Railways around Grimsby in 1980`s


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
Class 40 no 40027 about to depart Grimsby Town platform 2 in early 1980s


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
40117 backing onto a Cleethorpes to Kings Cross train to replace a class 47 at Grimsby Town on 24th May 1980


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
A glimpse of a trans-penine train through the platform 1 gates at Grimsby Town.


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
A Transpenine unit passing Wellowgate signalbox and the remains of the cattle dock as it leaves Grimsby Town.


(photo Iain Chalmers)
A  class 144 "pacer" unit passing Friargate level crossing and signalbox just after leaving
Grimsby Town station in August 1989.


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
47544 seen rounding the sharp curves over Fish Dock Road level crossing to pass Dock Offices and into
Grimsby Docks station with a London bound train on 22nd August 1982.


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
40013 on a Manchester bound newspaper empties train at Central Market in Grimsby on 29th August 1982.


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
Same train passing under the footbridge at Central Market. The old maltings behind the fish lorry trailers have long
gone and Tesco now occupy the site - with Asda occupying the site to left of the railway.


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
A class 47  brings a train through Grimsby Docks station. The dock offices are in centre background with
Dock Tower on right and a number of dockside cranes in view.


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
Close up of above train as it passes the coal merchants yard.


(photo - Stuart Paterson)
47582 approaching Pasture Street crossing with a Sunday Cleethorpes to Kings Cross train 12th September 1982.

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