Grimston railway station
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Grimston was a railway station serving both the villages of Saxelbye and Grimston in Leicestershire, England. It was opened on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway between London and Nott
The site of the station in 1981
Old Dalby Test Track
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The Old Dalby Test Track is a railway in the United Kingdom which is used for testing new designs of trains and railway infrastructure. It runs between Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire and Edwalton, on
Grimston railway station
…and Peterborough. The village of Grimston lies about one mile to the north west of the former Grimston station. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track. The station was opened for goods (1 November 1879) & passengers (2 February 1880) by the Midland Railway. The station was designed by the Midland…
The aftermath of an intentional crash test of a nuclear flask train, 17 July 1984
Old Dalby railway test centre
London Underground S stock being propelled into the Network Rail Asfordby Depot on the site of Asfordby Colliery, on the Old Dalby Test Track in 2009
British Rail Class 800 undergoing dynamic testing at Old Dalby, 2015