Mickleover Station area
Here are a few pictures of Mickleover station and trains at or around Mickleover
Photos are the authors where not credited
The station
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Mickleover station at the turn
of the century - note the GNR 'Skegness is so bracing' poster Derby Photos |
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Mickleover station looking towards Derby
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Mickleover for Radbourn station
in 1959 Derby Evening Telegraph |
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The eastern portal of Mickleover tunnel Nick Wheat collection |
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Mickleover station
exterior and weighbridge Gerald Anthony |
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Mickleover Up side building with the Nestle's factory behind
Gerald Anthony |
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The western side of the station from the goods yard Unknown |
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The station buildings in the 1980s Unknown |
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The approach road to the closed station and depot on 26th March 1994 Howard Sprenger |
Trains in service
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Coal train heading towards Egginton pictured from Station
Road bridge Mickleover
J K & C P 2016 |
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Coal train emerging from Mickleover tunnel in 1951 Phil Croft |
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Nearly at the end for steam, Class 8F 48510 labours up to
the top of the 1-100 climb from Derby having just emerged from the 464 yd Mickleover tunnel with a goods train on 27th
September 1966.
Gerald Anthony collection |
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B1 61160 on a return special passes the goods yard
at Mickleover on 16th June 1957 Bernard Brown |
...and testing days
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APT-E was a rare visitor and is pictured at Mickleover in the early 1970s Gerald Anthony |
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The unique
battery railcar Gemini
(Lab 16 RDB975003 and RDB975004) was used exclusively by the Train Control
Group and is shown
just west of the Mickleover depot site heading towards Egginton Jcn,
sometime in the late 1970s. Author's collection |
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On a misty morning in March 1985
151001 leaves on a test run - the author was probably on
board.
John Tuffs |
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The first class 155 DMU stands alongside the train
shed at Mickleover around 1987. Note the Elliott track recording car behind. Chris Ward |
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Hydra near Mickleover Unknown |
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151001 by the wind tunnel c1986 BR official |
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The former Elliott track
recording car, now RDB999507 Lab 20, sits next to the loading dock at
Mickleover in July 1985.This vehicle is
preserved - have a look here
for more information and pictures Brian Cottell |
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This was the view in the summer of 1975 looking from the road overbridge on Station Road towards the station. Just glimpsed on the right at the buffer stops are two Class 35 Hymek diesel locos which were formerly at Old Dalby. |
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A splendid view of Mickleover Depot in the early 1980's
showing the ground frame (in the cabin on the right), the running line
(right) and the Long Siding (left).
In the large shed in the distance (right) is the battery railcar 'Gemini' and on the left the Train Control Group's test coach 'Hermes' (until recently part of the Structure Gauging Train). The wagon outside on the right could be the 'Autowagon'. The base of the original signal box remains on the left and in the background is the GNR station building. The track in this area was later removed and a small wind tunnel for testing scale models was built. This was used to test a model of the prototype APT-E and some of the remains plus the control office still exist today. The contraption on the left of the shed was a metallurgical testing facility for drop-testing components and was later moved to a site opposite the RTC in London Road, Derby. This was mounted over a concrete bed with inset track which is still there today. Colin Marsden |
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The view in February 1974 looking towards the tunnel
just after the track had been lifted. This view no longer exists either, the
cutting having been filled in. There are some pictures of this exercise on the 'remains'
page Marc Koch |
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Lab 15 'Argus' RDB975984 stands next to the miniature
aerodynamic test facility in the mid 1980's Colin Marsden |
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Looking back towards the site - note the Nestle's
factory roof above the cutting on the left and the workshop on the right Colin Marsden |
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The view from
the other
side - the staff appear
to be having a break BR Official |
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Inside the miniature wind tunnel BR Official |
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Inside the miniature wind tunnel BR Official |
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On 11th April 1976 one of the Hymeks (D7076)
formerly used at Old Dalby sits on the siding adjacent to the former station in
the company of the Clayton. D7076 is now preserved and based on the East Lancashire
Railway. David Hills |
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20058 with a rake of MGR coal empties top'n'tailed with 20087 departs Mickleover on 4th February 1985 undertaking some testing Gerald Anthony |
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RDB901601 known as 'Cyclops' is seen here stabled at
Mickleover on 14th December 1987 Colin Marsden |
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The R&DD's Clayton loco 8598 pictured at Mickleover
in the 1980's Colin Marsden |
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In November 1984 R&DD acquired 46045 for use on
various test trains
In the late 1980s renumbered 97404 is pictured outside the workshop with an APT-P driving car from set 370001 just visible The loco is preserved as D182 John Tuffs |
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60001 at Mickleover in August 1989 Nick Allsop |
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60001 at Mickleover in the late 1980s Unknown |
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Following the closure of the line six class 45's
which had been stored at Mickleover were moved to Egginton Jcn. Pictured outside
the original station building at Mickleover on 21st April 1990 are
45125*, 45111, 45126, 45136, 45146 and 45148. *45125 is now preserved at the GCR at Loughborough Les Nixon |
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Another view of the locos reveals the load measuring
wheel test vehicle Lab 25 'Decapod' with
HSFV1 and one of the Train Control Coaches outside the
shed. These were eventually incorporated into the Structure Gauging Train which
is still extant. In the background is a
factory original built by Nestlés
in the early 1960's and later taken
over by Rolls Royce and finally demolished. The site is now occupied by an exclusive housing
development.
P. Graves |
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The Great Northern hotel
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And just next to the overbridge was a watering hole called the Great Northern Hotel - here it is in the summer of 1975 - and yes it's my motorcycle. |
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An appropriate locomotive adorned the sign in 1975. |
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The Great Northern Hotel in September 2004 |
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In the mid-2000s it suffered a 'makeover' and lost its railway pub sign but still retains the name. Here it is on 21st March 2008 with additional patio doors on the single story extension |
