Melton Mowbray trains

Melton Mowbray

Some pictures of trains at Melton Junction .

Click on the picture for a bigger image - pictures are the author's if not credited

	The scene at Melton Jcn in the summer of 1956. An 8F approaches Melton Mowbray from from Syston Jcn. with a freight train. The Nottingham line diverges to the right by the signal box. John Oxley
	An unidentified Stanier Jubilee 4-6-0, piloted by Class 2P No: 40542, eases the Nottingham to London express off the curve and past Melton Jcn signal box in July 1958. P H Groom
	Jubilee class 4-6-0 No: 45619 'Nigeria' passes Melton Jcn with an Up express sometime in the late 1950's. D Sellman
	Melton Jcn. signal box looking from the west prior to the closure of the line M A King
	Propelling off the test track in the late 1970's past the protecting signal for the junction - now no longer there and replaced by a 'Stop board'. The view is looking back towards Asfordby from Melton Junction. Note the secondman at the door of the loco.