The Lost Mansfield & Southwell Railway Part 2

[@andrewdavis9223]

So sad where all the railways have gone😊

[@WobblyRunner]

Decimated around so many areas.

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thanks for today’s walking tour. Always interesting to view. Enjoy the weekend Paul, and see you on the next! Cheers mate! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Martin. All the best 👍

[@gilesestram]

Great to see the pics of the Southwell Platforms, at Rolleston, in the undergrowth. Confirmed our suspicions.

[@WobblyRunner]

Yeah. Shame we couldn't make it in. Bit more time and could probably have persevered

[@Marc_von_Hoffrichter]

How beautiful is Southwell? Brilliant vid cobber, thanks mate, appreciated.

[@WobblyRunner]

Lovely stuff. It sure is beautiful. Proper postcard stuff

[@steveradford5460]

Another interesting video Paul. I regularly cycle from Clipstone (Vicar Water) through Sherwood Pines on the old GCR railway line to Bilsthrorpe. Then short section on road over to the old North Notts (LMS & LNE Joint) now Southwell trail to Farnsfield in this video. I continue through Kirklington to Southwell and onwards via the racehorse road to Rolleston then Fiskerton level crossing to the River Trent. In 1963, as a child, lived in Bilsthorpe on Eakring Rd. Daily BR steam train collecting coal wagons from sidings in pit yard. One day each year my Dad would take me to the pit and I'd spend the day on the steam shunter. I remember 1963 / 64 Bilsthorpe Colliery annual outing and an excursion train from Bilsthorpe, platform built out of sleepers located where the new houses are next the the roundabout, train routed via Farnsfield, Rolleston, Newark to East Coast.

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Steve. Great memories 👌

[@Carolb66]

A lovely finale Paul, very interesting walk through pretty villages. If you visit again show us the pub! ❤😊

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Carol. I'll wait for beer garden weather I think 😆

[@Carolb66]

@@WobblyRunner 😄👍

[@psychicspies673]

Good work on that video boys. It’s a lovely walk from Farnsfield to Southwell. I didn’t get as far as Rolleston so good to see that and the lost triangular platform!

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Jon. All these new trails when I finally get back running

[@iancaveney7464]

I recall cycling to Southwell along that trail years back, if memory serves that pub has a lump of track and sleepers in the beer garden. Decent pint, too. 👍

[@WobblyRunner]

I really want to go back and have a pint in that pub. Might wait until the spring for a nice warm day

[@maestromanification]

Nice little mini series Paul. Interesting that they added added the curve at Southwell and the connection to Ollerton so late. There was a plan around the same time to build a line from Retford to Bestwood Park but only a short section near Ollerton was built . This can still be seen where it used to cross the LD east of Ollerton colliery

[@WobblyRunner]

Ah yes I was reading about the North Notts line. It probably came the drawing board 10 years too late?

[@maestromanification]

@@WobblyRunner l think it was an employment creation project. It was going to be a joint LNER LMS line

[@chrischapman7514]

A good video again very interesting as always.

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Chris

[@john-pu5uy]

Well done chaps.... Phil looked a bit cheesed off today lol... Look forward to your content... Thanks for the efforts

[@WobblyRunner]

I think Mansfield wore Phil out 😄

[@gilesestram]

For the record, thats my usual look !

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

That was far better in terms of what you could find, I can't believe that I missed that piece of platform under the road bridge at Kirklington and Edingley Station, I must have had my blinkers on as I walked right past it. There is, apparently, a signal still standing on the racecourse road, it's about half a mile from one end, but I'm not sure which one, I didn't have time to look when I was there. I must go back in the dead of winter as I wouldn't mind finding the old platforms.

[@WobblyRunner]

Ah yes the old signal. I've heard about that it's quite a long stretch that road isn't it.

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

@@WobblyRunner I think it's about two miles, but it does appear to be a public footpath, so may well pop down there in the winter.