19900424.a.KirkbyinAshfield.58043.N.bnd.LR_filtered
A clear road to the collieries for 58043 at Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts, on 24th April 1990 with a northbound set of empty MGR's.
The train is on the British Rail 1972 deviation, built to end the traffic queues at a level crossing in the town. So many coal trains passed through on the Midland line back then, it caused buses and other traffic to be severely delayed.
The deviation was from just south of where Sutton Parkway station is today, to join the former Great Northern line near where Kirkby Summit signal box was.
At the southern end, close to where today's Kirkby Lane End junction is, a short link re-connected with the Midland down to Pinxton and the Erewash Valley.
No coal trains today, but the line is still used by the Robin Hood passenger services from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop, plus the occasional EMU drags to and from storage in Worksop yard.
19900424.a.KirkbyinAshfield.58043.N.bnd.LR_filtered
A clear road to the collieries for 58043 at Kirkby in Ashfield, Notts, on 24th April 1990 with a northbound set of empty MGR's.
The train is on the British Rail 1972 deviation, built to end the traffic queues at a level crossing in the town. So many coal trains passed through on the Midland line back then, it caused buses and other traffic to be severely delayed.
The deviation was from just south of where Sutton Parkway station is today, to join the former Great Northern line near where Kirkby Summit signal box was.
At the southern end, close to where today's Kirkby Lane End junction is, a short link re-connected with the Midland down to Pinxton and the Erewash Valley.
No coal trains today, but the line is still used by the Robin Hood passenger services from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop, plus the occasional EMU drags to and from storage in Worksop yard.