Nottingham Victoria: a southbound train, 1959
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Nottingham Victoria: a southbound train, 1959
Image: © John Sutton Taken: Unknown
B1 Class 61251 "Oliver Bury" about to depart from Platform 7. The engine's shedplate, 34F, shows it was at that time based at Grantham. Above the locomotive is the station's huge overall roof and to the left of it, at road level, the rear of the Victoria Station Hotel (as it then was) and the distinctive clock tower, which is all that remains of Victoria Station. The Victoria shopping centre now occupies the site, with underground car parks at what from 1899-1968 was platform level. I hope historical interest may make up for the poor quality of this scan of a Kodak Brownie print taken when I was eleven.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.956114
Longitude
-1.14732