Station Name: FRANSHAM

[Source: Glen Kilday]

Fransham Station Gallery 3: July 1982 - July 1982

Fransham station waiting room in July 1982.
Photo by John Mann

Fransham station waiting room in April 2003. The undergrowth seen in the picture above has been cleared to create this picturesque scene during renovation of the station by the present owner.
Photo by Martin Potter

Fransham station looking east from the level crossing in September 1991. The present owner purchased the rail from London Underground in the 1980s and by 1991 his display at Fransham was beginning to take shape. On the left is former Rowntree's Works diesel shunter and to its right a Great Eastern Railway four-wheel, five compartment, 3rd class passenger coach.
Photo by Ben Brooksbank

Standard gauge diesel shunter No. 398611,acquired from Rowntree's Works in York is seen at Fransham station in September 2010.
Photo by Alan Young

Former Great Eastern Railway four-wheel, five compartment, 3rd class passenger coach No 1235 built in 1891 stands in the restored platform at Fransham Station in September 2010.
Photo by Alan Young
Fransham stationmaster's house in September 2010. The remaining part of the shelter has been demolished and the house extended on the east side.
Photo by Alan Young

The attractively modernised and extended station house at Fransham in October 2017.
Photo by Glen Kilday

A ‘Thomas’ look-alike adorns the 2 foot gauge track at Fransham. This view looking west through the former station along the line of the goods loop in October 2017.
Photo by Glen Kilday

At Fransham station, two diesel locomotives, one standard gauge No. 398611, formerly at Rowntree's York Works, and the other a 2 foot gauge Ruston engine, can be seen displayed. The standard gauge track was bought from London Underground in the 1980s. October 2017.
Photo by Glen Kilday
The platform waiting room at Fransham survives as a summerhouse in October 2017.
Photo by Glen Kilday

A portable platform weigh-scale is used as a plant-stand at Fransham station seen in October 2017.
Photo by Glen Kilday

At Fransham, two coach bodies are supported on sleepers on the former running line through the platform.  Furthest is an ex-LMS four-wheel horse box, the other, nearer the camera, a Great Eastern Railway four-wheel, five compartment, 3rd class passenger coach.  A 2 foot gauge line runs along roughly where ran the goods siding.  The telegraph post was originally elsewhere on the site, now cut down to remove rotten wood and made into an appropriate garden feature. October 2017.
Photo by Glen Kilday

At Fransham, two coach bodies are supported on sleepers on the former running line through the platform seen here in October 2017.  Nearest is an ex-LMS four-wheel horse box No. 42551 built in 1948, the other a Great Eastern Railway four-wheel, five compartment, 3rd class passenger coach.  A 2 foot gauge line runs along roughly where ran the goods siding.Note the wording on the yellow Reliant van: Jenkins Independent Trading Co. New York, Paris, Fransham, taking inspiration from the Reliant Regal van in the Only Fools and Horses TV series.
Photo by Glen Kilday

Looking west from Fransham station along the line of the goods siding in October 2017.  The short 2 foot gauge line is a modern-day feature of the extensive garden now occupying the site.
Photo by Glen Kilday

 

 

 

[Source: Glen Kilday]

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