Rail loading facility
Introduction
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Rail loading facility
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 21 Aug 2009
When the by-pass was built, all the original bunkers and conveyers that were used for loading trains with the rock produced from the quarry were demolished and replaced. The new loading facility was much smaller and could only load trains on one siding - most of the space of the original sidings having been taken up by the new road. It is a sad reflection on our current times that the quarry is now mothballed as a consequence of losing the contract to supply railway ballast to Network Rail - a feature of the town for almost 100 years.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.269439
Longitude
-3.927379