Bygone Railways of East Lincolnshire

The "Flying Scotsman" locomotive has, to date, visited the East Lincolnshire Main Line on four occaisions. The first took place on Saturday October 21st 1967 when it hauled the Lincolnshire Standard Group's "The Standard Flyer". The 11 carriage special ran ftom Grimsby (Town) to London (King's Cross). The booklet for the tour. Please click on images for a larger version. A newspaper feature on the trip (please click to enlarge). Details of the trip from a local newspaper. Various more items from the local newspaper. Please click on images for a larger version. Some more pictures of the train at Grimsby can be  seen here. Some Stills taken from a cine film by Frank Holbourn and Harold Jackson of the train arriving at Louth.  Ticket for the charter. Boarding pass for the train. Tbe next visit took place on Saturday 21st September ...

A look along the course of the East Lincolnshire Main Line between Louth and Alford using a combination of contemporary images from Google Street View, and some from my archives. An extract from a well-worn Bradshaw's 1950 map showing the railways in the area. Gradient Profile of the Northern Section.of the East Lincolnshire Main Line (from "British Main Line Gradient Profiles"). STEWTON LANE LEVEL CROSSING An extract from the Ordnance Survey 1: 25,000 map (1957) which shows the position of the Level Crossing on the East Lincolnshire Main Line. My photo from Stewton Lane Crossing looking south in 1984. The former Mablethorpe branch diverged a short distance from here. A more recent image of the same location (Google Street View). B1200 LEVEL CROSSING Site of Level Crossing looking West (Google Street View). Site of Level Crossing looking East (Google Street View). Trackbed looking South to...