Roman Drive: back gardens on former railway embankment
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Roman Drive: back gardens on former railway embankment
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 21 Jun 2011
These sloping gardens occupy what was once a railway embankment: Bagthorpe West Curve, which took Derby-bound trains from Bagthorpe Junction, half a mile to the south on the Great Central main line, to Basford North and then west to Kimberley and Ilkeston. There were carriage sidings, where spare coaches were stabled, to the left, between the Derby line and the Great Central main line, which crossed Arnold Road just to the north. Image] is the view in the opposite direction, towards Arnold Road. It is well worth consulting old OS maps to get an idea of how much railway infrastructure there once was here - all now landscaped away.
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Image Location
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