The Flying Scotsman at Retford. By David Charlesworth

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The once famous crossing at Retford on the East Coast main line. Flying Scotsman with double chimney and German-type deflectors, during the final years of steam on this route. A racehorse well and truly blinkered, was a fitting quote at the time!

The bridge beyond the footbridge carried the former Midland Railway Brampton Branch. This allowed access to Bryan Donkins and the Chesterfield Tube Company on Derby Road. The Branch continued over Park Road by a level crossing as two single branch lines. Passing between the Queen’s Park and the river alongside what it now Markham Road dual carriageway, the lines crossed Boythorpe Road by two separate level crossings. One turned into the gas works, crossing Chatsworth Road and entering near what is now the Lidl Supermarket, while the other line continued along Goyt Side to Walton, serving Robinsons and originally, Brampton Colliery – now the Ashdown Drive estate.

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