the location so it was hardly a guess in the spirit of Guess the Place,