Old_Dalby views

Old Dalby

Some pictures of the changes in the Old Dalby station area

Click on the picture for a bigger image - all pictures are the author's unless otherwise credited

Old Dalby station looking south. This photo is thought to have been taken at the time of the opening of the line circa 1880.

Note the inside keyed track, the milk churns on both wooden platforms, the nine staff with a little girl and the signal box at the end of the Down platform

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Old Dalby station looking north pictured in 1966

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This is the driver's eye view of Old Dalby approaching from the south in 1967. The later LMS signal box is on the left with the exchange sidings on the right and the goods shed in the middle distance.
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The goods shed from the yard (east) side on 19th December 1968. Note the old Hillman car and the Provender store beyond.
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A view of the exchange sidings from the top of a signal post on 19th December 1968. One of the Army's Ruston Hornsby diesel shunters can be identified on the far right.
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The station steps on 19th December 1968 viewed from the road
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A closer view of the signal box on 19th December 1968
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The view from the signal box on 19th December 1968, looking south towards Grimston Tunnel. The formation of the rope-worked incline of the original tramway which brought iron-ore from the Wartnaby mines can just be be made out at the rear of the headshunt for the Ordnance Depot. See here for more detail, map and photograph.
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Inside the box - probably in the early 1950's
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The view from the signal box on 31st December 1968, looking across to the exchange sidings.
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Looking south at Old Dalby on the 31st December 1968. The photo was taken from the gantry of the signal post on the Down platform. Note the Army traffic in the yard.

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The view looking south towards the station on 31^st December 1968 showing the higher bridge parapet on the Up side.
This was raised after a wartime fatal accident when an unsuspecting soldier disembarked from a train in the darkness onto the bridge from where he fell to his death on the roadway below.
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The view looking north from the top of the signal post on the Up side on 31st December 1968.
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A view of the station area looking north from the top of the Down side signal post on 31st December 1968
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A view of the exchange sidings and goods shed looking south on 31st December 1968
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The station forecourt on 31st December 1968
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The Goods Shed looking from the north end pictured in the mid-1980's when it was being used by the local coal merchant. The Provender store had been demolished by this time. The compound viewed from MP 111¼ on the test track in the mid 1970's. The Goods shed is out of sight to the right.
Colin Marsden

The workshop viewed from the south eastern side in the snow of December 1999
The Goods Shed at Old Dalby from the south in December 1999

The Ground Frame which operated the pointwork to allow access to the workshop at Old Dalby pictured in February 2000 A view from the hill above the village of Old Dalby in June 2001 looking towards the original Control Centre

More photos of Old Dalby will be added when time permits

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	Old Dalby station looking south. This photo is thought to have been taken at the time of the opening of the line circa 1880. Note the inside keyed track, the milk churns on both wooden platforms, the nine staff with a little girl and the signal box at the end of the Down platform Author's collection		Old Dalby station looking north pictured in 1966 Author's collection
	This is the driver's eye view of Old Dalby approaching from the south in 1967. The later LMS signal box is on the left with the exchange sidings on the right and the goods shed in the middle distance. Author's collection		The goods shed from the yard (east) side on 19th December 1968. Note the old Hillman car and the Provender store beyond. Author's collection
	A view of the exchange sidings from the top of a signal post on 19th December 1968. One of the Army's Ruston Hornsby diesel shunters can be identified on the far right. Author's collection		The station steps on 19th December 1968 viewed from the road Author's collection
	A closer view of the signal box on 19th December 1968 Author's collection		The view from the signal box on 19th December 1968, looking south towards Grimston Tunnel. The formation of the rope-worked incline of the original tramway which brought iron-ore from the Wartnaby mines can just be be made out at the rear of the headshunt for the Ordnance Depot. See here for more detail, map and photograph. Author's collection
	Inside the box - probably in the early 1950's Author's collection		The view from the signal box on 31st December 1968, looking across to the exchange sidings. Author's collection
	Looking south at Old Dalby on the 31st December 1968. The photo was taken from the gantry of the signal post on the Down platform. Note the Army traffic in the yard. Author's collection		The view looking south towards the station on 31^st December 1968 showing the higher bridge parapet on the Up side. This was raised after a wartime fatal accident when an unsuspecting soldier disembarked from a train in the darkness onto the bridge from where he fell to his death on the roadway below. Author's collection
	The view looking north from the top of the signal post on the Up side on 31st December 1968. Author's collection		A view of the station area looking north from the top of the Down side signal post on 31st December 1968 Author's collection
	A view of the exchange sidings and goods shed looking south on 31st December 1968 Author's collection		The station forecourt on 31st December 1968 Author's collection
	The Goods Shed looking from the north end pictured in the mid-1980's when it was being used by the local coal merchant. The Provender store had been demolished by this time.		The compound viewed from MP 111¼ on the test track in the mid 1970's. The Goods shed is out of sight to the right. Colin Marsden
	The workshop viewed from the south eastern side in the snow of December 1999		The Goods Shed at Old Dalby from the south in December 1999
	The Ground Frame which operated the pointwork to allow access to the workshop at Old Dalby pictured in February 2000		A view from the hill above the village of Old Dalby in June 2001 looking towards the original Control Centre