Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a heritage railway based at Ludborough station, near Grimsby in Lincolnshire.

1 Description
2 Stations
3 Locomotives
4 External Links

Description

The railway operates on the trackbed of the former East Lincolnshire Railway, which opened from Grimsby to Boston via Louth in 1847. The railway was absorbed by the Great Northern Railway (GNR), which later became part of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) in 1923. The railway remained open upon nationalisation of British Railways in 1948, the line's passenger services being operated by railmotors. These were later replaced by diesel multiple units. The line was gradually downgraded, with passenger services ending in 1970, whilst freight services ended in 1980.

The Grimsby-Louth Group was set up in 1978 to fight the closure of the line. When the end became inevitable, the group was renamed the Grimsby-Louth Railway Preservation Society, with the aim of preserving the line for continued use. Unfortunately, British Rail removed the track, and demolished all buildings, thus making their task harder. The society rehabilitated Ludborough station in 1984, and started operating trains in 1991. The initial aim of reopening the line from Louth to Grimsby is no longer possible, due to the opening of a bypass on the track formation near Grimsby. However, it is hoped eventually to reconstruct the 10 miles of track between Louth and Waltham.

Ludborough station has been restored to a working museum, complete with an operational signal box. A 900 yard running line operates northwards towards North Thoresby. Trains are operated by both steam and diesel locomotives. Two of the line's diesel locomotives, nos. D3102 and 97650 have strong local connections. The former was the resident shunter at Lincoln Central for many years, whilst the latter was built by Ruston & Hornsby at their Lincoln works.

Stations

Ludborough
North Thoresby (Proposed extension)

Locomotives

Steam Locomotives
- Industrial 0–4–0ST no. 1371 'Lion'
- Industrial 0–4–0ST no. 1749 'Fulstow no. 2'
- Industrial 0–6–0ST no. 1567 'Acton Hall no. 3'
- Industrial 0–6–0ST no. 7849 'Moonbarrow'
Diesel Locomotives
- BR 0–6–0 Class 08 no. D3102
- BR 0–6–0 Class 97 no. 97650
- Industrial 0–6–0 Tioxide nos. 4, 6 and 7

External Links

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway website.


British Heritage and Private Railways
<p style="font-size: 90%">England:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Appleby – Avon Valley – Barrow Hill – Battlefield Line – Bideford & Instow – Birmingham Rly. Mus. – Bluebell – Bodmin & Wenford – Bowes – Bredgar & Wormhill – Buckinghamshire Rly. Centre – Bure Valley – Chasewater – Chinnor & Princes Risborough – Cholsey & Wallingford – Churnet Valley – Cleethorpes – Colne Valley – Coventry – Dartmoor – Dean Forest – Derwent Valley – Didcot – East Anglian Rly. Mus. – East Kent – East Lancs. – East Somerset – Ecclesbourne Valley – Eden Valley – Elsecar – Embsay – Epping-Ongar – Foxfield – Glos. Warks. – Great Central – Isle of Wight – Keighley – Kent & East Sussex – Kirklees – Lakeside & Haverthwaite – Lappa Valley – Launceston – Lavender – Leighton Buzzard – Lincolnshire Wolds – Lynton & Barnstaple – Mangapps Rly. Mus. – Mid-Hants – Mid-Norfolk – Mid-Suffolk – Middleton – Midland Rly. Centre – National Rly. Mus. – Nene Valley – North Norfolk – North Tyneside – North Yorkshire Moors – Northampton & Lamport – Northamptonshire Ironstone – Paignton & Dartmouth – Peak – Plym Valley – Ravenglass & Eskdale – Ribble – Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch – Rutland – Seaton – Severn Valley – Sittingbourne – South Devon – South Tynedale – Spa Valley – Swanage – Swindon & Cricklade – Telford – Walthamstow – Weardale – Wensleydale – West Somerset – Wisbech & March
<p style="font-size: 90%">Scotland:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Alford Valley – Bo'ness & Kinneil – Caledonian – Keith & Dufftown – Leadhills & Wanlockhead – Isle of Mull – Royal Deeside – Scottish Industrial Rly. Centre – Strathspey
<p style="font-size: 90%">Wales:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Bala Lake – Brecon Mountain – Bridgend Valley – Cambrian Rly. Soc. – Cambrian Rly. Trust – Corris – Fairbourne – Ffestiniog – Gwili – Llanberis Lake – Llangollen – Narrow Gauge Rly. Mus. – Pontypool & Blaenavon – Rhyl – Snowdon Mountain – Swansea Vale – Talyllyn – Vale of Glamorgan – Vale of Rheidol – Welsh Highland – Welshpool & Llanfair
<p style="font-size: 90%">Northern Ireland:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Donegal – Downpatrick – Giant's Causeway	<p style="font-size: 90%">Channel Islands: Alderney Railway
<p style="font-size: 90%">Isle of Man:	<p style="font-size: 90%">Douglas Horse Tram – Groudle Glen – IoM Steam – Manx Electric – Snaefell

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Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

Table of contents

Description

Stations

Locomotives

External Links