This is the sight that greeted me as I walked down the platform;
Compare to the photos in this post.
The roof and most of the walls are now down;
A close up;
Portacabin;
Amongst the rubble I spotted a platelayers trolley;
I've always thought that one would make a good coffee table, assuming if course that you have a large enough living room to accomodate it!
Here's the vent van;
It looks to be fairly complete, apart from the obvious holes in the sides and missing roof felt.
Work has started on removing the diesel tanks;
Although not too carefully judging by the dent on the top of this tank;
I coudn't resist this little study of the hut;
At the end of the platform sits a long disused battery charger;
It seems to have been for charging the batteries on DMUs.
Whilst all this demolition work is going on life continues as normal on the other side of the fence. A train has just left platform 2, and the semaphore signal still reads clear;
The empty space in the background was once taken up by Nestle's Buxton Water bottling plant, now moved to a new location just out of town.
On my way out I photographed this 150 sitting in platform 1 awaiting its turn;
Click on the photos for a larger image.
Paul.
Oh, sad. Buxton shed was a place I always remembered fondly from many trainspotting trips with my dad. I always wanted to make a model of the station and shed, but lack of space an money always got in the way.
ReplyDeleteI never saw the shed in its heyday unfortunately.
DeleteA few models have been made of the station and shed, hardly suprising really as its a nice compact subject.
Sad, but fascinating in a macabre sort of way. That weathering and the dereliction round the fuel depot is quite something...still a shame to see it all razed.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny the lure that abandoned buildings have on us? We want to poke around when they're empty, and stand to watch them come down.
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