When i was really young ie around 5 i can remember my dad taking me up to the old disused railway and showing me round. As he spent time there when he was a child trainspotting as it was the thing to do in the 60′s.

My memories are pretty vague but i can remeber going. Anyway i was looking through flickr and found some great pictures uploaded and probably taken by Pinzac55.

The Ripon Line was part of the Leeds – Northallerton Line and was axed under the Beeching axes. It was mainly down to trains going through to York which was Ripon last nail in the coffin. Ripon was one of the later cuts and possibly could of been avoided.

In March 1969 The line closed to Passenger journeys but some freight trips still used the line for a few more months, After these last trains stopped it was only 2 years before the track was uprooted.

Its under constant Scrutiny from Local MP’s to re open the Ripon Line, but i personally don’t think it will ever happen due to the state of the England in the current climate and the fact that the station would be way out of town.

The Main Station now hosts houses

Below are 2 pictures of the bridge that crosses the river Ure which is now replaced my the bridge which takes traffic on the Ripon By Pass taken from www.geoffspages.co.uk

Thanks to Tim heres a picture of Trigo’ A3 Class steam locomotive No 60084 which often came through Ripon

You would most often see Deltic Diesels and A2′s coming through Ripon Station.

Here is a recent picture of a A2 Pacific

I’ve even found a small picture of The City Of Ripon A2 Pacific

you may remember my last hornby post.

I’ve now got the loco back at Steve has doe a really good job at restoring it. His website is www.smartrestorations.co.uk.

I’d like to recommend Steve to anyone who needs any hornby dublo restoration work doing

I’ve put some pictures below, and also put it next to a old and original Duchess of Atholl

My dads always been a collector and fan of Hornby Dublo 3 Rail stuff, and its kind of rub’d off on me.

Ever since i was little i can remember him letting me play with his trains. When my dad started collecting when he was a boy back in the 60′s and had a few loco’s and bits of track. when i was a toddler he started collecting again and he now has quite a collection and is only missing a few of the rarer trains, such as the candadian pacific, barnstable, the rarer 8F and the Matt Silver King oh and the little diesel shunter.

A few years back we got hold of a Duchess of Atholl as a non runer so we stripped it down and its b een like that ever since.

I was on ebay a few nights back and saw a guy who restored the locos, and he looks to do a brilliant job.

The Bristol Castle was always my favorite loco to run thanks to its immense pulling power . Although my dads did seem to need remagnetizing every few years. so i think some neo magets might need to be bought.

Anyway i’ve been in cotact with a guy who does Hornby Dublo Restorations over at http://www.smartrestorations.co.uk and he’s given me a list of livery’s for the loco and names, i’m just waiting pictures of them so that i can choose one and then hopefully we can get underway.