WHEN BRIGG STILL HAD RAILWAY SIDINGS

Brigg railway station is now a mere halt. But in addition to losing our once extensive railway buildings we have also lost the goods yard, goods depot, coal "drops" and assorted sidings. This picture, taken from the signal box, shows a Class 37 Diesel (built in the 1960s) heading towards the A1084 level crossing with a train of oil tanks - presumably on the way back to Killingholme. You can see the entrance to some of the sidings just to the right of the engine. Double-click on the picture to enlarge it and you will see the station buildings still in place (left) and Platts agricultural engineers (right). As Tennyson Close is not on the picture (to the right of the semaphore signal) we think this scene must have been recorded in the early or mid-1970s.