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These are
copies of a series of maps prepared and 'issued' by D C Goodacre of British
Railways in, I believe, 1955, and were available for purchase at the the
princely sum of 1/- (One shilling = £0.05p). (It should be noted
that it is not clear who actually 'published' them as there is no indication
on the copy that I have). They offer a view of the railways of Lincoln
in an age that has now gone by, when there was a lot of 'wagon load' traffic
to be seen on the rail network, and many large factories had their own
'internal' rail systems and often had their own locomotives.
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It has also been possible
to add three signal box diagrams produced by Tim Lockley: These are supplemented
by the signal box diagrams for the Lincoln 'manual' boxes on closure
- July 18th, 2008. A discussion on 'The
Signal Box: Railway signalling discussion forum' regarding Pelham
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Of interest
to the industrial archaeologist are the large number of 'industrial (or
'private') sidings' serving sites as diverse as 'Newsums' joinery works
and the great foundries and erecting shops of 'Ruston & Hornsby'.
It has been suggested that Lincoln had more industrial sidings, for
its size, than many cities in the UK. It is worth commenting that, according
to 'British Industrial Locomotives (Industrial Railway Society, 1969)
there were 11 'industrial' locomotives (all i.c.) based within the area
of the maps, whilst there were a further three based within ten miles
or so of Lincoln Central Station. There were also seven 2' 0" locomotives
at three locations around the city.
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Not surprisingly, the majority of the industrial locomotives were manufactured by the local firm of Ruston & Hornsby, the only exceptions being a Bagnall 4wh Diesel Hydraulic (WB 3208/1961) at Harrison's, North Hykeham, a 4wh Diesel Mechanical of 2' 0" gauge by Motor Rail (MR 5001/1930) at Finingley Gravel, Thorpe on the Hill (o.o.u. by 1969), and the solitary steam locomotive in the area - a Hudswell Clark 0-6-0ST (HC 1604/1928) at the British Sugar Corporation's Bardney factory: all being out of the area covered by the maps. |
The maps are reproduced from an original set in my possession. These pages are © T Hudson, Tim Lockley & D C Goodacre, whose moral ownership is acknowledged. TJH 23/02/2007 and later.