bloovee wrote: >> From: y2yc <dave.cr...@...> >> >> I don't know if this is common knowledge or not but I found this site on a >> railways group. >> I found it fascinating with the history and photo's as good as any site I >> have seen. >> It covers both rail tunnels and the canal tunnel. >> http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=265602590&blogId=499903956 > > I'm not signing up for myspace to leave a message as they asked, but I can > recall a newspaper > article about what I think must have been the trip through the canal tunnel > in 1961. It described > the scary experience of being in the quiet of that tunnel when a steam train > came through the rail > tunnel. I lived in Manchester, and if someone has the date of that trip, it > might be worth trawling > Manchester Central Library for the Evening News or Evening Chronicle. (I > could do it some time.)
The two trips in 1961 and 1962 were undertaken by members of the Railway and Canal Historical Society so it is possible that there is a write-up in their quarterly journal if anyone has copies for that time. -- Martin Clark Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
