Melbourne line
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The Melbourne Line was a railway line which ran from Derby to Ashby de la Zouch. It was used by the British Army and Allied engineers during the Second World War from 1939 until late 1944 to prepare t
Site of Melbourne, Derbyshire railway station in 2020
Buffer stops by Isley Walton Road
View of the western portal of Ashby Tunnel on opening and after closure.
Kings Newton Storage Depot 2010
Longmoor Military Railway
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The Longmoor Military Railway was a British military railway in Hampshire that was built by the Royal Engineers from 1903 to train soldiers on railway construction and operations. The railway ceased o
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…A suspension bridge linked the camp with Kings Newton over the Trent. In the early stages of the War it was soon realised that the military railway at Longmoor would have to be expanded if the capacity to train the necessary railway personnel was to be met. A second training establishment was sought. Derby…
Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST on the Longmoor Military Railway in 1968
LMR 600 Gordon at Longmoor in 1949.
18 inch gauge military railway at Longmoor
The trackbed of the Military Railway in 2007, looking north from near Woolmer