Image Geismar (UK) test facility, Mid. route to Bedford, Brackmills
Geismar (UK) test facility, Mid. route to Bedford, Brackmills
Geismar (UK) test facility, Mid. route to Bedford, Brackmills The message is clear, Mike and I should walk no further along the former Northampton to Bedford line here in the Brackmills Industrial Estate! This is the only section of track still laid and in use on this route is being used by Geismar (UK) for testing of their railway plant equipment. A few years ago the company used the entire section of the remaining track between here and Claughton Road in Northampton where track panels were taken for onward transportation. This facility eventually closed on December 2005 so with the track now serving no further purpose it was lifted and the level crossing over Brackmills' Buryport Road removed. With continued and sustained efforts to revive the Northampton to Bedford route one wonders if 'proper' trains will ever pass this spot again; not in my lifetime, I suspect! Keywords: Geismar (UK) test facility Midland route to Bedford Brackmills
Geismar (UK) test facility, Mid. route to Bedford, Brackmills The message is clear, Mike and I should walk no further along the former Northampton to Bedford line here in the Brackmills Industrial Estate! This is the only section of track still laid and in use on this route is being used by Geismar (UK) for testing of their railway plant equipment. A few years ago the company used the entire section of the remaining track between here and Claughton Road in Northampton where track panels were taken for onward transportation. This facility eventually closed on December 2005 so with the track now serving no further purpose it was lifted and the level crossing over Brackmills' Buryport Road removed. With continued and sustained efforts to revive the Northampton to Bedford route one wonders if 'proper' trains will ever pass this spot again; not in my lifetime, I suspect! Keywords: Geismar (UK) test facility Midland route to Bedford Brackmills


The message is clear, Mike and I should walk no

further along the former Northampton to Bedford line here in the Brackmills Industrial Estate! This is the only section of track still laid and in use on this route is being used by Geismar (UK) for testing of their railway plant equipment. A few years ago the company used the entire section of the remaining track between here and Claughton Road in Northampton where track panels were taken for onward transportation. This facility eventually closed on December 2005 so with the track now serving no further purpose it was lifted and the level crossing over Brackmills' Buryport Road removed. With continued and sustained efforts to revive the Northampton to Bedford route one wonders if 'proper' trains will ever pass this spot again; not in my lifetime, I suspect!