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The Nottingham Loop of the Midland Railwayby Michael WoodwardSoft Back with gloss laminate cover216 pages (including cover)297 x 210 mm – Portrait.ISBN: 978-0-9955142-0-1This well researched book details the history of the Midlands alternative route to Nottingham from Kettering via Oakham and Melton Mowbray. The early chapters concentrate on the building of the Syston & Peterborough line, including the famous Battle of Saxby. The reasons for making the line part of a new north-south route are then examined, including the choice of route and construction, not forgetting the famous Welland Viaduct. Later chapters detail the decline of the line and the profitability of stations prior to closure. There is even a chapter on architecture.The book is copiously illustrated from the resources of the Midland Railway Study Centre and many previously unpublished photographs. The appendices include a list of all the station masters along the line and two chain plan of the stations and junctions. A full index is provided. The author has a fine narrative style which keeps the story going but still bases the text on a solid scholarly foundation.
ContentsPart One BRANCH LINE 1844-1848
Chapter 1 – THE SYSTON & PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY 1844-5
Early Plans
The Battles of Saxby November 1844
The Select Committee Hearings 1845
Chapter 2 – THE SYSTON & PETERBOROUGH RAILWAY 1845-8
The Campaign of 1845
The Cuckoo Plantation Debacle
The Line is Opened
The Railway as harbinger of a new societyPart Two MAIN LINES 1865-1880 Chapter 3 – COMPLICATED MANOEUVRES
Railway Expansion
The Radford & Trowell Line
Schemes and Machinations 1871-73 Chapter 4 – BUILDING THE NOTTINGHAM & MELTON LINE
Engineering Considerations
Construction
Working Conditions Chapter 5 – BUILDING THE KETTERING & MANTON LINE
Midland Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1874
Choosing a Route
Building the line a managerial view
Building the line completion
Building the line navvies and missionaries
APPENDIX The keying of railsPart Three LOOP LINE 1880-1966
Chapter 6 – SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS
Branch line to main line
Level crossing controversies
Additional running lines
Junctions
Holwell and Corby
Oakham Provender Stores Chapter 7 – FREIGHT OPERATION
The weight of freight traffic
Operating procedures
Some accidents
Motive power in LMS days
From World War II to the demise of King Coal
Chapter 8 – EXPRESS RUNNING
In Midland Days
Under the LMS
Under British Railways
A note on stopping passenger services Chapter 9 – TRAFFIC STATISTICS 1880-1922
Coaching
Goods
The Profitability of Stations
Chapter 10 ARCHITECTURE Chapter 11 RATIONALISATION
APPENDICES
Appendix One – Station masters
Appendix Two – Station layouts
Appendix Three – Gradients
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