BRIGG BLOG'S FAVOURITE LOCAL RAILWAY PICTURES OF THE PAST

 

Brigg Blog makes not apologies for taking an interest in  railways - our dad being employed on the local network from the 1940s to the 1990s.
Like many others, we joined the trainspotting ranks in the mid-1960s when steam locos were still about but being rapidly replaced by diesel traction.
For many years we were happy to produce special Nostalgia publications about trains for the Scunthorpe and Grimsby Telegraphs.
This led to a number of special excursions being run - usually hauled by preserved steam locos - which took readers on days out to locations as far afield as London, Carlisle and Blackpool. They all picked up passengers at Barnetby station.
Here's a selection of some of our favourite railway pictures of the past.

ABOVE: A B1 4-6-0 approaching Wrawby Junction in the late 1950s or early 1960s. There's a row of locomotives close to the turntable - a rare sight in the middle of the countryside, most of these devices being at loco depots or large stations. 

 

Two views of Wrawby Junction signalbox prior to closure. It is a grade two listed building.

A long-range picture of Wrawby Junction signalbox.

A Brush Type 4 diesel at Barnetby in the early 1970s.

A Class 20 diesel alongside Barnetby Maltings in the early 1970s. Ken Fisher Picture.

Barnetby West signalbox - early 1970s.

Two special trains at Barnetby station, hauled by preserved Britannia class loco 70013 Oliver Cromwell.

A preserved Stanier Black Five 4-6-0 loco heading a Saturday afternoon excursion through Brigg.

Kirton Lime Sidings on the iconic Brigg Line with its unusual signalbox - built to this height so the signalman had a clear view over the bridge.

The tiny Brigg Siding signalbox controlled access to exchange sidings with Brigg Sugar Factory.

The Brigg railway line near the sugar factory (left) in the 1970s.

Preserved Black Five loco No 44871 heading an enthusiasts'special train at Barnetby station.

On the footplate of the  Black Five loco.

Black Five 4-6-0 44871 creating plenty of interest at Barnetby station.

Preserved B1 4-6-0 61264 crossing King's Road, Barnetby, at the head of a Railway Touring Company train on a very wet day in North Lincolnshire's railway village.

 

Brigg railway station's coal drops in the 1990s - prior to demolition.

The view from a train approaching Brigg station prior to the last of its buildings being removed.

British Sugar's diesel loco which shunted wagons at Brigg Sugar Factory.

A rare colour picture of Brigg Siding signalbox.

An English Electric Type 3 diesel (Class 37) hauling a train of tanker wagons through Brigg in the 1970s.

British mined iron ore in wagons at Barnetby in the early 1970s.

Inside the station offices at Barnetby in the 1970s.

Flying Scotsman at Barnetby station in the late 1960s.

A Brush Type 4 (Class 47) diesel heading an express through North Kelsey station in the early 1970s.

The old cast iron footbridge at Brigg railway station - not long before it was removed.

Brigg railway station and yard in the 1970s.

Brigg railway station in the 1970s - prior to the removal of all the buildings

Railway relics at Howsham railway station, which closed in the late 1960s. It was on the Lincoln to Barnetby line.

New Barnetby railway crossing and footbridge

A freight train at New Barnetby