Nottingham to Melton Mowbray and Manton to Corby Line (Midland Railway)





Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Nottingham to Melton Mowbray









Sign on Widmerpool overbridge. The line is now the Alstom test track. ...
Ewan Crawford //
Widmerpool station. The line is now the Alstom test track. The station is now a pub. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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Leyland Experimental Vehicle LEV1 emerging from Stanton Tunnel on the Old Dalby test track in 1980. ...
Ian Dinmore //1980
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Manton to Corby









A train of steel empties from Corby to Margam crosses Welland Viaduct in the summer of 2002. The viaduct, which was completed in 1878, is some 1275 ...
John Clark //2002
Not so much a viaduct, as a railway in the sky. see image 51582 This structure was on the MR from Kettering to Manton Junction; whereas Seaton was ...
Ken Strachan 07/06/2015
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46233 'Duchess of Sutherland' approaches Harringworth viaduct (via the eponymous station) on the Railway Touring Company's Yorkshireman railtour. The ...
Ken Strachan 19/10/2019
I took a wrong turn on the way from Harringworth to Corby station, and was rewarded with this very nice alternative view of the viaduct; which seems ...
Ken Strachan 19/10/2019
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The ironstone railways feeding the short-lived (46 years) Corby steelworks were lightly laid and left little trace after their passing. My c1980 OS ...
Ken Strachan 05/04/2013
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A Meridian Class 222 approaches Corby station (notice the OHLE and second track) after mysteriously recessing to the North of the station (these units ...
Ken Strachan 19/10/2019
The new Corby station with an attractive sculpture on the forecourt area.
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John Yellowlees 07/12/2017
Creeping modernization - a second track and OHLE have arrived at Corby since my last visit see image 60099See
Ken Strachan 19/10/2019
Looking South from the sole platform at the 'new' Corby station in June 2015 there is much of interest. The original down platform on the right is ...
Ken Strachan 07/06/2015
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