A view from the Midland line for Mansfield, showing the GN viaduct over the River Leen, with the embankment cut away and the bridge taking the line to Basford North already taken down. The branch on the left is to Cinderhill, now resurrected for the NET trams. Taken 3 Feb. 1974
A view from the Midland line for Mansfield, showing the GN viaduct over the River Leen, with the embankment cut away and the bridge taking the line to Basford North already taken down. The branch on the left is to Cinderhill, now resurrected for the NET trams. Taken 3 Feb. 1974
Great Northern remains - Notts & Derby
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A view of the Great Northern viaduct over the River Leen, really more of a stream, taken from the Cinderhill branch on 3 Feb. 1974. The line to Derby Friargate is to the left, Basford to the right. The structure is already looking very dodgy and came down not long afterPrevious | NextIlkeston North, seen from the road overlooking the line, which heads off to Derby on the right. Sun. 30 Dec. 1973

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