Some of the reels are silent as they were not edited into newsreels and there is. Railways and the first world war national railway museum. It was initially known as the woolmer instructional military railway. The volume includes a section of colour images of the line and its trains.
The book is now out of print but well worth a read. Military railways were not shown by the ordnance survey until circa 1960 so the situation prior to 1943 is difficult to determine in respect of the cracknore hard spur. The best source of information on longmoor stock is the longmoor military railway a new history, volume 3 by mike christensen and david ronald. The final years of the lmr, from 1965 to 1975 are covered here, including the much loved and well attended open days. Longmoor military railway friends of alton station friends of. The distinctive royal blue and red livery of the longmoor military railway will be coming back to the tracks this year, with two locomotives expected to be outshopped in the famous colour scheme. Once again the authors and publishers are to be congratulated on this longawaited and excellent volume which covers the final years of the longmoor military railway.
The volume includes a section of colour images of the line and its. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The longmoor military railway volume one lightmoor press. A very good copy bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt, one lightly bumped corner, in pictorial. I dont know the date of this slide or when 412 arrived at longmoor but the loco continued in army service at tidworth camp and long marston engineer park. The main s treet of the longmoor part of the camp is built on an ancient roman road, the chichester to silchester way, while the village of. Longmoor military railway army 412 040 dieselhydraulic, built by the north british locomotive co. Longmoor military railway at the midhants ex longmoor. For further reading there a number of books you can consult.
Search for library items search for lists search for. The second batch of pictures of the longmoor military railway is now on flickr. Note the green livery rather than the blue that one associates with the lmr. Sep 3, 2017 longmoor military railway lmr 600 gordon at longmoor 1949. The 060 and 2100 austerities and blue coaches will follow.
Wolv15 a works book from 1918 describes how the works. Thousands of servicemen were trained on the line in all aspects of railway construction and operation, using a very diverse collection of rolling stock and equipment. The fascinating thing about the army camps were the names they chose. Bordon and longmoor military camps were british army training camps close to the a3 and a325 roads in and around the settlements of bordon, longmoor, liss and liphook in hampshire, england. Its simple enough for even the most novice of us to understand, and yet has enough technical content to fulfil the needs of those who called longmoor military railway home. Picture captured taken from the longmoor military railway volume 1 book luckily i had purchased a couple of these vans from gramodels at the peterborough show last. This is where i suspect flag signals and block posts signal boxes comes from. The story of how this railway grew to become the largest and most extensively equipped training railway in the world. Longmoor military railway train station, tour agency. Longmoor military railway at the midhants ex longmoor mil. May 18, 2017 the marchwood military railway began life in 1939 with the spur from marchwood junction to cracknore hard magazine. Longmoor camp, east hampshire bordon and longmoor military camps were british army training camps close to the a3 and a325 roads in and around the settlements of bordon, longmoor, liss and liphook in hampshire, england. Longmoor military railway it wasnt until 1935 that the railway was renamed the longmoor military railway lmr, reflected in the lmr initials seen on their locos and rolling stock. Three items of rolling stock a van, a brake van, and a bogie flat still remain on the longmoor site, as part of the fibua training village.
Longmoor military railway information for alton, hampshire, on the official site. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of longmoor camp. Mike is the coauthor of a new twopart book on the lmr, the first part of which has just been published by lightmoor press. Relaid to standard gauge in 19051907 it became known as the woolmer instructional military railway, but reverted to its present title in 1935.
This third volume carries the story to its conclusion with the closure of the longmoor military railway and contains details of the locomotives and rolling stock. The longmoor military railway volume two lightmoor press books. The combined camp and training area covered 1,783 hectares of wooded areas, heath, wetlands and hard standings. Now the section of track forms part of the shipwrights way, a longdistance path that runs from alice holt forest to portsmouth.
Longmoor military railway closed down with a ceremonial last day of operation on 31 october 1969, though for another two years some locomotives and stock remained on site, and there were occasional movements. Thanks i found the history very interesting which is what drew me to the idea. Some of the reels are silent as they were not edited into newsreels and there is a a couple of completed reels too. Jan, 20 longmoor military railway a selection of pictures mainly taken on the two rcts longmoor military railtours, the first of which ran in miserable weather on saturday 16th april 1966. Both those visits are covered here and in vibrant colour as well. I suspect its a naming convention which ensures military names arent used twice for the railway. Lucia, gaudaloupe, martinique, louisberg, vancouver, quebec, ottawa, halifax and toronto. I am aiming for a late 30s look to be able to display the increased traffic arriving from the southern line to be sent out to longmoor so loco wise will be various 060 tank engines a dean goods and anything that might have been sent to longmoor for. The second tour ran two weeks later on saturday 30th april 1966, this time in glorious weather. The men left from liss railway station on specially chartered trains, direct to southampton docks.
