Throughout the time that we have been living in the East
Midlands, the Great Central Railway has been enjoying a renaissance. As a
member of the Friends of the Great Central Railway Main Line, I have volunteered
in recent years at Loughborough Central station museum.
With family and friends, we have made many visits to the GCR
- to gala days, in particular. With extensive double track sections allowing
intensive train movements on a scale not possible on other preserved lines, the
GCR has created a distinctive reputation within the railway heritage movement
for recreating an authentic BR main line atmosphere.
This significance will be further enhanced now that the
bridge above the former Midland Railway main line at Loughborough has been
reinstated. The rail link between the current operation and GCR North will
eventually allow through services once again between Leicester and Ruddington,
on the southern edge of Nottingham.
In conjunction with the National Railway Museum, a new
museum is to be constructed adjacent to the station at Leicester North.
These photos were taken on one of our earlier visits, in the
spring of 1990.
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