Lost Railways of Northamptonshire

This book covers the Great Central Railway, the LNWR lines between Rugby and Stamford, Weedon and Leamington, Banbury and Bletchley, Market Harborough and Northampton, and Northampton and Peterborough, the Stratford & Midland Junction lines through Towcester, and the Midland Railway lines between Manton Junction and Kettering, Kettering and Huntingdon, and Northampton and Bedford. It was published in October 2008.

 

Catesby Viaduct

Catesby Viaduct, part of what used to be the Great Central Railway, is still a major feature of the Northamptonshire landscape. Photograph by Laurence Kingscott.

 

Wansford Station

Wansford Station on the Nene Valley Railway, a heritage line created on part of the old Northampton to Peterborough route.