Building the last Main Line Railway

Catesby Tunnel and Viaduct: gcrcs153

A line of the contractor's temporary railway enters what is thought to be the south portal of the Great Central's 3000 yard tunnel at Catesby, Northamptonshire. Despite the apparent chaos of a roughly hewn cutting littered with a mass of debris and materials, the curved wing walls and facade are nearing completion. Note the jib of a steam powered crane in the top right of the picture.

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