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Railway chord linking the East Coast Main Line with the Lincoln-Sheffield line
An LNER Azuma train passes northwards in the background.
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 2 Oct 2020
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Office buildings, West Carr Road
Part of a business area probably on former industrial land near the station in Retford.
Image: © Andrew Hill
Taken: 12 Jul 2010
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Railway lines and houses near Retford station
This is view from the bridge carrying West Carr Road over the loop linking the main line to the Sheffield / Gainsborough line. A long goods train is on the main line with terraced houses on Station Road beyond. Almost everything in the picture is in square, but the viewpoint is over the gridline to the east.
Image: © Andrew Hill
Taken: 12 Jul 2010
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A Great Central 0-8-0 at Retford Great Northern Locomotive Depot
One of the surviving ex-GC 0-8-0's, LNER Class Q4 No. 3224, rests on a Sunday from its work hauling local goods trains in the area. In 1947 there were two Locomotive Depots at Retford - see
Image] - allocated 55 locomotives between them:- 4 4-4-2, 2 4-4-0, 13 2-8-0, 3 0-8-0, 30 0-6-0, 2 0-6-2T, 1 0-4-0T.
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 13 Apr 1947
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At the end of the platform at Retford high-level station
A York bound LNER train is ready to depart. The line branching to the left is a connection with the Worksop (low-level) line.
Image: © John Lucas
Taken: 22 Jan 2020
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GNR Retford goods shed
The former goods shed at Retford, now used by Tarmac, the large goods shed would have seen freight from all corners of the UK from coal to parcels
Image: © Ashley Dace
Taken: 12 Jul 2008
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Platform 2, Retford Station
The platform starting signal is set for the 09.12 train from Retford to Sheffield, taking the sharply curved connection to Whisker Hill Junction on the Gainsborough to Sheffield Line.
Image: © Adrian Taylor
Taken: 10 Jul 2022
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London 1 hr 15min, Leeds 1 hr so the sign says
Leaving Northbound Retford station.
Image: © Steve Fareham
Taken: 28 Jun 2009
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Ex-Great Central Robinson Atlantics at Retford (GN) Locomotive Depot
On a Sunday in 1947, two Robinson 'Jersey Lillies' (see
Image]) ex-GC C4 4-4-2's (Nos. 2923 and 2906) rest at the ex-Great Northern Shed at Retford, which was beside Retford Station on its west side. (The ex-GC Depot was beside the line to Lincoln).
Image: © Ben Brooksbank
Taken: 13 Apr 1947
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Railway Station, Retford
Retford high-level station, which is on the East Coast Main Line (ECML).
My grandfather was a signalman and met his future wife here because my grandmother worked in the cafe.
Image: © Dave Hitchborne
Taken: 28 Dec 1989
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