John Oram's photos with the keyword: Track

Following on from my photograph of 8 August 2015, today's picture shows the completed track to the east of the virtual quarry at Eastleigh. 200_2_P1080343C

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070914M

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070914

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070910M

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070910

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070909

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070907M

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070907

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070905M

The disused track in this short series runs roughly east-west from Hemet, passing to the south of Hemet-Ryan Airport at Egan where the pictures were taken. 200_2_P1070905

More than most, I am a pragmatist, accepting the realities of the modern world for what they are but never, I hope, underestimating the human impact of such things as the painful death of the UK mining industry. I was at Cwmgwrach to view the present day end of the once more extensive Vale of Neath line. The tracks in the second three of six photographs from today are visited by only occasional trains as the Unity Mine has, sadly, been in administration for nearly two years. Simply to be there and to have a conversation with someone very engaging and with a long memory, brought home very hard the reality of lives changed forever in South Wales. It was a sobering and educational experience. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060471

More than most, I am a pragmatist, accepting the realities of the modern world for what they are but never, I hope, underestimating the human impact of such things as the painful death of the UK mining industry. I was at Cwmgwrach to view the present day end of the once more extensive Vale of Neath line. The tracks in the second three of six photographs from today are visited by only occasional trains as the Unity Mine has, sadly, been in administration for nearly two years. Simply to be there and to have a conversation with someone very engaging and with a long memory, brought home very hard the reality of lives changed forever in South Wales. It was a sobering and educational experience. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060470

More than most, I am a pragmatist, accepting the realities of the modern world for what they are but never, I hope, underestimating the human impact of such things as the painful death of the UK mining industry. I was at Cwmgwrach to view the present day end of the once more extensive Vale of Neath line. The tracks in the second three of six photographs from today are visited by only occasional trains as the Unity Mine has, sadly, been in administration for nearly two years. Simply to be there and to have a conversation with someone very engaging and with a long memory, brought home very hard the reality of lives changed forever in South Wales. It was a sobering and educational experience. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060469

It was sad but exciting to visit the railway tracks at Cwmgwrach, a place where the railway was curtailed a long time ago and mining more recently in spite of the valiant efforts of many. In these first three of six photographs from today, my views of the headshunt for what are now only very occasional trains look towards where the line once continued north east along the Vale of Neath and beyond. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060468

It was sad but exciting to visit the railway tracks at Cwmgwrach, a place where the railway was curtailed a long time ago and mining more recently in spite of the valiant efforts of many. In these first three of six photographs from today, my views of the headshunt for what are now only very occasional trains look towards where the line once continued north east along the Vale of Neath and beyond. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060467

It was sad but exciting to visit the railway tracks at Cwmgwrach, a place where the railway was curtailed a long time ago and mining more recently in spite of the valiant efforts of many. In these first three of six photographs from today, my views of the headshunt for what are now only very occasional trains look towards where the line once continued north east along the Vale of Neath and beyond. Photograph taken with permission. 200_2_P1060466

An interesting development at Eastleigh in the Summer of 2015 was the apparent preparations for the installation of new track around the virtual quarry. 200_2_P1060258

This image qualifies only marginally for inclusion in my album 'Where Trains Once Ran' but makes an interesting abstract. This piece of railway track is embedded in the verge of Station Road, Coultershaw Bridge at the top of the access road to the former Petworth station, now The Old Railway Station Hotel. TZ30_P1020296