Grimston tunnel area

Some pictures of trains in the area around Grimston Tunnel and the Covered Way

Click on the picture for a bigger image - all photographs are as credited.

 1D44 A Peak emerges from the north end of the Covered Way with 1D44 for Nottingham in the mid-1960's. This is situated just south of Grimston Tunnel's southern portal

Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.

 1N38 A Peak exits the south end of the Covered Way with 1N38 1415 St Pancras-Bradford on 12th April 1966.

Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.

1C50 A southbound express emerges from Grimston Tunnel. The tunnel is actually about halfway between Grimston station and Old Dalby with Grimston village above

Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.

R3 The Leyland R3 railbus, built by Wickham's for export to the USA, pictured on the straight between Grimston and the Covered Way in 1981. Note the Covered Way and Grimston Tunnel south portal in the background

The railbus is still (2020) in existence in America

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