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	In 1908 a Johnson 4-4-0 approaches Widmerpool with a Nottingham express. D F Tee Collection		An unidentified Stanier Jubilee Class 4-6-0 heads up the 1 in 200 grade past the 115 MP, south of Widmerpool station, with a London express in the summer of 1956. The Down loop is on the left with the signal box obscured by the exhaust. Cars can be seen on the A606 Nottingham-Melton road in the background. John Oxley
	On a summer's evening in 1958 an unidentified Black Five coasts through the closed Widmerpool station with a Nottingham express. Note the Up starter signal is now on a bracket compared with the 1945 view on the 'Then & Now' pages and the station fittings have all been removed, although the yard looks busy. T G Hepburn - Rail Archive Stephenson		Only one year later on April 5th 1959 a class 2P 4-4-0 No:40421 pilots an unidentified  Stanier 'Jubilee' 4-6-0 through the station on the Down 'Waverley' service. The yard is deserted save for a couple of coal wagons. M Mitchell
	At 1.34pm on 15th August 1962, Class 8F No: 48156 is captured as it rumbles through Widmerpool Station with a train of empty mineral wagons bound for the Nottinghamshire coalfields. Note the extra coaches stored in the sidings awaiting the summer Saturday's extra trains. The Down platform waiting room, on the right, was still in use as a laboratory/storeroom until quite recently, and is the only original Midland Railway building left virtually untouched. David Holmes		The POP train behind the R & D Clayton locomotive 8598 stands in the former Down platform at Widmerpool Station on a summer's day in 1973, prior to the erection of the dummy overhead equipment. This replaced the original Clayton 8512 Alan Rimmer
	91002 is hauled back towards Old Dalby through the former station whilst conducting aerodynamic testing in 1988 Bob Osbourne		The special train for the IVA88 exhibition in Hamburg is pictured emerging from the south end of Stanton Tunnel on 28th May 1988
	A close up of the locos headed by the class 89 but propelled by a class 47		In exactly the same spot as POP train was pictured above only 27 years later a RES class 47 No:47781 stands with Alstom's 180101 in tow. Note the fencing from 1973 is still standing and the Down platform has been tidied up
	In April 2000, 5-car unit 180101 stands under the wires on the Down line formation just south of Widmerpool Station, whilst engineers conducted horn audibility tests		RES Class 47 No: 47781 hauls the Class 180 up the gradient between Widmerpool and Folly Hall whilst conducting an emergency rescue test in April 2000
	The NMT pictured speeding past the viewing platform at Widmerpool with wind speed monitoring kit in place in September 2005. Andrew Royle		Heading north the NMT is seen approaching the measured mile at Widmerpool on a proving run on September 9th 2005. Andrew Royle
	43014 heading south pictured between Stanton Tunnel at Widmerpool at high speed with the NMT on 17th November 2005 Andrew Royle		31106 heads north approaching the viewing platform at Widmerpool on 17th August 2009 Neil Booton

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