Nottingham trains

Nottingham

Some pictures of trains at Nottingham station and on the line towards West Bridgford.

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	A Midland Kirtley 0-6-0 No:2706 takes the Melton line at London Road Junction and begins the climb out of Nottingham towards the summit at Folly Hall with a coal train in 1932. An incinerator stands on the site today. T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson		A Midland Flatiron 0-6-4 tank pilots a Class 2P 4-4-0 as they head towards Melton Mowbray in the 1930's T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson
	Fowler 7F No:9623 hauls a coal train past London Road signal box on its way south in the early 1930s T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson		On 25th May 1956 the 4.17pm service to Spalding behind ex-LMS Class 2P 4-4-0 No:40504 is pictured leaving Nottingham. J P Wilson
	Stanier 'Black Five' 4-6-0 locomotive No: 45277 heads south over Lady Bay Bridge with the 6.10 pm relief to St. Pancras on August 3rd 1953. J P Wilson		This view of the station taken in the summer of 1956 shows a Stanier 8F 48073 coming off the line past London Road Junction signal box with coal empties. The train in the platform carries coach destination boards - possibly a Bradford - London express The former London Road station can be seen in the background. This building has recently been restored but the signal box is long gone. Nottingham's Sprinter depot now stands on the site in the right distance. John Oxley
	Looking west over Nottingham station from London Road bridge in the 1950s. London Road Junction SB on the right Unknown		This late 1960's map shows the route of the line from Nottingham (Midland) Station, over the river via Ladybay Bridge, past Trent Bridge cricket ground, through the suburb of West Bridgford and on to Edwalton. Apart from some of the embankment and underbridge at Devonshire Road in West Bridgford, little remains in Nottingham today to indicate that the railway was ever there. The Green Line nature reserve occupies some of the remaining trackbed
	Arriving at Nottingham station in the mid-1960s with a Sheffield-bound express is a Peak class diesel Courtney Haydon Collection RTCS		Sometime in 1964 a 6-car Midland Pullman set stands in Nottingham Midland on the mid-day service from London Roy Adamson
	Peak hauled London to Sheffield express pictured crossing Lady Bay Bridge on the approach to Nottingham in the late 1960s Courtney Haydon Collection RTCS		Lady Bay Bridge over the Trent in the late 1960s. The bridge still exists today but now carries road traffic Courtney Haydon Collection RTCS

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