Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Committee (London and North Western Railway and Midland Railway)






Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Nuneaton to Ashby



Higham was the first stop out of Nuneaton on the line to Stoke Golding see image 26632, then either Ashby-de-la-Zouch or Loughborough Derby Road. ...
Ken Strachan 12/08/2014
It is nice when councils replace rail-under-road bridges on disused railway footpaths, rather than leaving them filled in. This location, on the line ...
Ken Strachan 27/12/2005
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Looking rather healthier than its counterpart at Banbury see image 26628, this goods shed clearly still earns its keep. I was tempted to Photoshop ...
Ken Strachan //2001
But for the UPVC extension to the left and the (fairly) modern cars, this photograph could be quite old. A few miles towards Nuneaton from the ...
Ken Strachan //2001
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If you ever wondered where Leicester Belgrave Road station went, here it is, re-erected at Shenton on the Battlefield Railway. It now contains a glass ...
Ken Strachan 01/10/2022
Looking out of the front of a Battlefield Line DMU in October 2022. With half of the trackbed overgrown, it is easy to imagine that this line was ...
Ken Strachan 01/10/2022
GWR 2-6-2T running around its train at Shenton station on the Battlefield Line on 18th August 2018. This railway, buried deep in the Leicestershire ...
Peter Todd 18/08/2018
The southern terminus of the Battlefield Line Railway is at Shenton on the former LNWR & Midland Joint line between Coalville and Nuneaton. The ...
John McIntyre 07/03/2016
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D2867 plays the waiting game at Market Bosworth. View south from the pedestrian crossing, towards Shenton, in October 2022. The former BR Class 02 was ...
Ken Strachan 02/10/2022
Economy is obviously important at the Battlefield Railway. Perhaps they are in readiness for a visit by Lord Tebbit, who notoriously advised the ...
Ken Strachan 02/10/2022
Fifty years after this, we got the class 70s. Such is progress. 20110, also known as D8110, shows its clean lines at the reopened (in 2011) Market ...
Ken Strachan 02/10/2022
You could argue that this TPO carriage at Market Bosworth should now be emblazoned with C III R - but then it wouldn't be a museum piece, would it? ...
Ken Strachan 02/10/2022
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When I heard there was a Royal Mail van on the platform at Shackerstone, I must admit I was expecting something bigger (see image 28001). The ...
Ken Strachan 01/10/2022
GWR 2-8-0 no 3803 with a train at Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line on 14 October 2012. ...
Peter Todd 14/10/2012
GWR 2-8-0 no 3803 photographed at Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line on 14 October 2012. ...
Peter Todd 14/10/2012
Broadside of 47640 University of Strathclyde standing at Shackerstone on the Battlefield line on 14 October 2012. ...
Peter Todd 14/10/2012
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While the station see image 35976 may become a restaurant, the goods shed is a narrow boat factory - despite being several miles from the nearest ...
Ken Strachan 26/05/2010
The railway through Measham was built beside a canal - a proposal was recently made to convert the trackbed back into a canal. However, along with the ...
Ken Strachan 26/05/2010
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Shackerstone to Coalville

When I heard there was a Royal Mail van on the platform at Shackerstone, I must admit I was expecting something bigger (see image 28001). The ...
Ken Strachan 01/10/2022
GWR 2-8-0 no 3803 with a train at Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line on 14 October 2012. ...
Peter Todd 14/10/2012
GWR 2-8-0 no 3803 photographed at Shackerstone on the Battlefield Line on 14 October 2012. ...
Peter Todd 14/10/2012
Broadside of 47640 University of Strathclyde standing at Shackerstone on the Battlefield line on 14 October 2012. ...
Peter Todd 14/10/2012
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Stoke Golding to Hinckley