The Great Central Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England, named after the company that originally built this section of railway. It runs for 8 miles between the town of Loughborough
BR Standard Class 7 70013 Oliver Cromwell leaving Loughborough
Abutment for the missing bridge over Railway Terrace. This bridge needs to be replaced if the gap is to be bridged.
Section of the new bridge to carry the Great Central Railway over Midland Main Line being installed in the early morning of 3rd September 2017
The Line and Wagons at Swithland Junction in November 2010
Loughborough Gap
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The Loughborough Gap is a 500-metre-long missing section of the Great Central Main Line to the north-east of Loughborough, England. The gap was created by the removal of embankments and bridges during
Great Central Railway (heritage railway)
…Rothley (Edwardian Era); Leicester North (the 1960s). The railway is currently involved in a major project to rebuild the missing line, known as the Loughborough Gap, between Loughborough and the Great Central Railway (Nottingham). In 1897, the Great Central Railway itself was formed, becoming the last steam mainline…
New 2017 Great Central Railway bridge over the Midland Main Line, viewed looking southwards from Loughborough railway station
A train on the Midland Main Line passing under the former GCR bridge in 1973.
The original bridge being demolished in 1980.
The Gap from the canal bridge, November 2010