Coalville, 1970s
1-of-10) EE type-1 Bo-Bo 8181 & 8182 head south with a train of empty coal wagons at Coalville, 1/6/73.
On the left is a platform of the derelict Coalville station.
2-of-10) EE type-1 Bo-Bo nos. 8181 & 8182 head south with a train of empty coal wagons at Coalville, 1/6/73. The footbridge was later removed, followed by ’Coalville Crossing’ signal box which was moved and rebuilt at the Snibston Discovery Museum.
3-of-10) EE type-1 Bo-Bo 8181 & 8182 head south with the train of empty coal wagons at Coalville, 1/6/73.
4-of-10) Brush type-4 Co-Co 1852 heads south with a train of empty merry-go-round coal wagons at Coalville, 1/6/73.
In the foreground is a platform of the derelict Coalville station and in the background is ‘Coalville Crossing’ signal-box.
5-of-10) Photographed from the footbridge, EE type-1 Bo-Bo nos. 8181 & 8136 head north bound with a train of coal at Coalville, 18/4/74.
6-of-10) EE type-1, Bo-Bo nos. 8163 & 8140 head south with a train of empty coal wagons past the site of Coalville station, 18/4/74.
8-of-10) EE type-1 Bo-Bo nos. 20154 & 20155 head south with a train at Coalville, 11/7/75. Note that by this date the footbridge had been removed.
9-of-10) Brush type-2 A1A-A1A nos. 31102 & 31161 head north with a train of granite ballast near Forest Road, Coalville, 17/10/78.
10-of-10) EE type-1 Bo-Bo no. 20171 & Brush type-4 no. 47367 head north with a train of loaded merry-go-round coal wagons at Forest Road, Coalville, 17/10/78.
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7-of-10) ‘Coalville Crossing’ signal-box at Hotel Street, 18/4/74. This was later moved to Snibston Discovery Museum.
