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Loughborough Midland

The changing scene at Loughborough, 2009-12.
Ken Strachan

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<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Who said our railways have been rationalized out of all recognition? Here we have a short bay and station sidings on the left see image <a href='/img/19/856/index.html'>19856</a>, a barrow crossing in the foreground, an industrial siding (into <I>Brush</I> - above the feathers) in the background, and a four-track main line. The area once occupied by sidings on the left is shortly to host 122 new dwellings. Notice the abbreviation of the <I>Falcon</I> works on the right, to about half the previous length. 1/29</p><p>13/11/2009<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Looking South-East over Loughborough station in November 2009. Nice awnings, but needing a lick of Hammerite. Notice the sign and chimney on the <I>Brush Transformers</I> works in the background. see image <a href='/img/45/117/index.html'>45117</a> 2/29</p><p>13/11/2009<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>The famous neon sign on the Brush Falcon works at Loughborough. Bit of a cluttered foreground. The sign was illuminated on my return, but I ran for the train - it was a 40 minute wait for the next one. Notice that Loughborough is now one of three stations advertising connections to East Midlands Airport. see image <a href='/img/26/414/index.html'>26414</a> Notice also, the handy tower-ette (not Tourette!) for train spotters on the left. 3/29</p><p>13/11/2009<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Spoiled by progress. I'm afraid the 21st century is finally catching up with this formerly complex station see image <a href='/img/26/320/index.html'>26320</a>. The bay and siding have now been lifted as work on new flats continues. More passenger traffic, I suppose. 4/29</p><p>05/06/2010<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>As part of the continuing works at Loughborough station, the approach road has been rotated from a South-West to a Northern direction. Hence, this informal, but informative, signposting on said road. 5/29</p><p>30/09/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Here is the ticket office referred to in a previous caption see image <a href='/img/36/167/index.html'>36167</a>. A splendid bit of woodwork. 6/29</p><p>30/09/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>The answer to the age old question: do you build the lift shafts or the new footbridge first? Work in progress at Loughborough Midland in September 2011 to keep our Team GB Olympic athletes happy see image <a href='/img/35/953/index.html'>35953</a>. 7/29</p><p>30/09/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>So much for the goods yard see image <a href='/img/30/501/index.html'>30501</a>; but the platforms are being doubled in length - a rare example of trickle-down to the regions from the 2012 Olympics, as Loughborough University will be the official preparation centre for <I>'Team GB'</I> athletes. All 3 platforms are at work here, with a 222 in platform 1, an HST arriving from the North into 2, and a 158 disappearing under the distant bridge from 3. Light engines tend to pass on the fourth track - to the right in this view. 8/29</p><p>30/09/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Another informal, but effective, direction sign at Loughborough Midland on 30 September see image <a href='/img/35/943/index.html'>35943</a>. Perhaps EMT staff know more than the rest of us regarding future generations of MML motive power? 9/29</p><p>30/09/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Things you thought you'd never see again... a waiting room with an enquiries window. What a good idea! This room opens onto platforms 2 and 3, and has railway staff behind a sliding window who can answer your questions. Just as well, as the main ticket office is located off platform 1. This picture was taken in 2011 - but the hairstyles and clothes could have come from the 1980s! see image <a href='/img/19/852/index.html'>19852 for comparison</a> 10/29</p><p>30/09/2011<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>I must admit, the Loughborough ticket office looked a bit bland just in white see image <a href='/img/36/271/index.html'>36271</a>. More sprucing up for the Olympics! 11/29</p><p>27/04/2012<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>The new order at Loughborough: an up Class 222 Meridian passes below the new footbridge on 27 April 2012, under the watchful eye of a suit with a 'phone. The station refurbishment here is now complete. 12/29</p><p>27/04/2012<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>The new 'Olympic length' platforms at Loughbrough Midland, seen looking North from the new footbridge on 27 April 2012, with a lift tower visible on the left and the Brush works standing on the right. See image <a href='/img/30/501/index.html'>30501 for an earlier view from the old footbridge</a> 13/29</p><p>27/04/2012<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>There can't be many stations where the original Victorian-height platforms still survive - albeit fenced off. View looks South; the chord to the East Leake branch (formerly the GCR main line) can be seen to the left as a descending embankment. 