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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The station name board in 1966
M J Chapman

Arriving at Old Dalby on one of the last service trains in 1966. Looks like a later extension had been built onto the north end of the station building
M J Chapman
Passengers alight from the train in 1966
M J Chapman

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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The view north from 111MP with the signal box on the left. Note the class 25 in the sidings
Henry Priestley
Signalman Wilfrid Goodman at work in 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 north from the top of the signal post on the Up side on 31st December 1968.
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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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A view of the exchange sidings and goods shed looking south 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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The station forecourt on 31st December 1968
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The compound and workshop on 6th March 1970 whilst the line was still under construction
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A view of the inside of the workshop on the same day
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The entrance gates to the site
Unknown

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

Recent aerial view of the Old Dalby control centre re-built by Alstom and now to be the southern end of the third and fourth rail system.
Note the former goods shed at the lower right hand side still home for the local coal merchant

Google
Section of OS map showing original layout
HMSO

The compound from the approach road on 24th January 2009. It looks a bit crowded within due to the extra conductor rails requiring even more fencing A view of the workshop from the approach road with its recently-added extension on 24th January 2009.

The view looking south from the top of the approach road towards the goods shed - extra fencing can be seen everywhere as well as the usual abandoned car. Out of sight on the left is a small building which used to be the home of the PWay gang allocated to the test track in its years under BR
The DC transformer to power the track is lowered into place at Old Dalby

Lounsdale Electric

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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		The station name board in 1966 M J Chapman
	Arriving at Old Dalby on one of the last service trains in 1966. Looks like a later extension had been built onto the north end of the station building M J Chapman		Passengers alight from the train in 1966 M J Chapman
	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
	The view north from 111MP with the signal box on the left. Note the class 25 in the sidings Henry Priestley		Signalman Wilfrid Goodman at work in 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 north from the top of the signal post on the Up side on 31st December 1968. 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
	A view of the exchange sidings and goods shed looking south 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
	The station forecourt on 31st December 1968 Author's collection		The compound and workshop on 6th March 1970 whilst the line was still under construction Author's collection
	A view of the inside of the workshop on the same day Author's collection		The entrance gates to the site Unknown
	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
	Recent aerial view of the Old Dalby control centre re-built by Alstom and now to be the southern end of the third and fourth rail system. Note the former goods shed at the lower right hand side still home for the local coal merchant Google		Section of OS map showing original layout HMSO
	The compound from the approach road on 24th January 2009. It looks a bit crowded within due to the extra conductor rails requiring even more fencing		A view of the workshop from the approach road with its recently-added extension on 24th January 2009.
	The view looking south from the top of the approach road towards the goods shed - extra fencing can be seen everywhere as well as the usual abandoned car. Out of sight on the left is a small building which used to be the home of the PWay gang allocated to the test track in its years under BR		The DC transformer to power the track is lowered into place at Old Dalby Lounsdale Electric