Leicester, 1980s
1-of-8) Brush type 2, no. 31296 pauses for the right-of-way, northbound, Leicester station, July 1985.
2-of-8) 0-6-0 no. 08536 shunts in the parcels sidings at Leicester station, July 1985. This is now the site of the station car park.
3-of-8) A southbound HST about to enter Leicester station under Swain Street bridge, July 1985.
4-of-8) The semaphore signals were coming to the end of their lives around Leicester station with the installation of new colour-light signals, July 1985. The BRUTE (British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment) trolleys on the left is a sight that has long disappeared from station platforms.
5-of-8) Cl. 45 "Peak" no. 45143 arrives at Leicester station with a southbound parcels train, July 1985.
6-of-8) An HST passes a forest of semaphore signals around Leicester North signal box before entering Leicester station with a London-bound train, July 1985.
7-of-8) A class-56 locomotive heads northbound through Leicester station with a train of mgr coal wagons, July 1985.
Note the large number of BRUTE parcels trolleys at the ends of both platforms.
8-of-8) A southbound HST approaches Leicester North signal box and Leicester station while a dmu makes a positioning move, July 1985.
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