Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire

 

The cover of Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire

 

The cover of Lost Railways of Nottinghamshire.

This book, published in 2005, has chapters on the Great Central Railway in Nottinghamshire ('Pride of the Shires'), the Midland Railway's Nottingham to London line via Melton Mowbray ('The Severed Head'), the Great Northern Railway stations in Nottingham ('Relics of the GNR'), the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Extension line ('Where Housing Estates now Stand'), Colwick Yard ('A Fallen Colossus'), the Nottingham Suburban Railway ('Built for Early Commuters'), the Midland Railway, Great Central and Great Northern competing railways in the Leen Valley ("Parallel Lines, Rival Stations"), the Southwell to Mansfield line ('The Southwell Paddy'), on lines in north and west Nottinghamshire, and on lines north and east of Nottingham. All this adds up to a comprehensive survey of every railway line in Nottinghamshire which no longer carries passengers, and in many cases no longer exists.

 

The bennerley viaduct

The Bennerley viaduct, featured in the book, is one of Nottinghamshire's most monumental railway relics.