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British Railways The First 25 Years Volume 1: The East Midlands

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British Railways The First 25 Years Volume 1: The East Midlands


J. Allan and A. Murray

208 pages. 275x215mm. Printed on gloss art paper, casebound with printed board covers.

ISBN13 : 9781899889716

£22.50

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Contents

Introduction 7

1 Leicester Great Central to Nottingham 8
Leicester Great Central 9
Loughborough Great Central 12
Ruddington 12
Wilford 18
Nottingham area 20
Nottingham Arkwright Street 22
Nottingham Weekday Cross 24
Nottingham Victoria 27

2 Great Northern Nottingham to Derby 33
Colwick Shed 33
West Hallam 42

3 Derby to Burton and branches to Leicester 51
Melbourne 51
Burton upon Trent 52
Coalville 59
Desford to
West Bridge 61

4 Derby 64
Diesel prototypes 64
Derby Station 69
Derby Works and Shed 79

5 Midland Railway Derby to Nottingham 93
Northwards from Derby 93
Duffield 95
Beeston 96
Nottingham Midland 103
Nottingham Midland shed 107

6 The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Coalfields 112
Annesley 112
Westhouses 114
Mansfield and Kirkby in Ashfield 115
Erewash Valley Line 116
Ilkeston 117
Toton 118

7 Midland Railway Nottingham to Leicester 130
Trent 130
Ratcliffe on Soar 133
Hathern 134
Loughborough Midland 135
Leicester Midland 136
Leicester Midland Shed 137

8 South from Leicester 143
Corby 145
Market Harborough 146
Kettering 147
Finedon 153
Seaton 156
Huntingdon branch 157

9 Wellingborough 158
Wellingborough Midland Lines 158
Wellingborough London Road and L&NWR lines 167
Wellingborough Shed 171
Crosti 9Fs 185

10 Wellingborough to Bedford 190
Higham Ferrers 190
Souldrop 191
Bedford 193
Bedford to Northampton 198
Accident at Turvey 201
Bedford to Hitchin 204