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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Nottingham > LPPC DSL BW 0824
LPPC DSL BW 0824 An extremely lengthy unfitted train of empty coal hoppers inches its way alongside a platform at Nottingham station trying not to stop completely and so avoid the wagons buffering-up. It is heading west, taking the empties back to the Midlands coal-fields to be loaded up and go through the east then west process again. Class 20s in multiple were very popular on these trains, allocated to Toton depot they were the ultimate load-luggers for the Division. Note that the station name is simply Nottingham as it had previously had the description ‘Midland’ added to the name when the, by then totally closed, Great Central ‘Victoria’ station was operating. The train itself is actually a timetabled daily working, 8D13, the MSX 10 50 Staythorpe CEGB Power Station near Newark to Newstead Colliery Sidings which were near Annesley on a remaining stub of the old Great Central main line.
LPPC DSL BW 0824 An extremely lengthy unfitted train of empty coal hoppers inches its way alongside a platform at Nottingham station trying not to stop completely and so avoid the wagons buffering-up. It is heading west, taking the empties back to the Midlands coal-fields to be loaded up and go through the east then west process again. Class 20s in multiple were very popular on these trains, allocated to Toton depot they were the ultimate load-luggers for the Division. Note that the station name is simply Nottingham as it had previously had the description ‘Midland’ added to the name when the, by then totally closed, Great Central ‘Victoria’ station was operating. The train itself is actually a timetabled daily working, 8D13, the MSX 10 50 Staythorpe CEGB Power Station near Newark to Newstead Colliery Sidings which were near Annesley on a remaining stub of the old Great Central main line.
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An extremely lengthy unfitted train of empty coal hoppers inches

its way alongside a platform at Nottingham station trying not to stop completely and so avoid the wagons buffering-up. It is heading west, taking the empties back to the Midlands coal-fields to be loaded up and go through the east then west process again. Class 20s in multiple were very popular on these trains, allocated to Toton depot they were the ultimate load-luggers for the Division. Note that the station name is simply Nottingham as it had previously had the description ‘Midland’ added to the name when the, by then totally closed, Great Central ‘Victoria’ station was operating. The train itself is actually a timetabled daily working, 8D13, the MSX 10 50 Staythorpe CEGB Power Station near Newark to Newstead Colliery Sidings which were near Annesley on a remaining stub of the old Great Central main line.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Nottingham ref LPPC DSL BW 0824; taken 2022-05-05 11:26:04 GMT; 12mb 6162x4325 pixels; comp 840x590