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Nuneaton Station - Part One

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

Additional pages divided on different thematic subjects are available by clicking on the links below:

Nuneaton Station - Part One (68)	Nuneaton Station Part Two (63)
Nuneaton Shed [LNWR] (50)	Nuneaton Abbey St. [MR] (13)

View of the original Nuneaton station's down platform showing the ornate station building and its short canopy section

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Nuneaton Library
View of the original Nuneaton station's down platform showing the ornate station building and its short canopy section

View of the main entrance to Nuneaton's original station building showing the ornate style of Livock's architecture

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Nuneaton Library
View of the main entrance to Nuneaton's original station building showing the ornate style of Livock's architecture

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Nuneaton Library
View of the entrance to Nuneaton's second station station showing on the left the canopy to Ashby Bay platform

Close up view showing the goods yard and Ashby Bay platform canopy in greater detail including a fixed manually operated crane

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Nuneaton Library
Close up view showing the goods yard and Ashby Bay platform canopy in greater detail including a fixed manually operated crane

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Lens of Sutton
View of the second Nuneaton station showing the addition of a cantilevered canopy to the main entrance

Close up showing the new canopy fitted to Nuneaton station with a LNWR horse drawn passenger vehicle in attendance

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Lens of Sutton
Close up showing the new canopy fitted to Nuneaton station with a LNWR horse drawn passenger vehicle in attendance

Close up showing Nuneaton station's refreshment and general waiting rooms and one of the station staff posed by delivery entrance

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Lens of Sutton
Close up showing Nuneaton station's refreshment and general waiting rooms and one of the station staff posed by delivery entrance

This view of station buildings at Nuneaton is thought to be associated with the goods yard and sidings adjacent to the entrance

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C & S Gordon
This view of station buildings at Nuneaton is thought to be associated with the goods yard and sidings adjacent to the entrance

View of Nuneaton station's island platform which opened circa 1868-9 to service traffic generated by the opening of the Leicester branch

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R Bull
View of Nuneaton station's island platform which opened circa 1868-9 to service traffic generated by the opening of the Leicester branch

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R Bull
Close up of the island platform showing on the left the Gentlemen's toilet block with Nuneaton's station sign on the right

Close up of the Rugby end of the island platform showing the main up passenger facilities and coaching stock standing in platform one

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R Bull
Close up of the Rugby end of the island platform showing the main up passenger facilities and coaching stock standing in platform one

Looking towards Rugby station with the down platform on the right having been rebuilt and extended to accommodate a bay for Coventry trains

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Anon
Looking towards Rugby station with the down platform on the right having been rebuilt and extended to accommodate a bay for Coventry trains

Close up showing a rake of coaches standing in the bay which is only open to the platform and the access to the Coventry branch

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Anon
Close up showing a rake of coaches standing in the bay which is only open to the platform and the access to the Coventry branch

View looking towards Rugby along platform two of Nuneaton's third station with the main station building situated on platform one

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Anon
View looking towards Rugby along platform two of Nuneaton's third station with the main station building situated on platform one

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Anon
Close up view of the island platform which formed platforms four and five and which was the original 1869 island platform

Close up showing a train arriving at platform two on the left with the Leamington push-pull on the right standing in platform one

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Anon
Close up showing a train arriving at platform two on the left with the Leamington push-pull on the right standing in platform one

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Anon
Front elevation of the 1905 main station building with the parcel office on the left and the booking office on the right

An unidentified ex-LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot is seen standing at platform four ready to depart for Euston with an up express

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AW Flowers
An unidentified ex-LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot is seen standing at platform four ready to depart for Euston with an up express

View of Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and Nuneaton's extensive carriage sidings used to store coaching stock for local passenger services

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M Billingham
View of Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and Nuneaton's extensive carriage sidings used to store coaching stock for local passenger services

View of Herbert Lovell operating the levers in Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box on the last day of service before the powerbox was brought in to use

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H Lovell
View of Herbert Lovell operating the levers in Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box on the last day of service before the Powerbox was brought in to use

View of Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box's Diagram showing the line to Leicester at the bottom and the line to Coventry at the top

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M Christensen
View of Nuneaton's No 1 Signal Box's Diagram showing the line to Leicester at the bottom and the line to Coventry at the top

Internal view of Nuneaton No 2 Signal Box which was located at the base of the footbridge structure at the Rugby end of platforms 4 and 5

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P Lee
Internal view of Nuneaton No 2 Signal Box which was located at the base of the footbridge structure at the Rugby end of platforms 4 and 5

View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box located on the Stafford side of the station amidst the running lines and extensive marshalling yard sidings

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P Lee
View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box located on the Stafford side of the station amidst the running lines and extensive marshalling yard sidings

View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box's diagram showing at the bottom the two up goods loop lines and the up and down Midland goods lines at the top

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P Lee
View of Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box's diagram showing at the bottom the two up goods loop lines and the up and down Midland goods lines at the top

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Anon
View of Nuneaton No 7 Signal box which was located on the Stafford side of the station and equipped with a 180 lever frame

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Anon
An internal view of Nuneaton No 7 Signal Box showing some of the 'bobbies' in charge of the 180 lever frame

