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THANKS TO JIM SIMMOMS FOR KINDLY LETTING US USE HIS PHOTOS ON THIS SITE. ALL THE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN IN 1996.
PENRUDDOCK STATION WAS DEMOLISHED ON THE 4th MARCH 1997 TO MAKE WAY FORM 2 NEW HOME WHICH NOW OCCUPY THE SITE TODAY.
Loking East The roof has hardly a slate left intact.
A close-up of the station from the east end of the Up platform, showing clearly the two distinct building styles, and the hipped roof of the older section.
The same view from a different angle. The booking clerk's window can be seen through the centre of the large window frame.
A scene of total desolation, this time looking from the west end of the station. Note the apparent art deco middle section. How and when did that come to be added?
The rear of the building, taken from the station yard. The extension has obviously been added in more recent times. In here was housed the gas-making equipment.
The acetylene gas-making equipment seemed in remarkably good condition. The two rounded compartments underneath contained carbide cartridges. Water dripped from the narrow pipes into either one of the compartments. The resulting chemical reaction gave off acetylene gas, which was then piped around the station to provide lighting. When all the carbide in one cartridge had been used up, the supply of dripping water was diverted to the other compartment, enabling the first one to be recharged.
A view of the booking office from the passengers' side.
The view that the booking clerk would have had, looking out from his desk. The floorboards in front of his position have completely rotted through.
A collection of oddments stacked on the Down platform, and waiting to be salvaged. The trackbed behind was a bay for horseboxes and similar traffic. I wonder ... Did Syd Ridley (onetime junior porter and then signalman at Penruddock - featured in the "Trains to Keswick" video) ever warm himself in front of that fire grate?
