sweetpea 1 Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 Disused stations website. Victoria Station 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,013 Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Victoria Station The Map from that site is also interesting, in view of the Mansfield Rd Discussions elsewhere. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/station...ictoria_map.gif Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Merthyr Imp 729 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 The latest issue of the magazine 'Steam Days' (September issue) arrived in the post today, and although I haven't read it yet what looks well worth checking out is an article 'The Last Weekend of the Great Central's London Extension' by a David Pearce. Several good photos of Victoria Station are included along with some at Wilford and the bridge over the Trent. Also a good map centring on the GC line through West Bridgford. The article seems to consist of memories of someone who lived in sight of the line there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,355 Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 I did have to watch it in mute after 1:15 that piano music shocking, sure it will interest some Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,592 Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Thanks for that one, whilst I agree about the music the actual piece was very informative. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 I purchased it MI, and didn't learn much I didn't already know. However, some of the pictures were new to me. Quite a good read all the same. A bit on the GC is better than nothing at all. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smiffy49 589 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 Yes, it was a good article seen through the eyes of a local lad whose house overlooked the GC through Wilford. A favourite haunt of mine during the same period. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LongJohn 19 Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 When I was about 8, and at Patrick Road WB infants' school, the GC embankment was on a level with the upper floor classrooms. That, plus when our family moved to Colwick, we lived in a cul-de-sac with the LNER(?) and Midland lines at the end of the road, is why I love steam trains to this day. On a tangent, I have spent the last year trying to stop the Education Funding Agency from knocking down an Edwardian school with far better architecture than Patrick Road - no justice!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 8,940 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 On 13/05/2017 at 11:38 PM, LongJohn said: When I was about 8, and at Patrick Road WB infants' school, the GC embankment was on a level with the upper floor classrooms. And this (I think) might be the closest you'll get now as a reminder of what you are referring to. The school is in the background beyond the tunnel which goes under the railway line. The embankment is now cleared and replaced by housing. And I think the line was not the GC; it was the Midland line to London via Melton. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LongJohn 19 Posted May 14, 2017 Report Share Posted May 14, 2017 Cliff Ton: you are a star! When I was in WB a couple of weeks ago, and walking along Rectory Road, it was obvious where that embankment had been. In your photo, the building you can half see in the foreground was a sweet shop. Yet sweets only came off ration in '53. You are right about the line. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,355 Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 5,355 Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 Hayup Sweetpea 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 As Wembley was nearest to the ex GC main line, it was always favourite for special trains to use that route. Always a good chance of seeing some rare locos on them too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 6,616 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Good photo of some very smart CLW girls, Lizzie. I hated the berets, too Quote Link to post Share on other sites
siddha 717 Posted February 12, 2018 Report Share Posted February 12, 2018 Nah mate never went to the Zoo with Gussies .............I suspect that in my day you (the school that is) couldn't ask folk for the money for the trip with voluntary or otherwise contribution. My recollections of steam train jaunts was the weekend ramblers trains from Victoria Stn out to Derbyshire in the mid 60s........ Lovely 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,467 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Despite all efforts by BR the Great Central survived in places. It's gives me a real nostalgia boost to see things as they (almost) used to be. Here are a few photos of Loughborough Central taken a few years ago: 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,467 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 .....and a few more. Who can forget the stairs leading down to Great Central island platforms?! The Signalbox The workshop Nice signage: Who are you calling "Big nose?" 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,095 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Great stuff Compo. We often have a drive down to Rothley on a Sunday morning. Park at the station, coffee and a bacon cob. Followed by a walk to Swithland reservoir, through the next village and back to Rothley for a tea and cake session. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,467 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 I visited the station with my brother and his wife back in September 2016. His wife was not interested in trains but when we got there she was taken aback and enthralled by the variety of stuff and the memories it triggered for her- which was nice. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 6,662 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 More Loughborough engines Compo Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,278 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 My neighbour, down the lane, Bill Brazier, (formerley of the ‘Fabulous Beatmen’ many years ago) is a regular driver on the Great Central. I remember years ago when he joined as a fireman and took the necessary tests to work up to driver. He used to drive on the Bluebell railway as well. Coincidentally we were at Mellish together but he’s three years older than me. He does have to take an annual medical to qualify but it’s very similar to the HGV one. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 6,662 Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 Tornado during trials on the GCR at Loughborough Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 8,467 Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 I shall have to make a point of seeing Tornado at some time in the near future. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deepdene Boy 614 Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 They'll have to finish mending Tornado first. She's still in pieces following her failing at Wansford in the spring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 6,662 Posted September 15, 2018 Report Share Posted September 15, 2018 Not sure whether I took these at Loughborough Rog 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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