Looking north with the signal gantry protecting the up lines on the right as an unidentified ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F is held by signals on the left

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Anon
Looking north with the signal gantry protecting the up lines on the right as an unidentified ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F is held by signals on the left

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EHC Shorto
Looking towards the junction of the Coventry line with the Trent Valley line with the entrance to the shed on the right

Looking towards Nuneaton station with the shed yard on the left, in the centre Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and on the right the carriage sidings

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EHC Shorto
Looking towards Nuneaton station with the shed yard on the left, in the centre Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box and on the right the carriage sidings

Looking towards Rugby station from under Leicester Road bridge showing the signals that controlled access to Nuneaton station

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EHC Shorto
Looking towards Rugby station from under Leicester Road bridge showing the signals that controlled access to Nuneaton station

Looking north towards Nuneaton station with Leicester Road bridge in the foreground with an ex-LNWR 2-4-2T locomotive hidden by the abutment

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EHC Shorto
Looking north towards Nuneaton station with Leicester Road bridge in the foreground with an ex-LNWR 2-4-2T locomotive hidden by the abutment

Aerial view of the Trent Valley junctions with the Midland Railway's Birmingham to Leicester line and the LNWR Ashby to Nuneaton branch

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Aerofilms
Aerial view of the Trent Valley junctions with the Midland Railway's Birmingham to Leicester line and the LNWR Ashby to Nuneaton branch

Close up view showing Midland Railway's facilities at Nuneaton with Abbey Street station seen to the left of the A47 Nuneaton to Birmingham road

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Aerofilms
Close up view showing Midland Railway's facilities at Nuneaton with Abbey Street station seen to the left of the A47 Nuneaton to Birmingham road

Close up view showing the Midland Railway's line to Leicester and the two connections with the LNWR's Trent Valley and Ashby branch line

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Aerofilms
Close up view showing the Midland Railway's line to Leicester and the two connections with the LNWR's Trent Valley and Ashby branch line

Close up showing the Midland line to Leicester crossing the Trent Valley at the bottom of the photograph and the branch to Ashby curving away to the right

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Aerofilms
Close up showing the Midland line to Leicester crossing the Trent Valley at the bottom of the photograph and the branch to Ashby curving away to the right

An Edwardian view of the construction of the southern section of the up marshalling yard with Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box clearly seen on the right

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Mrs Grey/P Lee
An Edwardian view of the construction of the southern section of the up marshalling yard with Nuneaton No 3 Signal Box clearly seen on the right

Close up view of a steam powered traction engine used to provide onsite mechanical power together with its crew and other facilities

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Mrs Grey/P Lee
Close up view of a steam powered traction engine used to provide onsite mechanical power together with its crew and other facilities

Close up showing a piece of equipment being powered by the belts operated by the traction engine and the Trent Valley line in the distance

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Mrs Grey/P Lee
Close up showing a piece of equipment being powered by the belts operated by the traction engine and the Trent Valley line in the distance

Another view of the steam powered traction engine with the Midland Railway's Birmingham to Leicester line in the background

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Mrs Grey/P Lee
Another view of the steam powered traction engine with the Midland Railway's Birmingham to Leicester line in the background

View of Ashby bay platform as a local Trent Valley passenger train stands at the platform with an express for Stafford on the right

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W Finch
View of Ashby bay platform as a local Trent Valley passenger train stands at the platform with an express for Stafford on the right

LNWR 2-2-2 Problem class No 1 'Saracen' is seen standing at Nuneaton station's original platform three on a North bound express service

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RS Carpenter
LNWR 2-2-2 Problem class No 1 'Saracen' is seen standing at Nuneaton station's original platform three on a North bound express service

Ex-LNWR 2-8-0 Class E four-cylinder Compound No 1042 is seen at the head of an up freight as it leaves Nuneaton's marshalling yard

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AW Flowers
Ex-LNWR 2-8-0 Class E four-cylinder Compound No 1042 is seen at the head of an up freight as it leaves Nuneaton's marshalling yard

Ex-LNWR 4-6-0 Prince of Wales class No 5635 'Charles Lamb' is seen in red livery approaching Nuneaton station at the head of a down express

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AW Flowers
Ex-LNWR 4-6-0 Prince of Wales class No 5635 'Charles Lamb' is seen in red livery approaching Nuneaton station at the head of a down express

LMS 4-6-2 Coronation class No 6220 'Coronation' is seen passing through Nuneation station at the head of the inaugral down 'Coronation Scot' express

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L Merriott
LMS 4-6-2 Coronation class No 6220 'Coronation' is seen passing through Nuneation station at the head of the inaugral down 'Coronation Scot' express

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AW Flowers
An unidentified ex-LNWR 4-6-0 Prince of Wales class locomotive is seen at the head of a four-coach local stopping service

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SV Blencowe
View of an unidentified ex-LNWR 0-8-0 passes Nuneaton's up goods yard signal box as it starts away with a freight working

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AW Flowers
Ex-LNWR 0-8-2T 6F No 7878 is seen paused between movements shunting in the up marshalling yard opposite platform seven

