2 No room to spare at the shed, it must be Sunday. A varied selection of motive power at rest before starting their duties on Monday.
3 Another view of the engine shed and facilities.
4 No room to spare at the shed, it must be Sunday. A varied selection of motive power at rest before starting their duties on Monday.
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6 The northern end of London Road.
7 Thompson pacifics meet at the northern end of London Road. A2/2 60505" Thane of Fife" heads a Kings Cross-Newcastle working as A2/3 60511" Airborne" brings a southbound parcels train through the station. Both of these superb models were built from DJH kits.
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9 South end of London Road.
10 South end of London Road as the train movements continue.
11 A busy scene at the south end of the station as A1 60127" Wilson Worsdell" glides through on the up "Heart of Midlothian". A3 60067 "Ladas" waits to follow with a Newcastle-Colchester train which it will work as far as Doncaster. J11 64389 simmers in the bay with a local while O4 63719 heads north with empty mineral wagons.
12 J50 68984 sorts out some vans in the extensive goods yard in front of the warehouse.
13 The goods yard again.
14 The station building is a Walthers kit based on Milwaukee Central which I have stretched to produce a better proportioned building. It makes an impressive centrepiece for the layout in the style of Nottingham Victoria.
15 A more distant view of London Road including the platform canopy.
16 The station canopy features in this photograph.
17 Looking across the platforms...
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19 London Road passenger entrance.
20 The girder bridge at the northern end of the station sees O2 63969 heading south with a load of iron ore as WD 90015 waits in the loop with a train of 60ft track panels.