Date: 19/01/2010

Engineers could resurrect the Great Central Railway as a new high-speed railway

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High-speed trains for the Great Central Railway

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Engineers could resurrect the Great Central Railway as a new high-speed railway

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Looking through the south portal of Catesby Tunnel, Northamptonshire, in March 2007. Part of the Great Central Railway London Extension, it is almost 3,000 yards long and dead straight. Note the light at the end of the tunnel (sorry!)
Location: Catesby Tunnel
Company: London Extension (Great Central Railway)
23/03/2007 John McIntyre

Bulleid West Country light Pacific no 34002 Salisbury stands at Nottingham Victoria on 13 August 1966. The locomotive is about to head south for Marylebone via the GC London Extension with the last leg of the RCTS Great Central Railtour.
Location: Nottingham Victoria
Company: Nottingham Victoria (Great Central Railway and Great Northern Railway Joint)
13/08/1966 K A Gray

Road approach to the Great Central Railway's London terminus at Marylebone, seen here looking west in July 2005.
Location: Marylebone
Company: Marylebone Station (Great Central Railway)
23/07/2005 John Furnevel