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Great Central 40454 stands in the platform at Bourne in July 1955 on the 4 21pm King's Lynn to Nottingham. (See also Bourne and its Railways on the Bourne website) (Photo : R.H. Clark) |
| A Midland & Great Northern Miscellany |
| 1999 marked the 40th anniversary of the closure of a large part of the Midland & Great Northern Joint railway. In this feature are various illustrations of the line when open plus some surviving artefacts from this interesting route. |
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Great Central 40454 stands in the platform at Bourne in July 1955 on the 4 21pm King's Lynn to Nottingham. (See also Bourne and its Railways on the Bourne website) (Photo : R.H. Clark) |
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is now no trace of the station although the goods shed still stands and is in industrial use. |
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| Demolition
of the station at Bourne is well under way in this 1964 view. The close proximity of the Red Hall to the station on the left distance is apparent. (Photo : Lincolnshire Free Press) |
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| The fine
Elizabethan Red Hall at Bourne was under threat of demolition when the railway reached the town, but fortunately was spared and used as a Booking Office and Station Master's house. (Photo : LEYTR Archives) |
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fascinating early photograph of Twenty looking towards Bourne. (Photo : R.H. Clark) |
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Twenty signalbox in the early 1960's. (LEYTR
Archives) (Below) Twenty Station as it is now (Photo : Rex Needle of The Bourne website) |
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| The final
"up" Leicester is seen at Spalding with 4MT
43060 wearing a "That's Yer Lot" poster. (Photo : Lincolnshire Free Press) |
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| After a
large poprtion of the M & GN closed to passengers (including the Lincolnshire portion), an enthusiasts special traversed part of the route (then freight only) to Sutton Bridge and Bourne on May 27th, 1961. 43151 worked the special and is seen at Spalding before hauling the train to Bourne. (Photo : Lincolnshire Free Press) |
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Two views of Holbeach station on June 6th, 1965, after the line had closed to all traffic. (Photos: John Jennison) (Below) A view of the station in summer 1999. (Photo: LEYTR Archives) |
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| Gedney station in 1965 (Photo : John Jennison) |
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| The split
distant signal between Gedney and Long Sutton in 1965 (Photo : John Jennison) |
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| Fleet station in 1965 (Photo : John Jennison) |
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Long Sutton station in 1965 (Photos : John Jennison) |
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| The final
goods train on April 2nd, 1965, stands at Long Sutton. (Photo : Lincolnshire Free Press) |
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The junction for the docks branch just before Sutton Bridge (Photo : John Jennison) |
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The original station building at Sutton Bridge pre 1897 (Photo : J. Satherley Collection) |
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Another view of the early station at Sutton Bridge (Photo : J. Satherley Collection) |
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| What
remained of Sutton Bridge station in 1965 (Photo : John Jennison) |
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| The last
train from Spalding on February 28th, 1959, is seen after arrival at Sutton Bridge station. (Photo : Lincolnshire Free Press) |
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The entrance to Sutton Bridge station yard. The site is opposite the Bridge Hotel. Nothing now remains except the old Toll House on the far left. (Photo : J. Satherley Collection) |
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Harry Tolliday and colleagues at Sutton Bridge station in 1965 shortly before it closed to goods traffic. The lorry is a British Rail owned Thames Trader K type. (Photo : J. Satherley Collection) |
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The second Cross Keys Bridge (1850 - 1897) which was replaced by the present bridge. (Photo : J. Satherley Collection) |
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| Cross Keys
bridge is a substantial reminder of the presence of the M & GN and today carried the busy A17 across River Nene. (Photo : R.H. Clark) |
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Two early views of trains crossing trhe Cross Keys bridge (Photo : J. Satherley Collection) |
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43092 passes over Cross Keys Bridge (Photo : J. Satherley Collection) |
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nice view of the bridge c.1980 from the West Bank. (Slide scanned by P. Wright) |
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Extract from a 1910 timetable |
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A 1945 LNER Timetable for the M & GN Jt |
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| An original sign which is now in a private collection (Photo : Jeremy Satherley) |
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An M & GN luggage label |
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A delightful map from a British Rail Publicity leaftlet in the 1950's advertising the virtues of travelling by train in Eastern England where standard fares were 2d a mile "but if one travels on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between May and October, a saving of 4/- in every pound can be effected on journeys of 100 miles or more." Many long closed lines in Lincolnshire and Norfolk are illustrated on the map, including the full M & GN system. |
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