Loose_Grip/Pete's photos with the keyword: tunnel

Another shot of the fabulously textured Glenfield railway tunnel wall. Opened in 1832 by Robert Stephenson for the Leicester & Swannington Railway to bring coal & granite into Leicester. At that time it was the longest rail tunnel in the world at 1796 yards! It was taken over by the Midland Railway in 1846 & closed to passengers in 1928 & goods traffic by BR through to Leicester West Bridge in 1966. HWW to everyone.

Glenfield railway tunnel wall. Opened in 1832 by Robert Stephenson for the Leicester & Swannington Railway to bring coal & granite into Leicester. At that time it was the longest rail tunnel in the world at 1796 yards! It was taken over by the Midland Railway in 1846 & closed to passengers in 1928 & goods traffic by BR through to Leicester West Bridge in 1966. This is the 3 1/2 mile milepost inside the tunnel. HWW to everyone.

Lit by the glow through the firehole door British Railways Standard 2 2-6-0 78019 approaches the north end of Greet Tunnel near Winchcombe with the 10.00 train from Cheltenham to Broadway.

It may not be a steam train but it certainly produced plenty of smoke which lingered in the gloom of the tunnel for quite a long time! This working out of Knaresborough is 2C24, the 10.29 Leeds to York service, and Northern Class 170 diesel multiple unit 170475 has just departed from the north end of the station through the tunnel.

The beautiful Victorian cast iron platform awnings on Knaresborough station.

A new experience for Ivatt 2 2-6-0 46521 as we pass through the darkness of Winchcombe Tunnel to see the light at the north end of it.

The Great Oxendon tunnel (414m) on the closed ex-LNWR Northampton to Market Harborough railway line. This is beneath the ventilation shaft half way through the tunnel. The line was opened in 1859 by the LNWR and closed to passenger services in 1960 although sleeper services from St Pancras passed this way until 1973 and freight until full closure in 1981. Today the Brampton Valley Way foot/cyclepath passes through one of the 2 single line bores.

Is this the light at the end of the tunnel that we keep being told about? Great Oxendon tunnel (414m) is on the closed ex-LNWR Northampton to Market Harborough line & today the Brampton Valley Way foot/cyclepath passes through one of the 2 single line bores. This is the northern portal and another candidate for HFF! The line was opened in 1859 by the LNWR and closed to passenger services in 1960 although sleeper services from St Pancras passed this way until 1973 and freight until full closure in 1981.

A scene which covers over a hundred years of Pennine railway construction history from the opening of the first 3-mile long Woodhead tunnel (right) in 1845 by the MS&LR (later Great Central) to the opening of the new double bore tunnel in 1954 by British Railways (left). Sadly all of it is proper history now since this former important main line closed in 1981.

Climbing Stoke Bank on the East Coast Main Line on British Railways Standard 4-6-2 70013 Oliver Cromwell. We were running engine & coach from Southall shed to Barnetby on the GCR in Lincolnshire prior to pulling The Cheshireman railtour from Cleethorpes to Chester the next day.