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Nottingham Jubilee
Ex-LMS (now British Railways) Jubilee class 4-6-0 No. 45562 'Alberta' waits to depart from Nottingham Victoria working 1N63, the Saturdays-Only 10:34am Bournemouth West to Bradford Exchange during July 1964. To the left, British Railways Modified Hall class 4-6-0 No. 7922 'Salford Hall' waits to move off to the shed, having worked it in from Oxford.
The use of 55C, Farnley Junction Shed, Jubilee's did not continue the following year, they would only work as far as Sheffield, resuming to Nottingham, albeit Midland station, in 1966.
The photograph can be narrowed down to a reasonably specific period as the locomotive has been cleaned (but not the tender) and other photographs that were taken in May/early June show it in a filthy state, with the cabside not yet carrying a yellow stripe, which were introduced in September 1964 to prohibit certain classes from working under the newly electrified wires south of Crewe on the West Coast Mainline.
In 1893, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway were granted authorisation to build a new line from Annesley to London Marylebone, which became known as the "London Extension". As the build progressed the company changed their name to the Great Central Railway in 1897. As the line would pass through Nottingham it was proposed to build a new station there, which would be shared by both the Great Central and Great Northern Railways. Nottingham Victoria was officially (trains had been operating through there for over a year) opened in the early hours of 24th May 1900 and the first train, a Great Central Manchester to Marylebone express called there at 01:12am. The station was designed by the architect Albert Edward Lambert and construction started in 1897, following three years of negotiations to acquire the required land for the site at a cost of £473,000 (nearly £50 million in 2017), which also resulted in the demolition of entire streets of houses (approximately 1,300 in total), inclusing 24 pubs and St. Stephen's Church. When initially opened the two competing railway companies could not agree on a name, with the GCR calling it Nottingham Central and the GNR using Nottingham Joint Station. The dispute was resolved by the town clerk who suggested Nottingham Victoria as the opening date closely coincided with Queen Victoria's birthday. Both companies readily agreed and the new station name was adopted from late June 1900. The station itself was a typically grand Victorian design with a large main building, including clock tower and two large islands with bays at each end for local trains, which provided a total of 12 platform faces. Traffic was made up of express trains between London and Manchester, inter-regional trains from the North to the South Coast and freight services. As traffic was lost to the roads post-WWII, the Great Central line was rundown by the London Midland Region of BR, preferring the old Midland Railway route, and on 3rd September 1967 the final passenger train (a local service to Rigby formed by a DMU) departed and the station closed officially on the 4th, although freight services would continue to run through until May 1968. The station was quickly demolished, and the deep cutting filled in, ready for the construction of the Victoria Shopping Centre and Victoria flats (the tallest building in the city at 256ft/72m). The only remaining remnants are the clock tower, now part of the shopping centre complex, and the southern portal of the Mansfield Road tunnel, although this will shortly disappear from view once re-development of the shopping centre commences.
Locomotive Details
Jubilee class 4-6-0 No. 45562 'Alberta' was built by the North British Locomotive Company, to a design by William Stanier, in Glasgow during 1934 and entered service with the LMS in August numbered 5562. Renumbered by British Railways, in the late 1940's, to 45562 it was primarily allocated to Holbeck shed (55A), moving to Farnley Junction shed (55C) during March 1964. It moved back to Holbeck during December 1966 and was withdrawn from there, as the end of BR steam approached, during November 1967. It was cutup during May 1968 at Cashmore's, Guide Bridge.
Hawksworth Modified Hall class 4-6-0 No. 7922 'Salford Hall' was built by British Railways during 1950 at Swindon Works, entering service on 30th September. When seen in this photo it was allocated to Southall (81C), having moved there from Stourbridge Junction during December 1962. In August 1965 it made a final move to Oxford (81F) and was withdrawn from there in the December. It was cutup during May 1966 at Cashmore's in Newport.
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Nottingham Jubilee
Ex-LMS (now British Railways) Jubilee class 4-6-0 No. 45562 'Alberta' waits to depart from Nottingham Victoria working 1N63, the Saturdays-Only 10:34am Bournemouth West to Bradford Exchange during July 1964. To the left, British Railways Modified Hall class 4-6-0 No. 7922 'Salford Hall' waits to move off to the shed, having worked it in from Oxford.
The use of 55C, Farnley Junction Shed, Jubilee's did not continue the following year, they would only work as far as Sheffield, resuming to Nottingham, albeit Midland station, in 1966.
The photograph can be narrowed down to a reasonably specific period as the locomotive has been cleaned (but not the tender) and other photographs that were taken in May/early June show it in a filthy state, with the cabside not yet carrying a yellow stripe, which were introduced in September 1964 to prohibit certain classes from working under the newly electrified wires south of Crewe on the West Coast Mainline.
In 1893, the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway were granted authorisation to build a new line from Annesley to London Marylebone, which became known as the "London Extension". As the build progressed the company changed their name to the Great Central Railway in 1897. As the line would pass through Nottingham it was proposed to build a new station there, which would be shared by both the Great Central and Great Northern Railways. Nottingham Victoria was officially (trains had been operating through there for over a year) opened in the early hours of 24th May 1900 and the first train, a Great Central Manchester to Marylebone express called there at 01:12am. The station was designed by the architect Albert Edward Lambert and construction started in 1897, following three years of negotiations to acquire the required land for the site at a cost of £473,000 (nearly £50 million in 2017), which also resulted in the demolition of entire streets of houses (approximately 1,300 in total), inclusing 24 pubs and St. Stephen's Church. When initially opened the two competing railway companies could not agree on a name, with the GCR calling it Nottingham Central and the GNR using Nottingham Joint Station. The dispute was resolved by the town clerk who suggested Nottingham Victoria as the opening date closely coincided with Queen Victoria's birthday. Both companies readily agreed and the new station name was adopted from late June 1900. The station itself was a typically grand Victorian design with a large main building, including clock tower and two large islands with bays at each end for local trains, which provided a total of 12 platform faces. Traffic was made up of express trains between London and Manchester, inter-regional trains from the North to the South Coast and freight services. As traffic was lost to the roads post-WWII, the Great Central line was rundown by the London Midland Region of BR, preferring the old Midland Railway route, and on 3rd September 1967 the final passenger train (a local service to Rigby formed by a DMU) departed and the station closed officially on the 4th, although freight services would continue to run through until May 1968. The station was quickly demolished, and the deep cutting filled in, ready for the construction of the Victoria Shopping Centre and Victoria flats (the tallest building in the city at 256ft/72m). The only remaining remnants are the clock tower, now part of the shopping centre complex, and the southern portal of the Mansfield Road tunnel, although this will shortly disappear from view once re-development of the shopping centre commences.
Locomotive Details
Jubilee class 4-6-0 No. 45562 'Alberta' was built by the North British Locomotive Company, to a design by William Stanier, in Glasgow during 1934 and entered service with the LMS in August numbered 5562. Renumbered by British Railways, in the late 1940's, to 45562 it was primarily allocated to Holbeck shed (55A), moving to Farnley Junction shed (55C) during March 1964. It moved back to Holbeck during December 1966 and was withdrawn from there, as the end of BR steam approached, during November 1967. It was cutup during May 1968 at Cashmore's, Guide Bridge.
Hawksworth Modified Hall class 4-6-0 No. 7922 'Salford Hall' was built by British Railways during 1950 at Swindon Works, entering service on 30th September. When seen in this photo it was allocated to Southall (81C), having moved there from Stourbridge Junction during December 1962. In August 1965 it made a final move to Oxford (81F) and was withdrawn from there in the December. It was cutup during May 1966 at Cashmore's in Newport.
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