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Title: Re-opening today (24 Oct 2015) - Mountsorrel Post by: grahame on October 24, 2015, 17:16:40 http://www.itv.com/news/central/2015-10-24/in-pictures-mountsorrel-railway-grand-reopening/?
Quote The grand reopening of the historic Mountsorrel Railway was held today in Leicestershire. http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/the-railway/the-mountsorrel-branch/ Quote The Mountsorrel Railway was built at the turn of the 20th Century to deliver stone from the Mountsorrel Quarries to Swithland Sidings on the Great Central Railway. There, trains were marshalled and sent on to their destinations all over the country. The present day Great Central Railway aims to recreate this industrial scene and, with the completion of the signalling scheme at Swithland, will also be able to provide branch line passenger trains. This will be a unique recreation of branch line trains joining a double track main line. http://www.mountsorrelrailway.org.uk Quote The mission of the Mountsorrel Railway project is to recreate this once forgotten industrial steam line, which was crucial to the local Leicestershire community. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |