Midland Main Line south of Loughborough, 1970s
1-of-13) Class 31 A1A-A1A diesel locomotive no. 31149 with a train of ballast wagons heads south on the Midland Main Line at Allsop's Lane crossing, Loughborough, 9/7/75.
2-of-13) Class 44 1Co-Co1 diesel locomotive no. 44009 "Snowdon" with a coal train heads south on the Midland Main Line, south of Loughborough, 9/7/75.
3-of-13) A pair of Class 25 locomotives, nos. 25104 & 25037, bring a train down the chord from the ex-Great Central Railway to the Midland Main Line south of Loughborough, while seagulls which scavenge from the nearby tip wheel overhead, 9/7/75.
4-of-13) “Peak” Cl 45 no. 45070 with a "Merry Go Round" coal train heads south through Loughborough, 9/7/75.
5-of-13) “Peak” Cl 45 no. 45054 heads south from Loughborough with a passenger train for London St. Pancras, 9/7/75.
6-of-13) Class 25 nos. 25037 & 25104 with a freight train head north on the Midland Main Line at Allsop's Lane crossing, south of Loughborough, 9/7/75.
7-of-13) Cl 44 no. 44001 "Scafell Pike" with a coal train heads south on the Midland Main Line at Allsop's Lane crossing, south of Loughborough, 9/7/75.
8-of-13) Cl 47 no. 47359 with "Merry Go Round" coal empties heads north on the Midland Main Line at Allsop's Lane crossing, south of Loughborough, 9/7/75.
9-of-13) Cl 47 no. 47326 heads south from Loughborough on the Midland Main Line with a passenger train for London St. Pancras, 9/7/75.
10-of-13) Cl 20 nos. 20132 & 20054 with a ballast train head north on the Midland Main Line at Allsop's Lane crossing, south of Loughborough, 9/7/75.
11-of-13) Cl 46 "Peak" no. 46002 with a train of "Presflo" wagons (probably fly-ash empties) heading north on the Midland Main Line at Allsop's Lane crossing, south of Loughborough, 9/7/75.
In the distance is Cl 31 no. 31424 with a freight train.
12-of-13) Cl 44 "Peak" no. 44006 "Whernside" with a brake tender and train of empty coal wagons heads north on the Midland Main Line at Allsop's Lane crossing, south of Loughborough, 9/7/75.
13-of-13) Unidentified class 45 "Peak" with brakes hard on for a stop at Loughborough with a passenger train from London, St Pancras, at Allsop's Lane crossing on the Midland Main Line south of Loughborough, Jan. 1979.
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