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20a. From Leicester to Loughborough on the Great Central Railway Line - Trip 1 - lots of steam train photos of engines in action The Great Central Railway, in conjunction with other companies, had lines from Manchester - Sheffield - Nottingham - Leicester and onto London Marylebone Station. After incorporation into the Midland Railway and ultimately British Railways the line terminated in the 'Midland Region' St Pancras Station London. However much of the original Great Central Railway doesn't exist, but fortunately due to a great bunch of enthusiasts, the section from Loughborough to Leicester is preserved as a fully working mainline steam railway. See also 20b Trip 2 on the Great GCR - Winter Gala 2009 and visit of 4-6-2 Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell and other railway links at bottom of page.
From the Great Central Railway (GCR) to British Railways (BR).
A return trip from Leicester North Station to Loughborough Central Station and back. (A grey day for photography but, never-the-less, a great day out!) From Leicester North Station to Loughborough Central station
Diesel multiple unit (DMU E50321/E51427, Class 101 built 1957) coming into Leicester North Station. This 2 car DMU was built by Metro-Cammell in 1957-1958.
Heading north coming into Rothley Station platform. Note the tracks pass either side of the central platform and the characteristic GCR 'little house' of the station entrance on the bridge.
Passing over the viaduct at Swithland Reservoir.
Heading north coming into Quorn and Woodhouse Station and note in distance the tracks pass either side of the central platform and the characteristic GCR 'little house' of the station entrance on the bridge.
30777 "SIR LAMIEL" heading south at speed approaching Quorn and Woodhouse Station and passing fields of poppies.
Locomotives at Loughborough Central Locomotive Depot
Type Diesel Class 37 number 314 named 'DALZELL' after a Scottish steelworks - I like the Scottie dog emblem (37314 built 1964, initially numbered D6980, then 37190).
Ex Great Western Railway and British Railways 4953 PITCHFORD HALL, an ex GWR/BR 4-6-0 4900 Hall Class locomotive. Power Class D 5MT Mixed Traffic loco, built at Swindon Works in 1929 to a design by Collett.
Ex Great Western Railway and British Railways 4953 "PITCHFORD HALL" (GWR 4-6-0 Hall Class locomotive).
Ex Great Western Railway and British Railways 4953 "PITCHFORD HALL" (GWR 4-6-0 Hall Class locomotive).
Class 45 1Co-1Co Diesel-electric locomotive D123 named 'Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry' (D 123, was later numbered 45125, built Crewe Locomotive Works 1961). (Apparently the name was first used by D163/46026 and/or D135/45149 ?)
Ex GWR 5100/5101 Class 2-6-2T Prairie large tank engine 4141 and British Railways, ex GWR/BR built at Swindon Works 1946 to a post Churchwood 3100 Class design by Collett.
Ex British Railways BR standard class 2MT 2-6-0 78019 (built at Darlington Works in 1954 to a design by Robert Riddles) standing outside the locomotive depot shed at Loughborough Central.
Ex British Railways D5185 (D 5185). This a BR Silzer type 2 diesel-electric locomotive named these days as Castell Dinas Bran. Built at Darlington Works in 1963, later named as Bo-Bo Type 25 25035.
From Loughborough Central station to Leicester North Station
Ex GWR 4141 waiting to depart from Loughborough Central Station on the train for Leicester North Station.
The Great Central Railway Museum at Loughborough Central Station.
Ex GWR 4141 still waiting to depart from Loughborough Central Station on the train for Leicester North Station! I think there was a delay due to a wedding party!
The entrance to Loughborough Central station (built 1898), with a vintage car waiting for some newly weds of on a train trip.
Ex SR/BR Class N15 4-6-0 locomotive 777/30777 "SIR LAMIEL", bringing empty coaching stock into Loughborough Central Station.
Ex GWR 2-6-2 prairie tank engine 4141 finally departing from Loughborough Central station with a train bound for Leicester North Station.
30777 "SIR LAMIEL", waiting to depart from Loughborough Central Station. 30777 is an ex Southern Railway and British Railways locomotive. Locomotive 30777 'Sir Lamiel' is an SR 4-6-0 designed by R.E.L Maunsell from an earlier Urie LSWR design, N15 King Arthur Class locomotive and was built by the North British Locomotive Co. Glasgow in 1925.
An old coal tender (minus locomotive!) and the goods depot shed from the Great Central days at Quorn and Woodhouse Station.
Co-Co Diesel locomotive Type 37 255 in a dilapidated state at Quorn and Woodhouse Station (other numbers D6955, D 6955, 37255). Built by English Electric at the Vulcan Foundry Works in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire in 1965.
Heading south stopping at Rothley Station.
Co-Co diesel-electric locomotive D1705 called 'Sparrowhawk' (D 1705, Brush Type 4 Class 47117 or 47 117, built 1963) at Leicester North Station after hauling a train from Loughborough Central Station (pictured below at Loughborough).
Other Diesel locomotives at Leicester Locomotive Depot
Orange-brown ('golden ochre') liveried A1A-A1A Brush powered Class 31 D5830 (other possible numbers D 5830, 31297 31 297, 31463 31 463, 31563, 31 563) built at Brush electrical Engineering Company, Loughborough, Leicestershire in 1962).
Green liveried Sulzer powered Bo-Bo Class 27 D5401 (other possible numbers D 5401, 27112, 27 112, 27056, 27 056) built at Birmingham Carriage Works in 1962.
0-6-0 Diesel shunter type Class 10 D4067 (D 4067) named "MARGARET ETHEL - THOMAS ALFRED NAYLOR" built at Darlington Works in 1962
See also 20b Trip 2 on the Great GCR - Winter Gala 2009 and visit of 4-6-2 Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell |
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