Colwick Loco 50 years on ? 4
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Colwick Loco 50 years on ? 4
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 17 Dec 2020
One of a set of banners http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6709018 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6709016 installed along Victoria Road commemorating Colwick locomotive shed which closed in 1970. The shed was one of the largest in the UK, with an allocation at its maximum of around 200 steam locomotives. It was attached to the extensive marshalling sidings where trains from collieries in the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire area were formed into larger trains for onward movement to London in particular. The banners mark the passage from the original Great Northern Railway, through the London and North Eastern Railway and finally British Railways. This banner features the coaling plant which was a local landmark. See http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6709023 for location.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.961646
Longitude
-1.069795