Reference has been made in a recent issue of The Railway Magazine to the closing of passenger traffic on the Isle of Axholme Joint Railway, which took effect on July 15 last, and a few notes on the subject from Mr Robert B. Parr, who made one of the last passenger journeys, are therefore of the more interest. <\/p>\n
Originally built as a joint enterprise of the North Eastern and Lancashire & Yorkshire Railways, the line passed into joint L.N.E. and L.M.S. ownership at the time of grouping. It runs from Marshland Junction, south-east of Goole, to Haxey, on the late G.N. & G.E. Joint Line, a distance of 19.5 miles, with a branch, 5.5 miles long from Reedness to Fockerby. At Crowle the main Axholme line crosses the Doncaster and Grimsby Line of the late Great Central Railway, and near that station there is a swing-bridge over one of the navigable waterways of the district. South of Crowle the line passes through Epworth, birthplace of John and Charles Wesley, the famous preachers.<\/p>\n
For passenger working the L. & Y.R. was at first responsible, but latterly a Sentinel Cammell coach worked the traffic, except the Fockerby branch, which is worked by 2-4-2 (L. & Y.) tank, or an L.M.S. 0-6-0 with an ex-Midland clerestory composite coach. The Sentinell-Cammell coach was a London & North Eastern vehicle numbered in the L.N.E. stock, carrying the title “Axholme Joint Railway” instead of the usual name, but manned by a crew of the L.M.S. from Goole (C.10) shed – a combination of motive power and manning which must have been unique.<\/p>\n
Freight traffic on the Isle of Axholme Joint has been, and presumably still is, worked by L. & Y. 0-6-0 locomotives of Class 2 stationed at Goole.<\/p>\n
The line in single, save for passing places at Crowle, Belton, Epworth and Haxey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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