Bardon Hill Sidings
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Bardon Hill Sidings by Ashley Dace as part of the Geograph project.
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Bardon Hill Sidings
Image: © Ashley Dace Taken: 13 Nov 2011
The Midland Railway signal box is in use serving stone trains on the Coalville freight branch. Much of the stone traffic originates from Bardon Hill superquarry; the extension to this is starting. The box originates from 1899.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.709619
Longitude
-1.345737