Carnforth

Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:16 pm

Good news on the Carnforth station in the UK. I understand, though, that Steamtown Carnforth is no longer open. I believe it is one of only two or three extant roundhouses in the UK and would seem worth preserving and making a part of the station exhibit. Anyone have an update from there?

http://www.morecambetoday.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=34&ArticleID=714453
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Joshua K. Blay · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:19 pm

From the pictures that I have seen of the place, I have only seen a multi-track shed. Not quite sure when it was built. Perhaps the roundhouse is somewhere else on the property?

Joshua

Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:14 pm

Couldn't find a photo of the roundhouse yet, but here is one of their coal chute, built by Italian prisoners of war in WWII. Several years ago, I read that the concrete in the coal chute was crumbling and it was not clear if it could be saved. anyone know if it is still standing?

http://www.freefoto.com/preview.jsp?id=24-03-3
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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:18 pm

See link below.

http://home.clara.net/gw0hqd/steamtown/
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Bob Yarger · **Posted:** Tue Dec 23, 2003 4:21 pm

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/br/carnforth/
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