Nottingham trains

Nottingham

Some pictures of trains at Nottingham station and on the line towards Lady Bay Bridge & 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 and passes Nottingham MPD. 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
	A Stanier Class 5 with a Down express at London Road Junction c1953 David Ford collection		Compound No: 40900 passes London Road Junction with a Down express passenger train c1951 David Ford collection
	Fairburn 4MT Tank No:42174 has just crossed the Trent over Ladybay Bridge with a Kettering to Nottingham service c1953 David Ford collection		Class 5 No:45020 at London Road Junction with a service from pass Kettering to Nottingham c1952 David Ford collection
	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		D7594 brings the Melton-Nottingham local into the station in 1966 Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.
	Arriving at Nottingham station with 1E14 the 1750 St Pancras-Sheffield on 27th June 1966 is a Peak class diesel Ron Dyer Archive R.C.T.S.		1H14 1225 St Pancras-Manchester passing London Road Jcn on the approach to Nottingham Midland on 9th April 1966. Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.
	1C85 the 1820 Nottingham-St Pancras departing from Platform 1 on 9th April 1966 Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.		1C25 1000 Sundays only Manchester-St Pancras leaving Nottingham on 10th April 1966. The train is leaving from Platform 4; all Sunday trains were concentrated on platforms 4 and 5 at this time. Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.
	Beyer Garratt No 47995 passing London Road Jcn with coal empties for the coalfields T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson		The Midland Pullman passing London Road Jcn with a mid-day service to Nottingham Unknown
	Sometime in 1964 a 6-car Midland Pullman set stands in Nottingham Midland on the mid-day service from London Roy Adamson		Meadow Lane was just north of Lady Bay Bridge Courtney Haydon Collection R.C.T.S.
	A view of London Road Junction SB in 1969 - the Melton lines had been lifted by this time David Ford Collection
	This late 1960's map shows the route of the line from Nottingham (Midland) Station, over the river via Lady Bay 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 from Melton Road to Boundary Road

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