| Jack Walne — 19-Mar-2005 12.19 PM |
The 1910 public timetable calls the station Boxmoor for Hemel Hempste'd (the space for the name was very tight and an apostrophe saved half a space compared with an “a”. So it seems that by 1910 “Hempstead” was spelt that way.
I had wondered whether “Boxmoor” preceding “Hemel Hempstead” might be a clue as to date but if “Boxmoor” was first in 1910 that doesn’t help. Surely all the Teutonics had gone by 1910.
Perhaps a better clue is when enamel station name boards were replaced by cast iron letters fixed to a wooden board – but I have no idea when that was – pre-1900? (Even pre-1895?) |
| Frederick Tomkinson — 22-Mar-2005 3.13 PM |
| This must be a very early picture.There only appears one main line, so this photo must have been taken before the line was double tracked. |
| John Alsop — 06-Apr-2005 10.08 PM |
| On a post card used in June 1910 the name is clearly Boxmoor and Hemel Hempstead. In 1905 the postmark used was Hemel Hempstead, but on a printed post card to indistinct to read the station nameboard. The track layout is identical, the crossover leading via a central siding to the slow lines which are out of sight to the photographer’s left. The train appears to have two clerestory roofed vehicles (dining cars?) behind about 9 6-wheel carriages, and a few more behind. This suggests 1893 or later – I am not sure when these diners came in. |
| Ted Talbot — 07-Apr-2005 10.21 PM |
| The engine enables this photograph to be dated between March 1889, when the first Teutonic was built, and 1895, when coal rails began to be fitted on tenders. |
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