MisterSheeps
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There is an intriguing comment in Forgotten Railways : The East Midlands (P Howard Anderson, David & Charles, 1973) " ... a scheme mooted at the turn of the century [1900] would, if carried out, have led to considerable activity. A link between Shepshed [LNW] and the Great Central line north of Loughborough might have resulted in some interesting cross country train workings." My comments in [ ] for clarity!
It is difficult to see why this would be of advantage, the LNW line to Coalville was sinuously built on an old canal, the LNW had access to the South Yorkshire, Notts & Derbyshire coalfield via traffic agreements with the GC, GN & the GN / LNW joint line to Welham, the GC had the Woodford Halse - Banbury link, more use could have been made of the GN link from Basford to Burton on Trent, a link could have been made south of Leicester to the LNW Wigston - Nuneaton line
Does anyone know more?
It is difficult to see why this would be of advantage, the LNW line to Coalville was sinuously built on an old canal, the LNW had access to the South Yorkshire, Notts & Derbyshire coalfield via traffic agreements with the GC, GN & the GN / LNW joint line to Welham, the GC had the Woodford Halse - Banbury link, more use could have been made of the GN link from Basford to Burton on Trent, a link could have been made south of Leicester to the LNW Wigston - Nuneaton line
Does anyone know more?
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