The approach to Sherwood Rise Tunnel
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The approach to Sherwood Rise Tunnel
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 28 Apr 2011
The Great Central Railway main line from London Marylebone to Sheffield via Leicester and Nottingham was the last trunk route to be completed (1899) and the first to close (1967). North of Nottingham much of its route has disappeared - embankments flattened, cuttings filled, viaducts demolished - and it is hard to follow. After passing through a deep cutting in the sandstone south of New Basford station, southbound trains entered the 665-yard Sherwood Rise Tunnel (ahead). The cutting has been filled in: the railway track was getting on for twenty feet below the current ground level. The sheer side of the cutting through the Lenton sandstone is clearly shown on the left of the picture. See Image] and Image After leaving Sherwood Rise Tunnel, steam-engine crews had only a 100-yard respite at Carrington before the line entered the sulphurous 1,189-yard Mansfield Road Tunnel, which took trains to Nottingham Victoria station.
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