A look around the abandoned Mansfield Concentration Sidings
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We take a look at
We take a look at the abandoned Mansfield Concentration Sidings Disused Railway Yard in Nottinghamshire UK.
We’re here today on part of the old Mansfield Railway – an 11 mile stretch that connected the Lancashire Derbyshire and East Coast Railway at Kings Clipstone (by that time taken over by the Great Central) to the Great Central Mainline at Kirkby in Ashfield.
The lost railway line opened from 1916 and We’re looking at the northern end today – known as the Mansfield Concentration sidings. We’re right in the proximity of a list of collieries as long as your arm and the remains of the sidings we are about to see today played a big part of the moving of coal from the Nottinghamshire collieries to destinations far and wide – included export via Immingham docks.
Throughout the 80s, the coal industry began to shrink very quickly and many of the local collieries closed. The nearest colliery to the sidings was Clipstone, which lasted in some form until 2003. The sidings closed in 1986 although trains still passed through on the through lines until 2003.
We can find many remains of the sidings from sleepers, signal infrastructure, the old base for the water tower, signal box, yard buildings, yard lamps, electrical fittings.
We also see the area around Clipstone Junction and the old Clipstone West signal box that is still in use. On the approach to the sidings we also see a few old colour light signals.
We’re here today on part of the old Mansfield Railway – an 11 mile stretch that connected the Lancashire Derbyshire and East Coast Railway at Kings Clipstone (by that time taken over by the Great Central) to the Great Central Mainline at Kirkby in Ashfield.
The lost railway line opened from 1916 and We’re looking at the northern end today – known as the Mansfield Concentration sidings. We’re right in the proximity of a list of collieries as long as your arm and the remains of the sidings we are about to see today played a big part of the moving of coal from the Nottinghamshire collieries to destinations far and wide – included export via Immingham docks.
Throughout the 80s, the coal industry began to shrink very quickly and many of the local collieries closed. The nearest colliery to the sidings was Clipstone, which lasted in some form until 2003. The sidings closed in 1986 although trains still passed through on the through lines until 2003.
We can find many remains of the sidings from sleepers, signal infrastructure, the old base for the water tower, signal box, yard buildings, yard lamps, electrical fittings.
We also see the area around Clipstone Junction and the old Clipstone West signal box that is still in use. On the approach to the sidings we also see a few old colour light signals.
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