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When talking to people from far and wide about Grantham Loco, if they know anything at all about its history they will often say 'Isn't that the shed where they had a turning triangle?'  The triangle at Grantham made the shed unique, certainly in the UK, even though it was in operation for only the final 12 years of the life of the shed, which reached back more than a century.

We thought the history of turning locomotives at Grantham before 'the angle' was worth exploring, and very interesting it has proved to be.   Our latest new page is called Turntables and Triangles.

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 No. 4472’s Flying Visit to Grantham, October 1973

What were the main events of October 1973?  Jackie Stewart achieved his third Formula One World Driver's Championship, after which he retired; war was raging in the middle east; U.S. president, Richard Nixon, reluctantly released the first tapes relating to the Watergate enquiry; 'Daydreamer' David Cassidy was in the singles charts, and we were buying LPs by the likes of Rod Stewart, the Stones, Slade, the Quo, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Elton John, Yes and Led Zeppelin, often in gatefold sleeves with amazing artwork.

In the Grantham area there had been a lot of talk about a new scheme which would turn some of the former ironstone mining countryside around Buckminster and Market Overton into a local leisure amenity, including an ironstone mining museum and a railway preservation centre.

Optimism was fuelled when A3 No. 4472 Flying Scotsman arrived at Grantham station for a one night stopover before moving on to a steam depot being established at Market Overton in Rutland.

Humphrey Platts was there, and he has kindly sent us some photographs, which are real gems.  They seem to capture the anticipation of a dream which, sadly, was not to be realised.

Published on Leave a comment on More external links

Tracks through Grantham aims to promote the use of other websites where there's interesting Grantham-related railway content.  We've just added several new links to our page Links to online Photograph Albums, so why not take a look and see what's to be found elsewhere?

If you find, anywhere on this site, a link that doesn't work please drop us a note via the Contact Form here.  We'll do our best to get it sorted.

Published on Leave a comment on Tracks through Grantham: October 2017 meeting

The next of our regular twice-a-year get-togethers for people interested in the Tracks through Grantham project will take place in Grantham in mid-October.  These are always very enjoyable occasions, an opportunity for our contributors and supporters to meet while enjoying a varied and, we hope, informative programme.

If you are already on our list of contacts you should have received a preliminary note of the date at the end of May, followed by our Newsletter early in August giving outline details.  We are just beginning to distribute the programme with the usual reply form, so look out for it.  Please remember to let us know if you hope to be with us.

If you're interested in attending but are not currently on our contacts list, please get in touch using the Contact Form here, and we will send you information - date, time, venue and programme - and a reply form.  We need to know how many people to expect, so we cannot publish full details on the website.