Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction Railway (Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway)

Introduction

This line ran from Sheffield Wicker to Gainsborough.






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Thompson B1 4-6-0 no 61272 stands with a train at Sheffield Victoria in the 1960s. The station was closed to passengers in 1970 and has since been ...
Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //
Robinson ex-GC D11 4-4-0 no 62662 Prince of Wales with empty stock at Sheffield Victoria in the 1960s. ...
K A Gray //
Sad remains of Sheffield Victoria looking to Stocksbridge. ...
Ewan Crawford //
B1 no 61131 at Sheffield Victoria with the penultimate leg of the RCTS Great Central Rail Tour on 13 August 1966. The B1 hauled the special as far as ...
K A Gray 13/08/1966
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Green liveried Brush Type 2 No. 5843 with double arrow logo is in charge of an LMR bound partially fitted freight as it passes through an industrial ...
Bill Jamieson 21/09/1971
Class 47 no 1879 on a northbound train of oil tanks, thought to be returning empty to Tees-side, on the Midland 'Old Road' at Killamarsh in July 1971. ...
Bill Jamieson 21/07/1971
A green/blue class 24 combination powers an up mixed freight southwards along the Midland Old Road at Beighton Junction to the east of ...
Bill Jamieson 20/09/1971
First series 'Peak' D9 Snowdon has taken the chord line from Beighton Jn (on the ex MR 'Old Road' between Chesterfield and Rotherham) to the ex ...
Bill Jamieson 21/07/1971
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An evening train from Nottingham entering Worksop station from the West in November 2006. ...
Ewan Crawford 18/11/2006
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66219 passing Whisker Hill Junction, Retford with coal for Cottam Power Station in 2002. ...
Roger Geach 23/07/2002
66176 coming down the bank from Retford High to the Worksop line with the Middleton Towers to Barnby Dunn sand train in 2002. These wagons have been ...
Roger Geach 19/04/2002
Test train visit to Retford on 6th February 2023, passing Whisker Hill Junction with 37254 front and 37610 rear. The sun is low and the trees high ...
Roger Geach 06/02/2023
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66036 passing the former GC shed at Retford Thrumpton with coal empties from Cottam to Worksop in 2002. The GC shed was situated to the right of the ...
Roger Geach 05/04/2002
66562 passing Retford Thrumpton signal box and crossing with coal for Cottam in 2004. The platforms of Retford Low Level can be seen near the rear of ...
Roger Geach 06/07/2004
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66093 on an Immingham coal service to Drax at Gainsborough Central in 2008. The normal route via Scunthorpe was shut on this occasion due to ...
Roger Geach 30/01/2008
66557 with empty coal hoppers for Immingham at Gainsborough Central in 2008. ...
Roger Geach 30/01/2008
Gainsborough Central signalbox in October 2013 in need of some TLC. ...
John McIntyre 06/10/2013
I arrived at Gainsborough Central on a Sunday to find it all locked up, no trains today.  There wasn't much to lock up really, just a basic shelter ...
John McIntyre 06/10/2013
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