Grimston area
Some pictures of the changes in the Grimston area
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Grimston station Down platform circa 1911 looking
north. Real Photographs |
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The site of the station at Grimston, looking north,
in the summer of 1999. The test line is on the original
Down formation at this point. The edge of the Up platform can be seen amongst
the weeds. The original MR railings were still in-situ here at the time.
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The view in the opposite direction during the upgrade in the winter of late 2000/01 shows the underbridge with its original balustrade. The undergrowth has been cut back and in the background the masts are going up. Paul Frost (Parsons Brinkerhoff) |
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From an almost identical viewpoint 46 years earlier a Melton to Nottingham local approaches Grimston station over the same bridge. T G Hepburn (Rail Archive Stephenson) |
