L2891 - Girder bridge carrying the Midland Railway across the London Extension

L2891 - Girder bridge carrying the Midland Railway across the London Extension
L2891 - Girder bridge carrying the Midland Railway across the London Extension
L2891 - Girder bridge carrying the Midland Railway across the London Extension
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L2891 - Girder bridge carrying the Midland Railway across the London Extension
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L2891 - Built to carry the Midland Railway's Leicester to Burton line across the Great Central's London Extension, this is bridge no. 379: a double girder span supported on substantial brick abutments and a central pier. As the South Leicester Goods Yard was but a short distance north of this point, the bridge's left-hand span went over the GCR main line while the right spanned the Goods Loop. With regard to the Midland Railway, the bridge originally carried a double track line, but this was later singled and the route became a freight only branch, which, incidentally, is still in use today.



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S.W.A. Newton
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L2891.tif
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IM&ICT - RC
Original media type: Glass plate negative
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