Melton Mowbray station trains

Melton Station

Some pictures of trains in and around Melton Station

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	Melton Station signal box on a summer's evening in the late 1970's. This is where the 'Train Staff and Annett's key' for the line was normally kept and which had to be signed out by the 'Officer-in-charge'.
	On a winter's day in 1956 Stanier Class 8F No: 48305 heads east through Melton Mowbray Town Station with a coal train having probably travelled down the main line from Toton, via Loughborough and Syston Jcn. This loco was saved from the scrap yard and presently awaits restoration. H N James
	Beyer Garratt No:49786 heads east from Melton Station in the late 1950's Peter Groom via Phantasrail Galleries
	In April 1957 a local train hauled by Fowler 2-6-4 tank loco No: 42339 departs Melton Mowbray Town station en route for Nottingham. The train would most likely stop at Grimston and Old Dalby on its way north. Peter Groom
	LMS Class 4F 44539 runs under the road bridge approaching Melton Station from the west in the 1950's Peter Groom via Phantasrail Galleries
	A little nearer to Melton Jcn class 8F No:48005 hauls a mixed limestone train eastwards Melton Station in the 1950's Peter Groom via Phantasrail Galleries
	Melton Station from the overbridge to the west in 1966 Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.