Railway Photographs in Britain

 

Britain - 1960s

Railway photographs in Britain from the middle to the end of the 1960s

• Around Leicester.
• Around Kibworth.
• Along the former Leicester and Swannington Railway from West Bridge to Desford.
• Kirby Muxloe, Bagworth, Nailstone.
• Coalville.

 

Britain - 1970s

Railway photographs in Britain during the 1970s

• Around Leicester
• Leicester to Burton line in the Leicester area
• Coalville
• Wigston
• Loughborough
• North of Loughborough
• South of Loughborough
• Mountsorrel sidings
• Near Frisby on the Wreake
• Nuneaton
• Tinsley Marshalling Yard

 

Britain - 1980s

Railway photographs in Britain during the 1980s

• Around Leicester
• Desford
• Coalville
• Around Coalville
• Wigston
• NCB trains at Seaham
• The aftermath of the nuclear-flask crash test, Old Dalby

 

Britain - 1990s

Railway photographs in Britain during the 1990s

• A train loading at Lounge Coal Preparation & Disposal Point, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch
• A train at Asfordby “Super Pit” coal mine

 

 

Featured Articles

 

Railway Photographs From Auctions

• Railway photographs around Leicester in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s from negatives and slides bought from auctions

 

Moira West Junction    Added April 2024

• Coal & Stone Trains at Moira West Junction, 1974-2015

 

Bagworth Rapid Loader

• The rise and fall of Bagworth Rapid Coal Loader

 

Asfordby “Super Pit”

• Photographs on a visit to Asfordby “Super Pit” coal mine during construction

 

Three Leicester Railway Scrapyards

• Photographs of the rail-connected scrapyards of Frank Berry, Vic Berry, and A.E. Piggott & Sons on the site of the ex-GCR goods yard in Leicester.

 

Working the Swannington Incline     Added May 2024

• A historic document with instructions on working the Swannington Incline and photographs of the remains of the incline on the Leicester & Swannington Railway.

 

The Stephenson Lifting Bridge and its wanderings    Added July 2024

• The convoluted story of the Leicester & Swannington Railway’s lifting bridge designed  by Robert Stephenson and its movement around Leicester and Leicestershire.

 

Trains at Kilby Bridge in 1976 and 2014    Added October 2024

• Photographs of trains at Kilby Bridge, south of Leicester on the Midland Main Line, showing the changing scene there between 1976 and 2014.

 

Electric locomotive hauled trains on the Woodhead route in 1980    Added October 2024

• Trains on the Worsbrough Incline.

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