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Class 2P 41078 leaving the northern portal of 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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'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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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 |
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57302 is seen outside the shed and had arrived to
collect the penultimate Pendolino set on 18th March 2005 |
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Another view of the three locos at Asfordby |
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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
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Jubilee Line 'seventh cars' built by Alstom
in Spain are seen here stored at Asfordby on 22nd September 2005 |
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LUL Jubilee Line 'seventh cars' stand in the autumn
sunshine outside the shed at Asfordby in November 2005.
Andrew Royle |
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66729 heads the first SSL train round the south
chord approaching the depot at Asfordby on 26th February 2009
CW |
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A closer look at the eight car train as it rounds
the curve
CW |
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37606 brings up the rear of a Serco test train
approaching Asfordby Tunnel on 6th December 2008 with 37605 on the front. The
train has just crossed to the test line at Asfordby Ground Frame, which is on the
right hand side hidden from view.
Ben Wheeler |
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31105 propels its Serco test train northwards
towards the tunnel on 16th March 2009
Ben Wheeler |
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31602 between Melton and Asfordby GF on 23rd June
2009 - looking south Neil Booton |
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31106 at Asfordby Jcn ground frame on 17th August
2009 - looking south Neil Booton |
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Former Anglia Railways class 47714 on arrival at
Asfordby on 14th September 2009 Neil
Booton - with permission |
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Former Anglia Railways class 47 714 is shunted by
08834 at Asfordby on 14th September 2009. The loco was previously at the GCR and
has been acquired as motive power for the shunt moves with the SSL stock from
Asfordby to Old Dalby Neil Booton - with
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