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AW Flowers
LMS 4-6-2 'Turbomotive' No 6202 is seen passing through Nuneaton station's platform three on a down express service

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WL Good
LMS 8P 4-6-2 Coronation class No 6232 'Duchess of Montrose' is seen near Nuneaton station on the down Royal Scot

LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 4389 pilots an unidentified ex-LNWR 4-6-0 Prince of Wales class locomotive on a down express as it passes Ashby Junction

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AW Flowers
LMS 4F 0-6-0 No 4389 pilots an unidentified ex-LNWR 4-6-0 Prince of Wales class locomotive on a down express as it passes Ashby Junction

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AW Flowers
Ex-LNWR 4-6-0 Claughton class No 5999 'Vindictive' is seen approaching Nuneaton at speed at the head of a down express

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AW Flowers
Ex-LNWR 0-8-0 7F No 2526 is seen light engine alongside the hump at Nuneaton's up marshalling yard during shunting duties

LMS 4-6-0 Stanier Pacific No 6202, unofficially known as 'Turbomotive', is seen at the head of an up express passing Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box

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AW Flowers
LMS 4-6-0 Stanier Pacific No 6202, unofficially known as 'Turbomotive', is seen at the head of an up express passing Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box

Ex-LNWR 0-8-0 Class G2a No 9082 is seen at the head of an up goods train in front of Nuneaton's hump at the throat of the marshalling yard

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AW Flowers
Ex-LNWR 0-8-0 Class G2a No 9082 is seen at the head of an up goods train in front of Nuneaton's hump at the throat of the marshalling yard

LNWR 0-8-0 class G2a No 9070 is seen standing alongside the up Ashby bay coupled to a full brake and another member of the same class

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AW Flowers
LNWR 0-8-0 class G2a No 9070 is seen standing alongside the up Ashby bay coupled to a full brake and another member of the same class

LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot class No 6149 'The Middlesex Regiment' is seen on a down express prior to it receiving smokebox deflectors

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AW Flowers
LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot class No 6149 'The Middlesex Regiment' is seen on a down express prior to it receiving smokebox deflectors

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AW Flowers
LMS 2-6-2T 3MT No 203 now fitted with the larger boiler is seen standing light engine adjacent to the up marshalling yard

An unidentified 4-6-0 ex-LNWR Prince of Wales class is seen piloting an unidentified 4-6-0 member of the Royal Scot class still attached to Fowler tender

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AW Flowers
An unidentified 4-6-0 ex-LNWR Prince of Wales class is seen piloting an unidentified 4-6-0 member of the Royal Scot class still attached to Fowler tender

Ex-MR 1P No 1369, a class 2228 locomotive, is seen at the head of a branch line train to Ashby as it is about to cross over to join the branch

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AW Flowers
Ex-MR 1P No 1369, a class 2228 locomotive, is seen at the head of a branch line train to Ashby as it is about to cross over to join the branch

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AW Flowers
LMS 0-6-0 3F No 7587 is seen standing during shunting duties in Nuneaton's up marshalling yard circa 1938

LMS 4-6-0 Royal Scot class No 6105 'Cameron Highlander' is seen approaching Nuneaton station at the head of an up express service

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WL Good
LMS 4-6-0 Royal Scot class No 6105 'Cameron Highlander' is seen approaching Nuneaton station at the head of an up express service

LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot class No 6132 'The Kings Regiment' wearing Gill Sans lining is seen on the up Merseyside Express

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AW Flowers
LMS 4-6-0 Rebuilt Royal Scot class No 6132 'The Kings Regiment' wearing Gill Sans lining is seen on the up Merseyside Express

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AW Flowers
LMS 4-4-0 4P Compound No 1081 is seen standing at platform one with a local stopping train to Coventry and Leamington

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AW Flowers
Ex-MR 4-4-0 2P No 433 is seen resting at platform two at the head of a four-coach stopping train from Coventry

Ex-LMS 8P 4-6-2 Princess Royal class No 46205 'Princess Victoria' is seen at the head of a down express approaching platform three

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AW Flowers
Ex-LMS 8P 4-6-2 Princess Royal class No 46205 'Princess Victoria' is seen at the head of a down express approaching platform three

Close up showing ex-LMS 4MT 2-6-0 No 43024 standing in the pilot road that lay immediately to the front of Leicester Road bridge abutment

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AW Flowers
Close up showing ex-LMS 4MT 2-6-0 No 43024 standing in the pilot road that lay immediately to the front of Leicester Road bridge abutment

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Anon
View of the hump and lines to the 'East' goods yard as an unidentified ex-LMS 2-8-0 8F and 2-6-0 6F5P 'Crab' work the yard

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R East
Ex-LMS 4-6-0 rebuilt Jubilee class No 45735 'Comet' is seen at the head of an up express as it passes Nuneaton No 1 Signal Box

Nuneaton Station - Part One (68)	Nuneaton Station Part Two (63)
Nuneaton Shed [LNWR] (50)	Nuneaton Abbey St. [MR] (13)

Nuneaton Station - Part One

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington LMS Route: Trent Valley Line

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Leamington
LMS Route: Trent Valley Line