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Bardney with D4075+brake van for Horncastle 1970
Class 08 diesel shunter D4075 and solitary brake van, are about to trundle across the level crossing and pass the wonderful Great Northern Railway signal box at Bardney on their way to Horncastle to pick-up two empty tank wagons from a small Esso depot there, a journey of 23 miles from Lincoln, in 1970. The line between Lincoln (Greetwell Junction) to Firsby (Bellwater Junction) closed to passengers in October 1970, but the short section to Bardney remained open for many years after to serve the British Sugar works situated there. Bardney box (formerly Bardney North) which dated from 1876, closed on the 5th October 1970.
Bardney with D4075+brake van for Horncastle 1970
Class 08 diesel shunter D4075 and solitary brake van, are about to trundle across the level crossing and pass the wonderful Great Northern Railway signal box at Bardney on their way to Horncastle to pick-up two empty tank wagons from a small Esso depot there, a journey of 23 miles from Lincoln, in 1970. The line between Lincoln (Greetwell Junction) to Firsby (Bellwater Junction) closed to passengers in October 1970, but the short section to Bardney remained open for many years after to serve the British Sugar works situated there. Bardney box (formerly Bardney North) which dated from 1876, closed on the 5th October 1970.