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This railway line is leased to Alstrom for the testing of the Pendolino trains purchased by Virgin for the West Coast route to Scotland. It doesn't appear to have been used recently as the rails are very rusty.
©Kate Jewell
Dist:0.5km<br/>Once on the Midland railway line from Melton Mowbrey to Nottingham this former station shut in 1948. The line is a now test track and has been for some considerable time.The station house is a private dwelling.
©roger geach
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©Carolyn Mansfield
Dist:0.5km<br/>Not surprisingly, on Station Road! Compare with [[102600]] for a rainy day view.
©Kate Jewell
Dist:0.5km<br/>Now part of a private residence.
©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking south from Station Road Bridge.
©Mat Fascione
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©Steve Fareham
Dist:0.5km<br/>In South Nottinghamshire.
©Mat Fascione
Dist:0.5km<br/>In South Nottinghamshire.
©Mat Fascione
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©Mat Fascione
Dist:0.6km<br/>In the South Nottinghamshire village of Upper Broughton.
©Mat Fascione
Dist:0.6km<br/>In the South Nottinghamshire village of Upper Broughton.
©Mat Fascione
Dist:0.7km<br/>Now used as a test track there does not seem to have been much use of late along here by the rusty rails.
©roger geach
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©Mick Garratt
Dist:0.8km<br/>My "Arthur Mee" (Published 1946) refers to the village as Broughton Sulney and says of the cross: "the pillar of an cross said to have been placed there as a thankoffering because the Black Death passed the people by."
©Mick Garratt

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