tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post2195184996525187037..comments2024-03-22T23:27:47.349+00:00Comments on EAGLETON NOTES: One For Mark: Garve StationGraham Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-14416530039948219502015-07-11T15:40:18.313+01:002015-07-11T15:40:18.313+01:00Hmmm CJ. I'll take that as a compliment (given...Hmmm CJ. I'll take that as a compliment (given that you thought my choice of topic was so boring!).Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29471706612190949362015-07-08T06:32:19.001+01:002015-07-08T06:32:19.001+01:00How to make the most boring topic on earth of inte...How to make the most boring topic on earth of interest - you have a certain knack, GB.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-14359029562895081802015-07-08T06:31:24.858+01:002015-07-08T06:31:24.858+01:00Oh Yes, Virginia, you must definitely add "Yo...Oh Yes, Virginia, you must definitely add "You have my royal assent!" It sounds great.Scriptor Senexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795521284516432520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-10928372661976575562015-07-07T11:25:22.678+01:002015-07-07T11:25:22.678+01:00Thanks Mark, the gap in the photo looked small to ...Thanks Mark, the gap in the photo looked small to me but with your trained eye and explanation I totally get it now.<br />GB even though we were under British rule before we became independent, I had never heard the term before, but now I have, and I really like it, thanks.<br />My friends call me The Virginous One, so from now on I will be incorporating "Royal Assent" into my vocab when my subjects want something from me.<br />You know like "Oh Virginous One can I borrow your dvd?" To which I may reply "You have my royal assent!"<br />Love it.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-2171436382652425362015-07-07T08:56:03.844+01:002015-07-07T08:56:03.844+01:00Thanks Peter.Thanks Peter.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-75122558795258198032015-07-07T08:46:33.713+01:002015-07-07T08:46:33.713+01:00Magnificent Magnificent Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390728057303887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-4621137017517806382015-07-07T08:27:00.810+01:002015-07-07T08:27:00.810+01:00Pauline your feelings were correct: there are no t...Pauline your feelings were correct: there are no trains on the Island. This line is on the mainland between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh. You will see it next month.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-2751165046414271622015-07-07T01:11:17.863+01:002015-07-07T01:11:17.863+01:00It never occurred to me that there would be trains...It never occurred to me that there would be trains on the islands. My lack of imagination I guess. I see there is a window open upstairs in the station building, which adds to the used and friendly look. Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-54199589095134225652015-07-06T22:09:51.817+01:002015-07-06T22:09:51.817+01:00Virginia 'Royal Assent' is the constitutio...Virginia 'Royal Assent' is the constitutional action by which an Act of Parliament becomes law.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-31883342569123959262015-07-06T13:13:31.217+01:002015-07-06T13:13:31.217+01:00Usually the gab between two lines is referred to a...Usually the gab between two lines is referred to as "the six foot" and is you'll guess it is usually about 6 foot -- it varies on curves to deal with bogie stock overhanging the line more. Having done a bit of rather unscientific measuring from the photo I reckon the gap at Garve is about 9 foot 4 inches, so a good extra 3 feet. Mind you three feet doesn't seem like a lot of extra space to fit a boat!Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37303950541234421092015-07-06T13:04:00.411+01:002015-07-06T13:04:00.411+01:00Very interesting...my curiosity has got the better...Very interesting...my curiosity has got the better of me and I am wondering how wide the span is between the two tracks, it must be quite a small boat that would have been transported.<br />"Royal Assent" now there's a term I had never heard before and I like it.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-62740907555148104872015-07-06T09:04:52.271+01:002015-07-06T09:04:52.271+01:00It's a pleasure Meike. I doubt it will be much...It's a pleasure Meike. I doubt it will be much use in a pub quiz though.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-80674192118843983512015-07-06T09:04:10.270+01:002015-07-06T09:04:10.270+01:00Yes Red. It's one of the ones that has escaped...Yes Red. It's one of the ones that has escaped the cuts.