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Published on 1 Comment on A Spotter’s Memories of Grantham and the ECML

Alan Curtis's earliest railway memory was hearing and watching steam trains as they passed along the Boston to Spalding line, situated only a short distance from his parents' house. Some years later after he had started at secondary school, he became more interested in the local railway scene and spotting locomotives. Alan made many trips to Grantham and luckily for us on a few occasions made a photographic record of what he saw. You can read more about his photographic trips to Grantham here

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Published on 1 Comment on Diesel Multiple Units / Railcars
Grantham Arrival - August 1971.  We are currently writing a new section for the TTG website all about the 'Diesel Era'  - Our starting point will of course cover the introduction of Diesel Multiple Unit / Railcar (DMUs) services to and from Grantham. Our photograph (above) shows an arrival in the Bay during the early 1970s, but if you were a Driver or a Staff member during any period from the mid 1950s to the mid 1980s and have memories & anecdotes from that time we would like to hear from you. We would also like to hear from passengers and their own experience of travelling by DMU from Grantham. Incidentally, does anyone recognise the Driver?

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Published on 3 Comments on Halcyon Days at Grantham!
Halcyon Days at Grantham! I thought that I would post this recently discovered image. It turned up whilst looking through an old wallet of B&W 127 negatives. Not a photograph to win any prizes, but it captures the joy and excitement of trainspotting with friends at Grantham. Notice the regulation 'snake belt' and rolled up shirt sleeves. I can't remember when this picture was taken or even the loco in view. Any guesses?

Published on Leave a comment on Looking ahead to 2018
We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported the TTG project throughout 2017 and to also wish all of our many friends and contributors a Happy New Year! Looking ahead to 2018, amongst other things in the pipeline we are planning to introduce a new section on the TTG website. This new section will be about the 'Diesel Era' beginning with the introduction of DMU services at Grantham and covering the decades that followed, right up to the start of electrification. If you have a tale to tell, or maybe just an anecdote, a memory, or a few images from this period and you would like us to potentially include them in this section, then please get in touch with us.

Published on Leave a comment on The Mallard weekend September 7th & 8th 2013

During the early part of 2013 it became apparent that some sort of celebration was being organised to mark the 75th anniversary of the world speed record for steam locomotives being set on Stoke Bank just south of our town. Steve Philpott has provided us with his own personal view of events leading up to that memorable weekend of the 7th & 8th September 2013. You can read the full article here

Published on Leave a comment on A recent Station Survey carried out in 2014 – 2015

Following on from our B&W Station Survey carried out during the late 1970s, we decided to undertake a similar project in 2014 & 2015 to see how things have changed. A new photographic section covering our survey has now been added to the website. You can view the new pages here This link will take you to the header page of the new section.

Published on Leave a comment on Stranded at Grantham in 2013

In February 2013 D.B.S Class 60 No 60039 found itself stranded at Grantham for a couple of weeks following an incident further along the line. Steve Philpott was on hand to record the events that followed. You can read what happened here

Published on Leave a comment on All Change on platforms 2, 3 & 4 in the mid 1980s

The mid 1980s saw major demolition and refurbishment work take place at Grantham Station. John Wright was there to record some of the changes taking place. This new section on the website includes a selection of photographs taken during that time and they can be found here

 

Published on Leave a comment on Rob Taylor’s cine film of Grantham

We have just added another section about Rob Taylor's many visits to Grantham. This time it's a lovely record in the form of cine film taken at Grantham during one of his trips there. So dim the lights, get your note book ready and enjoy a brief trip back in time to those memorable days. Here is the link to the new page.  Use 'full screen' (near bottom right on each clip) for the best effect.

PS - we sent this message earlier before it was ready; apologies for the confusion!