Arnold Road: where the Great Central was
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Arnold Road: where the Great Central was
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 21 Jun 2011
The line of trees marks the former course of the Great Central main line from Nottingham Victoria to Sheffield and Manchester, which crossed Arnold Road on a bridge just to the right. This was a good spot for trainspotting, with traffic on the GC and also the GN Derby Friargate line. Derby-bound trains took the Bagthorpe West Curve, which crossed Arnold Road a little way down the hill to the left (see Image]); when the smoke of those from Derby was spotted away to the left, beyond the sidings where the depot behind these railings is, there was a frantic dash under the GC bridge to the right to see them emerge from the short "Rathole" tunnel which had brought them under the GN Back Line to Daybrook and Colwick and the GC - they then passed under Arnold Road on their way along the single-track Bagthorpe East Curve, whose route is echoed by the northern end of Fenton Road, which was built after the railway was closed and its cuttings and embankments filled or levelled, landscaped or built on.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.989837
Longitude
-1.174514