Dark Angel

Yes, I remember coaches being stored on this line. Am sure they were left there longer than they should have been as many of them had their white metal bearings stolen. Can vaguely remember a conversation with my dad about them. I think Wrigleys wagon works eventually disposed of them, but am not completely sure about this. I also think I have seen a couple of photographs, again not sure. Was a long time ago.

Sadly, if it wasn't for your captions I wouldn't know what I was looking at. I don't recognise Nottingham anymore. Haven't set foot in the place for 15/18 years. Over time, successive 'I'm in charge merchants' have systematically ripped the heart and soul out of what was once a great place. Nottingham has always had strong historical connections: all three English civil wars kicked off in Nottingham. We can rival York for the Vikings. Isabella - Mortimer - Edward II plus Edward III. King John. How many Nottingham children are taught any of this? Mathilda and

Cliff Ton ... Thank you for your response. I do have a query: I seem to have got some hearts and arrows, I assume the hearts are people liking what I have written. Do the arrows indicate that it's my round for the cider? Sorry, as I think this is maybe in the wrong place.

All the pictures seem to have either disappeared or are blurred. Remember talking my parents into travelling via Grantham for our holidays on the South coast. I wanted to be pulled by a nice green shiny Pacific locomotive. On this occasion, St Simon glides into the platform, pleased my plan is working we board the train. Shock! Horror! Having just settled into our seats, St Simon glides past light engine having been detached from our train. Worse was about to happen: a brand new shiny diesel (D 1502) backs onto our train. "Can we get off and wait for t

Apparently, an A4 came close to hauling this train. A Colwick fitter told me that 'Woodcock' failed on the East Coast main line, Grantham couldn't effect a repair, so it was sent to Colwick. Having had repairs carried out it was sent out on a couple of overnight parcel workings. Someone decided to work it North on an overnight parcels, then roster it to work the following mornings up Master Cutler. However, in an age when mobile phones and the Internet were but a pipe dream, word quickly spread that this event was to take place. The plug was pulled on this e

DJ360...thank you for transcribing the newspaper article re the inquest of the young lad. Whilst I was referring to the same incident, the article I read contained more information. Am obviously unable to remember verbatim what was in the paper but I do know there were a few unknowns. Not being a medical person, maybe someone on here can give guidance on this: I have no knowledge of how thorough an autopsy would have been in 1909, but I did wonder of the possibility that the lad was already dead when the train ran over him. He was found lying on his back, with one witness saying he looked as i

Alpha....as I wrongly believed the colliery line to be under Western Boulevard, I didn't look at Google or any other modern maps. You are right: knowing what to look for, the former route can be traced all the way to Wollaton Road. It actually ran to the rear of the houses on Marchwood Close. Cliff Ton..... Thank you for your encouraging comments. Dj360.....reading page 1 of this thread, I came across a comment by you: "reading pernicious literature." A candle flame flickered in the recess of my memory. Some years ago I read an account about a death on the railway in 19

Cliff Ton.....DJ360.....This is the first time I have been on a site like this. I apologise if my posting etiquette isn't quite right, as I don't really know what I am doing. I came across DJ360's photograph by accident whilst looking for something else. Somewhere in the depths of my brain a candle lit in a far distant corner, an area unused for a while. Think I know where that is. Looking at the photograph, I initially thought I recognised the location. To the right of the signal box there is a straight pale line which I took to be the colliery line. Cliff Ton, this i

Cliff Ton, is there any possibility your map could be marked incorrectly? Looking at the photograph there is a fence running parallel to the end of the signal box which I took to be the boundary fencing for the colliery line, in which case the signal box has to be West of the line. The blunt end of the box is up to this boundary, thus enabling the signalman good visual access to the colliery line. Whilst signal boxes were moved, I cannot see any logical reason for this to happen here. Sadly, I cannot find any information as to when this line ceased to be used. It is shown inta

A map dated 1899 shows the signal box and wharf where I thought they were. Am quietly confident I have the right location. The fact this signal box disappeared under Tarmac ninety years ago doesn't help. Actually, it didn't ,the Midland Railway would have dismantled it and used the components elsewhere. I know by 1927, it would have been the L.M.S.however the Midland mentality would have prevailed. Its rural location doesn't help either as there are no landmarks to gauge it's whereabouts. I know it is difficult to try and visualise a scene that is out of living memory.

I thought the signal box was situated on the other side of the colliery line, not as shown on Cliff Tons map. It's not easy, as you have to forget the modernity of the present and try and picture what it would have been. The Radford to Trowell line was constructed circa 1875. It is quite likely the wharf ceased to be used in any capacity shortly after. With Newcastle sidings up and running, the coal wagons would have been transferred via the spur. If you look at the photograph, I think the spur runs where the trees are to the right of the signal box. Pianoman is correct, the wh

The signal box in the photograph is a Midland Railway design. I think it is Babbington Crossing. By taking the line to Trowell from Radford Junction, you would have crossed a colliery line that carried coal to a wharf on Nottingham Canal, where it was loaded onto barges. Adjacent to this line stood a signal box on the right as you headed towards Trowell. I think this is the signal box in the photograph, which would have been taken shortly before closure of the box. As the sun is casting a shadow on the signal box from the telegraph pole, if I am right about the locatio