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Class 2P 41078 leaving Asfordby Tunnel sometime in
the 1950's with a local Melton-Nottingham service
Peter Groom via
Phantasrail Galleries |
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A Down freight hauled by a Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 mixed traffic locomotive emerges from the northern portal of Asfordby Tunnel in April 1958
Peter Groom |
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Propelling off the test track in the late 1970's past the protecting signal for the junction - now no longer there and replaced by a 'Stop board'. The view is looking back towards Asfordby from Melton Junction.
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'Adelante' unit 180101 stands in the run-round loop at the former mine complex at Asfordby in May 2000 awaiting departure from the test track |
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An unidentified Pendolino set
peeks out of the shed at Asfordby sometime during 2002
Andrew Briggs |
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57302 is seen outside the shed and had arrived to
collect the penultimate Pendolino set on 18th March 2005
Bob Dunn |
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No less than three class 57's lead by 57302
are seen here hauling the penultimate Pendolino set out of Asfordby on 18th
March 2005 Bob Dunn |
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Another view of the three locos at Asfordby
Bob Dunn |
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The last Pendolino to be tested at Old Dalby
is dragged out of the shed by the diesel shunter on 22nd September 2005
Bob Dunn |
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Jubilee Line 'seventh cars' built by Alstom
in Spain are seen here stored at Asfordby on 22nd September 2005
Bob Dunn |
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LUL Jubilee Line 'seventh cars' stand in the autumn
sunshine outside the shed at Asfordby in November 2005.
Andrew Royle |
