Loughborough Midland Station, 1970s

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1-of-11) "Peak" no. D123 enters Loughborough Midland station under the ex-Great Central Railway bridge with a north-bound train, 31/3/1973.

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2-of-11) "Peak" no. 110 heads north past Loughborough Midland with a brake tender and flat wagons while classmate no. 131 heads south with a train of coal, 1/6/73.  Note the Falcon emblem poised on the top of the building of the Brush works on the right.

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3-of-11) "Peak" no. 131 on an up coal train, Loughborough Midland, 1/6/73.

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4-of-11) Brush type-2 no. 5538 shunting ballast wagons, Loughborough, 1/6/73.  Loaded wagons can be seen in the sidings in the distance.

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5-of-11) Brush type-2 no. 5526 shunting ballast empties into the ARC sidings, Loughborough Midland, 4/1/74

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6-of-11) EE type-3 no. 6803 on down oil tanks at Loughborough Midland, 4/1/74.

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7-of-11) 0-6-0 shunter no. 3101 in the ARC sidings next to the old goods shed, Loughborough Midland station.

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8-of-11) Brush type-4 no. 1688 departs Loughborough Midland on a down train late on a January afternoon, 4/1/74.  In the background, all now gone, are Loughborough signal box, goods shed and sidings, and the Goliath crane at the Herbert Morris crane works.

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9-of-11) Main Line Steam Trust Ltd., Great Central 75th Anniversary Railtour after arrival at Loughborough Midland station from London Marylebone.  The locomotives are type-2 nos. 25 070 & 25 066. 23/3/74.    The Brush works Falcon emblem is still poised on the top of the building on the right.

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10-of-11) Brush type-2 no. 31316 with a train being loaded with ballast in the sidings used by ARC (Amalgamated Roadstone Corporation), Loughborough.  EE type-1 nos. 20187 & 20161 are passing with a southbound coal train. 25/4/75.

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11-of-11) EE Co-Co type-3 no. 37079 shunting loaded ballast wagons in the ARC sidings at Loughborough Midland Station, 5/7/76.

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Loughborough 1970s