Talk:Headcorn & Maidstone Junction Light Railway

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[edit] Hold your Horses!

I've only just started this page, give me a chance to get some details in before you start tagging it! Mjroots 11:04, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template

I've had a go at a template but it hasn't worked. Would someone please correct this. Need to show the bits of line that were built differently to the rest of line. Mjroots 14:37, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Template looking better now (thanks), but the Tovil end is not displaying correctly. Mjroots 20:04, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Have almost bashed it into shape, just awaiting creation of 2 new symobls! Mjroots 19:46, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

I've revised the template to use the blue icon set intended for light railways. Out of use, planned and unbuilt lines are shown in the same way so you may want to add explanations in the text to identify which bits were built, and which were ever used. I also removed the repeated rows as these are redundant. For comments on the two needed icons see here. I've guessed about the way Headcorn station was laid out; was it a separate station for the K&ESR or did it run into the main line station? It may be useful to mention the other Tovil station on the Medway Valley line as well. --DavidCane (talk) 01:45, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Headcorn (K&ESR) as built had its own platform face on the up side of the line, and also a junction with the SEML to the west of Headcorn station.

What was proposed was a bridge to carry the H&MJLR over the SEML. Whether there would still have been a junction with the SEML or not is something that requires further research. The revised template does not show the situation as clearly as my original IMHO. Mjroots (talk) 07:51, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

I've redone the template to show the proposed line in blue. The Tovil Goods branch is shown in red as it was not (to my knowledge) operated under a Light Railway Order, but had actually been built before the H&MJLR scheme was granted its Act. I don't think we need to show Headcorn SE&CR station as it makes the diagram look too complicated at the top. I've put the extra spaces back in as I'm trying to show relative distances, and will have more icons to add in once I can work out their positions (Summit, further bridge, level crossings). Mjroots (talk) 09:18, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Rather than put in blank rows, the correct way to show distances is by putting the mileage figure in the fourth parameter of the BS3 template. as shown below:

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