Tilton
You could explore the area of Tilton station - now a poultry farm - and never realize that this bridge support was there. It was built to support the main line end of a narrow gauge quarry railway. Stone was unloaded from quarry wagons to main line wagons by gravity from about fifty feet up - so a bit of a climb is required from the standard gauge trackbed to see this relic. Spotted (and explained) on a Railway Ramblers walk.
Location: Tilton (former)
Original line: Bottesford to Melton Mowbray and Market Harborough (Great Northern Railway and London and North Western Railway)
Photographer: Ken Strachan
Contact photographer: Ken Strachan
Date: 25/09/2021
Image number: 83504
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