Vintage Wellingborough infrastructure
A scene from the not-too-distant past at the north end of Wellingborough station on the Midland Main Line. Semaphore signalling and manual signal boxes still prevailed on the line north of Bedford, as did locomotive haulage. The line had been the preserve of the Class 45 Peaks since their introduction in 1961, but Class 47s would also appear. This unidentified example arriving on a St. Pancras-bound express sports a silver-painted cab roof, at the time a hallmark of Class 47s allocated to Stratford Depot (SF) on the BR Eastern Region.
HST sets appeared on the Midland Main Line from 1982, prompting the upgrading of the line’s signalling. Wellingborough’s old Midland Railway signalbox was saved for posterity, subsequently being re-erected at the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley.
July 1981
Yashica FR-1 camera
Agfa CT18 film.
Vintage Wellingborough infrastructure
A scene from the not-too-distant past at the north end of Wellingborough station on the Midland Main Line. Semaphore signalling and manual signal boxes still prevailed on the line north of Bedford, as did locomotive haulage. The line had been the preserve of the Class 45 Peaks since their introduction in 1961, but Class 47s would also appear. This unidentified example arriving on a St. Pancras-bound express sports a silver-painted cab roof, at the time a hallmark of Class 47s allocated to Stratford Depot (SF) on the BR Eastern Region.
HST sets appeared on the Midland Main Line from 1982, prompting the upgrading of the line’s signalling. Wellingborough’s old Midland Railway signalbox was saved for posterity, subsequently being re-erected at the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley.
July 1981
Yashica FR-1 camera
Agfa CT18 film.