Kirby Muxloe & Bagworth, 1960s.

There are three groups of photographs on this page:

Bagworth exchange sidings as a coal train from Nailstone colliery arrives behind a 0-6-0ST, 10/7/67

Railway to Bagworth Colliery


1-of-12) The disused line out of Bagworth Colliery towards the exchange sidings and main line, 10/7/67.  By now coal was being transported underground to the washery at Nailstone Colliery and then transported back to Bagworth exchange sidings by train.

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Railway sidings, Bagworth Colliery


2-of-12) The exchange sidings at Bagworth, looking towards Coalville.

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Coal train from Nailstone Colliery to Bagworth


3-of-12) Coal from Nailstone Colliery to Bagworth crossing the Ellistown to Bagworth road hauled by a 0-6-0ST, 10/7/67.

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Coal train from Nailstone Colliery at Bagworth


4-of-12) Coal train from Nailstone Colliery arriving at Bagworth behind the 0-6-0ST.  D5406 is passing on the main line, heading towards Coalville. 10/7/67.

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Steam locomotive at Bagworth


5-of-12) 0-6-0ST setting off from the coal train it has just brought in, Bagworth sidings, 10/07/67.

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Steam train at Bagworth Colliery sidings


6-of-12) 0-6-0ST at Bagworth preparing to return to Nailstone Colliery with empty wagons, 10/7/67.

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Train at Ellistown Colliery


7-of-12) Ruston & Hornsby (wks. no. 420139) 0-4-0 Diesel-Electric shunter no. 15/3/3 at Ellistown Colliery sidings, 10/7/67.

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Train at site of Kirby Muxloe station


8-of-12) D5192, heading past the closed Kirby Muxloe station with a breakdown train to a derailed locomotive in Coalville, 2/8/67.

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Kirby Muxloe station


9-of-12) The closed Kirby Muxloe station, 2/8/67

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Train to Nailstone colliery


10-of-12) EE 0-6-0 diesel no. 20 makes its way back to Nailstone colliery from the exchange sidings at Bagworth, and is about to cross the road at Battram, 28/3/69.

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EE 0-6-0 diesel no. 20 pases the village of Battram as it returns to Nailstone colliery from the exchange sidings at Bagworth, 28/3/69

The closed Kirby Muxloe station, 2/8/67

Train to Nailstone colliery


11-of-12) EE 0-6-0 diesel no. 20 makes its way back to Nailstone colliery and is crossing the road at Battram, 28/3/69.

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Train to Nailstone colliery


12-of-12) EE 0-6-0 diesel no. 20 heads back to Nailstone colliery from the exchange sidings at Bagworth, 28/3/69.

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Kirby Muxloe & Bagworth 1960s