(Continued from part one)
So it was, on Tuesday 11th June 1861 the train which had passed over the bridge less than an hour earlier fully laden, left Leamington Spa station ...
With today’s interpretation of the Health & Safety laws it is easy to forget the rather laxed attitude towards H&S that prevailed in times past. Unfortunately, this was an attitude ...
Never seen before colour photographs…
During the early hours of 6th June 1975 a London to Glasgow sleeper train derailed at Nuneaton with the loss of six lives. Nuneaton Memories have ...
Nuneaton Memories have conducted more interviews on a number of subjects. For further details, visit this page.
Two original stained glass windows and a Kenilworth rail station sign salvaged from the town’s former station have been donated to Warwickshire County Council with the aim of including them ...
Railway.
1 The Evesham and Redditch Railway was built under powers granted by a Parliametary Act dating to 13th July 1863. The line was opened between Alcester and Redditch on ...
Duplicated record.
Two cards were given to me by my neighbour, they’re part of a large collection of postcards, of local people.They’re photos from the late 1800s, some of them.
These postcards refer ...
Rugby is of course well known for its train station, and part of the reason for the town’s dramatic growth in the Victorian era is its status as an important ...
The crash occurred on 6 June 1975, on the West Coast Main Line just south of Nuneaton railway station. The accident occurred at approximately 01.55, as the train approached Nuneaton ...
Rugby’s second station at the bottom of Railway Terrace. Cabs await fares for rides to The George Hotel and to The Three Horseshoes Hotel.
1 Signal box marked on 1886 map.
2 Signal box, station building, shelter on opposite side of tracks to the station building, foot bridge and a goods shed were mapped as ...
The site of a railway signal box at Brandon and Wolston Station. It was in use during the Imperial period. The signal box is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. It was situated 200m north of Brandon Castle.
1 Site of Birch Coppice colliery railway marked on OS map of 1885.
The site of Birch Coppice colliery railway, dating to the Imperial period, is marked on the OS map of 1885.
These pictures are further records, following on from a previous selection of pictures about this train crash.
The Nuneaton rail crash was a train crash which occurred on 6th June 1975 ...
From the Nuneaton Local History Group Collection.
From the Nuneaton Local History Group Collection.
From the Nuneaton Local History Group Collection.
A local schoolmaster Mr Hassall mentions this station in his school logbook:
Jan. 15th 1892. The new books for the library to the worth of £4. 10. 0 arrived at Brandon ...
The station was opened in 1879, replacing an earlier station from 1838. Despite being the only station between Coventry and Rugby, Brandon and Wolston struggled for customers and was closed ...