After writing about the withdrawal of service and the railway line closure, time for a more upbeat post about Largo Station in happier and busier times. Above is an image of two trains passing at the station in the late 1950s. The one facing the camera is the 62418, named 'The Pirate'. Note the tidiness of the station and the freshly painted white building to the left. There is a wagon parked in the siding to the left beyond this. At the time of this scene, the railway was a century old. I wonder how many people at that time would have imagined that it would be gone within a decade.
One man who knew the station is its heyday, and who helped it to look its best, is someone that I have written about before - James Hope Young. He was one of the former station masters at Largo, and recently his granddaughter contacted me and shared the photo below of her grandfather in his LNER uniform. He was station master for nine years in the 1920s and during his tenure the station won several prizes for being 'best kept'. After 36 years services with the railways, Mr Young retired to Lundin Links. I would like to put together a list of station masters at both Largo and Lundin Links - if you have any details of the names and dates of the holders of the jobs, please comment.
One man who knew the station is its heyday, and who helped it to look its best, is someone that I have written about before - James Hope Young. He was one of the former station masters at Largo, and recently his granddaughter contacted me and shared the photo below of her grandfather in his LNER uniform. He was station master for nine years in the 1920s and during his tenure the station won several prizes for being 'best kept'. After 36 years services with the railways, Mr Young retired to Lundin Links. I would like to put together a list of station masters at both Largo and Lundin Links - if you have any details of the names and dates of the holders of the jobs, please comment.
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