10th September 1960
R.C.T.S. (East Midlands Branch)
The
Gypsum Mines Tour
Locos Used | 'Lady Angela' (P1690/26) & 41280 |
Stock Used | [1] : four open wagons plus box van [2] : brake van, four open wagons plus box van [3] : three ?ex-LMS? passenger coaches |
Route :
Loco | Stock | Route |
'Lady Angela' | [1] | just north of Kegworth station - Gypsum Mine's Ltd Kingston-on-Soar works |
(by road) | double-decker buses |
Gypsum Mine's Ltd Kingston-on-Soar works to Gotham Public Siding |
41280 | [2] | Gotham Public Siding - Gotham Jn |
41280 | [3] | Gotham Jn - Ruddington - Nottingham Goods South Jn - Nottingham Queens Walk Goods |
Sources : Gary Thornton, John Debens & David Wignall
Photo Review
Kegworth station sidings - the train departed here at 15.30
(photo: The John Debens Collection)
Passengers de-train for a photo-stop in Gotham Road Beet Siding
(photo: The John Debens Collection)
Passing under the Midland Mainline at Kegworth
(photo: T.G.Hepburn/The John Debens Collection)
41280 at Gotham Jn...detraining from the wagons into coaching stock
(photo: Quayle/The John Debens Collection)
The train, paused at Nottingham Queens Walk Goods, at 18.35
(photo: The John Debens Collection)
From The John Debens Ticket Collection.