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Jubilee Class 4-6-0 No: 45576 'Bombay'
leans into the curve at Upper Broughton Station on Saturday September 5th, 1959
with the 10.30 am Bradford - St. Pancras express.
T G Hepburn, Rail Archive Stephenson |
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On 9th February 1957 Fairburn 2-6-4 tank No: 42185,
a regular on the line, powers
through the closed Upper Broughton station with the 10.45 am Kettering
- Nottingham local. Note the flat bottom rail - this was main line after all. Henry Priestley
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Six years later and steam had been replaced by diesel. Here's a
1-Co-Co-1 BR Sulzer Type 4 (later class 45) on the Up London service approaching the overbridge at Upper Broughton
on 7th April 1963. Note the four wheeled van behind the loco, ten or more
coaches and the steam heating boiler exhaust. J S Gilks
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Looking south from the east side of the cutting at
the station site sees 1H14, the diverted 12.25 St Pancras-Manchester service
breasting the small climb from Old Dalby on 19th March 1966
Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S. |
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Pictured from the road bridge and looking towards
Old Dalby, 1D44 passes the site of the platforms on its way to Nottingham on
19th March 1966 - note the path sloping down to the Down platform
Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S. |
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The BR Sulzer Type 4 'Peak' heads through site of the
station on its way to Nottingham. The Up platform and
approach path can be made out as can the station master's house in the right
background
Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.
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On the same day but from the trackside to the north
of the overbridge, a class 25 is seen with 2D72 1345 SO Melton-Nottingham local
Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S. |
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Looking north from the overbridge and another
southbound express on 19th March 1966
Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S. |
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20 years later and here's a shot of one of the infamous
class 141 4-wheel railbuses running north past the site of Upper Broughton station in
December 1987. 141012 had been at RTC to have its engine and transmission
replaced in a bid to improve the performance of these truly awful trains.
Bob Osborne
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The overhead line test train with MENTOR pictured at
Upper Broughton in January 2007 Author |
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The overhead line test train with MENTOR pictured at
Upper Broughton in January 2007
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The first SSL train heads south near Upper Broughton
station site on 22nd June 2009 Author |
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The SSL heads for Old Dalby past the site of the original
station
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172001 heads north through the former station area
on 9th April 2010
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