There follows a selection of specials at london terminii from my book see profile. The main street of the longmoor part of the camp is built on an ancient roman road, the chichester to silchester way, while the village of greatham lies to the west. This is pretty wall all that is left of the longmoor military railway at its most southerly station, liss. The longmoor military railway was a british military railway in hampshire, built by the royal engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. The longmoor military railway, railway history series. The longmoor military railway was opened in 1907 as a training railway for the royal engineers. When the army decided to close the facility in the late 1960s, a preservation group was set to try and take over the line. The longmoor military railway lmr was a british military railway in hampshire, built by the royal engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. All of our paper waste is recycled within the uk and turned into corrugated cardboard. It was renamed the longmoor military railway in 1935. Railway activities at longmoor date from 1903 when a 1ft 6in gauge tramway was laid to assist in removing bodily about seventy corrugated iron huts from longmoor camp to bordon. Longmoor military railway at the midhants ex longmoor military railway locos 701 and 601 pass at ropley sometime in 1991. October 31 marks 50 years since the closure of the longmoor military railway in hampshire.
It had a diverse collection of locomotives and rolling stock and was fully signalled so that the trainees could learn the full range of skills required to operate a railway. Demu 1102 featured in the famous manic train chase towards the end of the film which was filmed on the longmoor military railway. Longmoor camp photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. Sorry for the poor quality scan, it is frm a small print.
Longmoor military railway train station, tour agency facebook. When the canadian army was looking for a european base, the british army offered them bordon and longmoor military camps, which they took over entirely from september 1939 under a british officer commanding the local service and civilian personnel. Maybe this is a military depot which was served by the main line but also has its own internal narrow gauge system. The longmoor military railway started life as the woolmer instructional military railway in a barren undeveloped part of east hampshire, in the early years of the 20th century. This is the first one and, as usual, clicking on it will enlarge it and take you to the others. The longmoor military railway started life as the woolmer instructional military railway in a. The men left from railway station on specially chartered trains, direct to southampton docks. The book the lonmoor military railway is an excellent book on the history of this railway.
How to get to longmoor camp in east hampshire by bus or. A few newsreels by pathe about this famous military railway. Bordon sr and the longmoor military railway, east hampshire read 5179 times. It wasnt until 1935 that the railway was renamed the longmoor military railway lmr, reflected in the lmr initials seen on their locos and rolling stock. This book, written by two military railway officers, tells the story of this unique railway from its humble beginnings before and during world war i and traces its subsequent development and decline. This is the story of that enterprise, originally called the woolmer instructional military railway, which later became the longmoor military railway. How to get to longmoor camp in east hampshire by bus. The longmoor military railway volume three book law. Dec 07, 2014 a few newsreels by pathe about this famous military railway. Rail album longmoor military railway locomotives 1949.
Written by two military railway officers, tells the story of this unique railway from before and after world war i and traces its subsequent development and decline. Longmoor military railway lmr 600 gordon at longmoor. Authorised for construction from 1902, activities date from 1903 when an 18 in gauge tramway was laid to assist in removing 68 large corrugated iron huts from longmoor military camp camp to. Longmoor military railway locomotives 1949 rail album.
A very good copy bound in brown cloth, spine lettering gilt, one lightly bumped corner, in pictorial dust. I was christened at the st martins garrison church. The railway was extended to liss in 1933 but closed in 1967. Bordon sr and the longmoor military railway, east hampshire. Liss railway station is a stop on the portsmouth direct line, serving the village of liss in hampshire. She ended up on the longmoor military railway as no. When the army decided to close the facility in the late 1960s, a preservation group was set to try and take over the line as a. The longmoor military railway lmr was a british military railway in hampshire, built by the. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A beautiful graham farish wd austerity 280 model and three mk1. The book contains many previously unseen photographs of the line, its locomotives, and rolling stock which along with the detailed drawings and carefully researched descriptions will be of tremdous help if like me you have an interest in austerity saddle tanks or are a modeller. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers. The former goods yard connected to the lmr via liss junction. My family lived at longmoor from 1961 to 1964, dad was stan vivash, and we lived at 6 union rice, the camp was the best place for us.
It includes the history from its humble beginnings before and during world war i all the way through to the closedown and beyond. I have recently purchased the above book and having read the original book by the same author the history of the longmoor military railway published in 1974, also having served as a blockman signal box operative on the longmoor military railway while doing my national service in the royal engineers. The longmoor military railway, for many years regarded by thousands of military railwaymen as their home, closed in 1969. Shop longmoor military railway books at alibris uk. Longmoor military camp is a british army training camp and training area on the a3 road between liss and liphook in hampshire, england. The longmoor military railway lmr was a british military railway in hampshire, built by the royal engineers from 1903 in order to train soldiers on railway construction and operations in occupied countries. Lightmoor press books the longmoor military railway. The station had a platform adjacent to the mainline which was the southern terminus of the longmoor military railway. The camp includes nissen huts, a school house, messing facilities, cinema and theatre.
Longmoor military railway train pack by graham farish. For sixty years the british army operated a railway dedicated to training soldiers to operate a complete strategic rail supply system. Rail thing longmoor military railway public group facebook. Longmoor military railway friends of alton station. The longmoor military railway was famous amongst enthusiasts for its open days and i had the good fortune to be able to attend two of those in 1966 and 1968.
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