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We've just added two photographs of the 1874-1942 GNR signal box at Great Ponton.  Photographs featuring that box appear to be quite rare and we haven't had one on the website before now.  Here's a link to the page.  Scroll down to the heading 'The 1874 Signal Box'.

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After a few technical issues we have now been able to republish a new page on the Tracks through Grantham website. After Derek Meads had sent in a comment about one of our previous articles we invited him to tell us about his own memories of visiting Grantham. We are sure that you will enjoy reading Derek's nostalgic recollections in - Oh for a Time Machine!  There's a link to the page here

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Our next get-together for people interested in Tracks through Grantham takes place in Grantham in mid-April.  These events are an opportunity to meet for a few hours to enjoy a varied and, we hope, enjoyable and informative programme.  Our meetings are usually held twice a year, in spring and autumn.

If you are already on our list of email and postal contacts you should recently have received the meeting programme and invitation.  Please remember to let us know if you hope to be with us.

If you'd be interested in attending but have not received a programme/invitation please get in touch, using the Contact Form here, providing your name and email address.  We will add you to our list of email contacts and send a programme and invitation which gives the date, time and venue (and requests a reply if you intend to join us).

We don't publish the meeting details on the website because we and our host venue need to know how many people to expect.

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A new page has been added to the Tracks through Grantham website. After Derek Meads had sent in a comment about one of our articles we invited him to tell us about his own memories of visiting Grantham. We are sure that you will enjoy reading Derek's nostalgic recollections in - Oh for a Time Machine!  There's a link to the page here

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As a means of monitoring and potentially improving the way in which content is displayed on the Tracks through Grantham website, we would like to invite you to take part in a very short survey.  To leave your response please go to the Contact Us or Subscribe page via the link and complete a Contact Form.  Submissions will not be published.

Note: Your feedback on Question 1 is our primary need, so please respond to that even if you have nothing to say on Questions 2, 3 or 4.

  1. When you are reading through our articles, do you sometimes have problems with the photographs displaying properly? If so please provide a brief description of your experience with this problem and the type of device you are using when visiting the website. If all is fine with the photographs displaying, then still let us know about that too.   
  2. What aspects of the Grantham railway scene do you enjoy reading about? Again, just a short reply will help, but would you like to contribute towards future content yourself?
  3. When visiting the website, are you looking for any specific content, or do you just casually read through everything? We would love to know, but you can also tell us about your own Grantham railway related interests.
  4. Finally, we would like to think that the Tracks through Grantham website brings enjoyment to all those who visit us, but can you think of any potential improvements? Please provide us with your thoughts.                                                                                                                                                                                              Thanks in advance for your help with our survey. Mel Smith & John Clayson.

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The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued a news report on its website titled:

Train damaged by collision with an object at Highdyke Junction

The accident happened in the early morning of Tuesday 19th December 2023.

Highdyke Junction is about 4 miles south of Grantham station.  It is where the up slow line joins with the up fast on the approach to Stoke Tunnel. 

Click here to go to the report.

Highdyke was once also the junction for an ironstone branch (c.1917-1973).  For more about the Highdyke branch see here.

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A big thank you to all of our friends & contributors for your support and encouragement during 2023. Please do keep a lookout for new content during 2024. Your continued feedback and ideas are always most welcome.