14/29</p><p>27/04/2012<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>An East Midlands HST hustles north through a wet Loughborough station on 27 April 2012. 15/29</p><p>27/04/2012<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Freightliner 70013 rumbles north through Loughborough station on 25 October, hauling a trainload of stone from Barrow-on-Soar. 16/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough'>Loughborough</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/B/Brush_Traction_Ltd'>Brush Traction Ltd</a></small></p><p>The famous neon sign, framed by the steelwork of the recently erected Loughborough station footbridge. View east in October 2013. 17/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Looking North at Loughborough at dusk in October 2013. I decided not to include a train in the picture, as the flash could distract the driver. It is hard to tell from this distance that the footbridge is much more recent than the station. The chap on the right with the folding bike is clearly a multimodal transport enthusiast. 18/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>You would have thought that a mural on Brush Court (built on Sidings Walk) would depict a diesel; but I'm not grumbling. This mural can be seen on the West side of the Midland Main Line, North of the station, if you are observant. 19/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>A class 222 heading North meets an HST heading South at Loughborough Midland on 25th October. Not much sign of the goods yard now see image <a href='/img/30/501/index.html'>30501</a>. 20/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Sunglasses recommended: the 1405 to Nottingham shows off its colours at Loughborough on 25th October. The leading power car seems to have recently dispatched an unfortunate bird. 21/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Platform 3 at Loughborough is a recent addition, and not particularly photogenic. Nonetheless, unit 156405 strikes a pose with a Lincoln service see image <a href='/img/45/162/index.html'>45162</a> on 25 October. That's the Brush works in the background. 22/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>As the old saying goes - <I>Look after your broom...</I> Should you need it fixed however - go to Brush Transformers! Not quite as famous as the other sign see image <a href='/img/45/117/index.html'>45117</a>, but nonetheless well lit and highly visible. 23/29</p><p>25/10/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>All touchy feely - this 3-dimensional tactile map at Loughborough is not only useful for the partially sighted, but is admirably detailed - it even shows the platform-less through line on the Falcon Works side. 24/29</p><p>06/12/2013<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Freightliner 66614 heads an up tank train past the Brush works at Loughborough on 19th June. 25/29</p><p>19/06/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>43064 is at the head of the 08.42 to London St.Pancras. Seven hours later, it was at the tail of a Southbound train in Leicester - presumably it had visited both Derby and Nottingham in the meantime. The 156 visible through the bridge is the 08.48 to Lincoln see image <a href='/img/45/162/index.html'>45162</a>. Notice the low level platform ends. 26/29</p><p>19/06/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/L/Loughborough_Midland'>Loughborough Midland</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>The picture postcard railway: a down Meridian passes through Loughborough on 19th June. 27/29</p><p>19/06/2015<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/B/Barrow_on_Soar'>Barrow on Soar</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>Quite a contrast between the arch over the down lines (left) and that over the up lines (right). The bridge carries Grove Lane over the railway, and provides the only access to the station. The brick wall on the South side collapsed on Monday night, 1st August 2016. 28/29</p><p>03/08/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

<h4><a href='/locations/B/Barrow_on_Soar'>Barrow on Soar</a></h4><p><small><a href='/companies/M/Midland_Counties_Railway'>Midland Counties Railway</a></small></p><p>EMT were as good as their word, and restored a 'near normal' service from Leicester to Loughborough and beyond some 36 hours after the South side of this road over rail bridge collapsed on 01/08/2016. However, this St.Pancras to Sheffield service was travelling at around 15mph at the danger point. Picture taken at 16.13. 29/29</p><p>03/08/2016<br><small><a href='/contributors/Ken_Strachan'>Ken Strachan</a></small></p>

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