Old Dalby railway station
Old Dalby railway station served Old Dalby in the English county of Leicestershire. It was opened on the Nottingham direct line of the Midland Railway between London and Nottingham, avoiding Leicester. The line still exists today as the Old Dalby Test Track.
Test site of nuclear flask test south of Old Dalby station.
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 the course of the Midland Railway's route between Kettering and Nottingham which closed to passengers on 1 May 1967, and to goods in 1968. It is 13.5 miles (21.7 km) in length.
The aftermath of an intentional crash test of a nuclear flask train, 17 July 1984
Old Dalby railway test centre
British Rail Class 800 undergoing dynamic testing at Old Dalby, 2015