Bringing The Lineside To Your Armchair
Our East Lancashire Railway camera launch week continues with two more cameras now LIVE.
Ramsbottom South is now joined by Ramsbottom North!
Camera 3 with be available free via the Railcam and ELR websites, whilst camera 4 is exclusive to Railcam subscribers.
Where will we be tomorrow? Join us at 10am to find out…
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We hope you enjoyed yesterday’s East Lancashire Railway camera launch, so how do you fancy a bit more?
Today we welcome our first cameras at Ramsbottom, with two cameras at the south end of the station.
Camera 1 is exclusive to Railcam subscribers, whilst camera 2 will be available free via the Railcam and ELR websites.
Same time tomorrow for more? See you there.
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Are you ready for a first look at our East Lancashire Railway install?
Today we bring you two cameras covering the platforms at Bury Bolton Street, and they are now LIVE.
Both cameras are free to view via the Railcam and ELR websites.
Join us again tomorrow for more….
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We are delighted to announce our partnership with one of our most requested heritage railways, and the biggest installation Railcam have ever undertaken, the East Lancashire Railway.
We will be announcing a series of cameras over the coming days, with the first two coming tomorrow, so stay tuned!
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Railcam are delighted to announce the latest installation in what is proving to be a busy few weeks for the install team, Railcam St Albans, in partnership with St Albans South Signal Box Preservation Trust.
As the name suggests, the signal box is situated to the south end of St Albans station, and Railcam will be installing two cameras, both of which will be for Railcam subscribers via the Railcam website.
Much like our Bedford cameras further north, we will capture regular passenger workings from Thameslink and Midland Mainline express services operated by East Midlands Railway, where we will be one of the first to see their upcoming Aurora fleet when they enter service in 2023. A mixture of freight working featuring Freightliner, DB Cargo and GB Railfreight will also pass by.
First opened in in 1892 by the Midland Railway, the Grade 2 listed St Albans South Signal Box was abandoned by British Rail in 1979 and fell into disrepair, until a group of local residents formed the St Albans South Signal Box Preservation Trust to bring the signal box back to its former glory.
After years of hard work, the Derby built Midland Railway Type 2A signal box was opened to the public in 2009, and offers a unique opportunity for visitors to see how trains were signalled during the steam days.
The award winning signal box features a rare 44 lever 1906 Midland Railway ‘tumbler’ interlocking frame, retrofitted with signalling instruments to illustrate how it would have looked in its heyday.
During the regular open days signalling demonstrations are run on the operating floor at request, whilst the ground floor features videos and a slideshow of the restoration work, plus a whole host of signalling items on display, including single line ‘tablet token’ machines and other railway related exhibits. In the garden visitors can operate working signals and a point; on display are old signs, lit oil lamps, a telegraph ‘pole route’ and a garden railway.
Entrance to open days is free, but donations are very much welcome.
Find out more about St Albans South Signal Box by clicking here.
As always we would like to thank our kind hosts at the St Albans South Signal Box Preservation Group, and our hard working installation team of ‘Double A’ Andrew Jebb and Andrew Cooper.
Railcam are delighted to announce a partnership with Kernow Model Rail Centre, which will see two brand new cameras housed at their distribution warehouse near Redruth, overlooking the Cornish Mainline.
This project has been well over a year in the making, and we are delighted with the outcome, and huge thanks goes to the teams at both Railcam and Kernow Model Rail Centre for getting this over the line. Railcam’s Andy Jebb, supporter by KMRC’s Mick House, put together a wonderful installation, with enthusiastic backing throughout from KMRC boss Chris Trerise.
Camera 1 is north facing, and will be available to Railcam Supporters only, after a short ‘free-view’ period .
Camera 2 is south facing and will be free to view for all Railcam members.
About our hosts,
Kernow Model Rail Centre are one of the leading suppliers to the model railway community in the UK, operating since 2002. It all started when KMRC Camborne opened its doors in September of that year. As business grew, the team branched out with their second shop, KMRC Guildford, in May 2019!
At the end of 2020 KMRC expanded again with the opening of a new warehouse near Camborne to handle the growing mail order side of the business. The warehouse is solely for the mail order operation and increased stock holding and is not open to the public, but is home to our live cameras.
For the lates news visit the KMRC news page, and for daily announcements visit the Facebook page or follow on Twitter.
For all your model railway needs, visit the Kernow Model Rail Centre website here.
