2019
SK6756 : Farnsfield-Southwell Trail, Kirklington Vicinity
taken 5 years ago, near to Kirklington, Nottinghamshire, England
Farnsfield-Southwell Trail, Kirklington Vicinity
Outbuilding behind the former Kirklington & Edingley Station (taken with owner's permission). The Rolleston Junction to Southwell line - 2.5 miles in each direction - was a branch off the Midland Railway Company’s Nottingham to Lincoln route that provided a single horse-drawn train per week until 1853. In 1860 the single carriage began to be hauled by an 0-4-4T eight-wheeled, four-coupled tank engine (i.e. a 'push-and-pull' “Paddy” service). In 1871 the single line track was extended beyond Southwell to Mansfield to aid the transportation of coal in an easterly direction, bringing the total length of the line to 12.5 miles and doubling the amount of coal being ‘exported’. Passengers were also able to travel between stations on this Mansfield and Rolleston Junction branch service between 1929 - 59. Thereafter, the line continued to be used for coal trains and some excursion trains until 1965. The track was finally taken up in 1969 and the Southwell Trail and Riverside Park now exist along its route.
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