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
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
Great Central Main Line
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The Great Central Main Line, also known as the London Extension, is a former main line railway in the United Kingdom. The line was opened in 1899, built by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire R
Loughborough Gap
…The Loughborough Gap is a 500-metre-long (0.3-mile) 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 the 1980s and the restoration project…
A freight train on the Great Central near Braunston and Willoughby in 1958.
Nottingham Victoria railway station
Belgrave and Birstall station, typical of the island platform design used on the London Extension
10am London to Manchester express hauled by LNER A3 Pacific No.60063 'Isinglass' at Marylebone in May 1956