catfan 14,793 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 A quick question one of Nottstalgia's resident train experts might be able to answer for me. Travelling from Skeg to Nottm via Grantham on the train, can anyone tell me where the long tunnel before Grantham Station is located please. No particular reason, would just like to know out of curiosity ! Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Probably Gonerby tunnel, on the Grantham side of Allerton Junction, where the Grantham and Skegness lines from Nottingham diverged or, in your direction of travel, via Grantham, converged. So it's after Grantham, not before. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 Thank you sir ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 My pleasure. I could, of course, be completely wrong, and there are several posters who may put me right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted May 25, 2016 Report Share Posted May 25, 2016 It's before Grantham actually, Valuer Jim! It's the only tunnel between Nottingham and Skeg and I would guess it's about 700 yards long. If you travel to Skegness on a train which stops at Grantham, you pass through it twice now, because the train will reverse and come back to Allington Junction before turning off to Skeggy. If you get a direct train to Skegness which doesn't stop at Grantham, you won't pass through it at all! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Its a long time ago, but on day trip excursions from Netherfield to Skeggy I don't remember going through a tunnel at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Only goes through the tunnel if the Skeg train goes via Grantham othewise no tunnel & about twenty minute shorter. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 ChrisB. Catfan is travelling from Skeggy, not to Skeggy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisB 150 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Ah, well the same thing applies when travelling from Skeggy. Once through the tunnel before arriving at Grantham, then again through the tunnel after leaving there for Nottingham. But as catfan says, only if the train calls at Grantham that is. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Chris B is correct. Everything you could wish to know is here: http://railwaymaniac.com/2016/03/the-allington-chord/ Gonerby Tunnel is 560 yards long. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 That's right, since the chord was put in. I assumed Catfan was asking about the pre-chord situation. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 That's right, since the chord was put in. I assumed Catfan was asking about the pre-chord situation. In which case it would have been Peascliffe Tunnel on the main line between Barkston and Grantham (quite a bit longer than Gonerby Tunnel). After then leaving Grantham for Nottingham the train would then, as now, go through Gonerby Tunnel. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ValuerJim 277 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Quite right Mr Imp. 967 yds long. My recollection of the services from my trainspotting days has Nottingham to Skegness trains bypassing Grantham, with the odd Grantham to Skegness dmu leaving from the bay platform at the north end of the up platform and via the, since lifted, link at Barkston. I guess it made more sense for the services to go direct by reversing at Grantham, but this may have been after my time. Incidentally, aren't locomotive names and numbers useful as passwords? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Well done Merthyr Imp, that tunnel does seem quite long, it goes for ages ! Thank you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 26, 2016 Report Share Posted May 26, 2016 Well done Merthyr Imp, that tunnel does seem quite long, it goes for ages ! You should try going through the Severn Tunnel! Or from Sheffield to Manchester, which has three long tunnels, making up I think around 18% of the whole distance. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 I agree with Merthyr's figures - Totley tunnel : 6,230 yards between Dore & Totley and Grindleford; Cowburn tunnel : 3,702 yards between Edale and Chinley; and Disley tunnel : 3,866 yards, between Chinley and Hazel Grove. Total 13,798 yards or about 7.8 miles of tunnel from a total distance Sheffield to Manchester of around 43 miles. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Totley Tunnel being the second-longest on the network after the afore-mentioned Severn Tunnel. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted May 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 You lads certainly know your onions ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Just out of sheer ignorance, where does the Channel Tunnel fit into all this? The rails are all joined up with the rest of the network, I assume? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted May 27, 2016 Report Share Posted May 27, 2016 Well, there's also a tunnel 12 miles long on the HS1 line to the Channel Tunnel and the 17+ miles of the Northern Line on the London Underground, but I was thinking more of Network Rail lines (i.e. the former British Rail). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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