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-79840812377548800102015-07-06T09:03:22.380+01:002015-07-06T09:03:22.380+01:00Monica it's a little train made from barrels o...Monica it's a little train made from barrels or the like for children to sit in and play whilst waiting for the train.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-90551811602362181512015-07-06T09:02:08.244+01:002015-07-06T09:02:08.244+01:00Carol we used to collect the dung from the horse d...Carol we used to collect the dung from the horse drawn delivery wagons to fertilise our garden. It was always a question of who got to it first. Mrs Murphy our neighbour next door but one usually won! Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-29817113519958613202015-07-06T08:56:46.284+01:002015-07-06T08:56:46.284+01:00Mark I'd never given any thought to those poin...Mark I'd never given any thought to those points (because I'd never had to) but as I only discovered when I read the article that the line had never carried boats it may well be that they were never addressed properly. On the other hand as it would be unlikely back in the 1870s that the trains would roar through stations with a boat on perhaps they would just have gone through slowly making sure there was no one in the way. We may never know.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-84563913743837325722015-07-06T08:52:14.485+01:002015-07-06T08:52:14.485+01:00A distinct case of déjà vu here YP.A distinct case of déjà vu here YP.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-71171334130871320412015-07-06T08:51:49.256+01:002015-07-06T08:51:49.256+01:00Not sure I fancy butter quite that bright YP. More...Not sure I fancy butter quite that bright YP. More like "The Daffodilly". Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-35085958928180972332015-07-06T08:49:11.245+01:002015-07-06T08:49:11.245+01:00Interestingly I was at a wedding in Strathcarron l...Interestingly I was at a wedding in Strathcarron last year and the station was well-used. It's on the same line.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-37911987417308481822015-07-05T22:09:19.424+01:002015-07-05T22:09:19.424+01:00Some interesting bit of history there, thank you!Some interesting bit of history there, thank you!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-36095019614956019462015-07-05T17:46:08.487+01:002015-07-05T17:46:08.487+01:00The following is a comment by Fred Silver made on ...The following is a comment by Fred Silver made on Facebook which I think merits copying here too. As I understand it, the Ullapool to Garve railway is unique. No other railway in the UK got as far as getting Royal Assent, i.e. full Parliamentary approval - and then remained unbuilt. A new Act had to be passed two years later to allow them to not build it. The project was opposed by Stornoway's business community who feared trade would be overly attracted to Ullapool if the railway was built. The railway link was strongly supported by the Mathesons but by then, their immense fortunes had largely been dissipated by spending or lost in economic downturns.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-56144228246526348442015-07-05T14:58:08.667+01:002015-07-05T14:58:08.667+01:00It's interesting that the railway has stayed t...It's interesting that the railway has stayed the same and not been replaced by rebuilding of some sort.Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-80221737343743839522015-07-05T14:47:28.741+01:002015-07-05T14:47:28.741+01:00This reminds me of my dad - because anything to d...This reminds me of my dad - because anything to do with old railways does. We visited lots of railway-related places in Britain too back on our travels in the 1970s. But I think Inverness was as far north as those travels took us. What is that thing parked outside the station house? It looks like a very small train to me but it would not fit on those tracks! :)DawnTreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533307672147117843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-75275371857463582052015-07-05T14:22:57.650+01:002015-07-05T14:22:57.650+01:00My Dad was a railwayman and we would walk the trac...My Dad was a railwayman and we would walk the tracks as kids shovelling cow dung that would fall from the trains and use it to fertilise the garden. Don't know where that memory came from?Nothing to do with fishing boats that's for sure.carol in cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361149279309934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6784891745623390957.post-60881122528230013912015-07-05T12:38:33.743+01:002015-07-05T12:38:33.743+01:00Given the number of trains per day, I'm not su...Given the number of trains per day, I'm not sure how much use the passing loops actually get these days.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02418527698793489162noreply@blogger.com