Britain - Railway Photographs From Auctions

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

 

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

 

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.

Many of the photographs in these railway photograph galleries are available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.  Attribution should include a link to www.nigeltout.com.