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HORNCASTLE - 1930's - Horncastle was the terminus of a 7 mile long branchline from Woodhall Junction on the Lincoln - Boston Loop Line. Surrounded by railways, they had all managed to bypass Horncastle so in 1854 a group of local business deicded to build a line to this small but important regional town. The route opened in 1855 and Horncastle Station was substantial affair with a single platform, run round loop, a short bay platform and a sizeable goods yard serving several local industries including the large mill in the background of this shot. Passenger numbers fell off sharply after World War Two, partly assisted by the fact that the branch had closed for the duration. Passenger services ceased in September 1954 but goods services lasted until April 1971. Seen here before World War Two with the overall roof still in situ.
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HORNCASTLE - 1930's - Horncastle was the terminus of a 7 mile long branchline from Woodhall Junction on the Lincoln - Boston Loop Line. Surrounded by railways, they had all managed to bypass Horncastle so in 1854 a group of local business deicded to build a line to this small but important regional town. The route opened in 1855 and Horncastle Station was substantial affair with a single platform, run round loop, a short bay platform and a sizeable goods yard serving several local industries including the large mill in the background of this shot. Passenger numbers fell off sharply after World War Two, partly assisted by the fact that the branch had closed for the duration. Passenger services ceased in September 1954 but goods services lasted until April 1971. Seen here before World War Two with the overall roof still in situ.

  • HECKINGTON - 1988 - Signalbox, signal and the only 8-sailed windmill in Britain, 25/06/88. I've been up it and the view over the Fens is immense, if not particularly fascinating.
  • HECKINGTON - 1988 - the very nice GNR signalbox and Down Starter on its LNER concrete post, 02/06/88.
  • HECKINGTON - 2015 - the station has hardly changed since I took the other pictures in 1988, apart from the trees that block the view of the windmill and the hideously ugly new signal behind the box, 22/07/15. All trains stop here and the station handles about 65000 passengers per year.
  • HELPRINGHAM - 1910's - Opened in March 1882, the station served the village of Helpringham just south of Sleaford on the GN/GE Joint Line. Accommodation is fairly lavish for what is just a minor station on what was mainly a goods route. In July 1955 it closed to passengers and to goods in December 1964. Some of buildings survive.
  • HELPRINGHAM - 1960 - Opened in March 1882, the station served the village of Helpringham just south of Sleaford on the GN/GE Joint Line. Accommodation is fairly lavish for what is just a minor station on what was mainly a goods route. In July 1955 it closed to passengers and to goods in December 1964. Some of buildings survive. Seen here from the road bridge looking south in November 1960. The platform faces have been removed on the up side and the down side platform has gone altogether.
  • HIGH DYKE - 1970's - The exchange sidings at High Dyke, just south of Grantham, were a very busy place up until relatively recently. The branch was officially opened in 1919 and was built very cheaply, following the lie of the land and involving some very steep gradients. Short rakes of loaded ironstone wagons were brought down from the various mines on the other side of Colsterworth and marshalled in these sidings before dispatch to the steelworks at Scunthorpe. Trains were generally worked by Class O1 2-8-0's and pairs of Class 31's in later days. The tracks beyond Colsterworth were very temporary in nature and also very extensive, stretching right into Leicestershire in some places. Mining ceased in 1973 and the sidings and branch were quickly lifted. Here we see a Class 31 backing a rake of wagons into the sidings.
  • HOLTON LE MOOR - 1950's - Opened on November 1st, 1848, on the Lincoln to Cleethorpes line just north of Market Rasen as plain Holton. The suffix was added by the LNER in 1923 for differentiation purposes. The station closed to all traffic on November 1st, 1965, meaning it was open for exactly 117 years! The station house survives as a private home.
  • HONINGTON - 1930's - Opened in July 1857 on the GNR line from Barkston Junction to Sleaford, Honington was very minor station. Seen here looking west, note the short platforms and the temporary nature of the wooden buildings. Note also the typically lofty GNR signal post. The station closed in September 1962 but, amazingly, the platforms still survive.
  • HORNCASTLE - 1930's - Horncastle was the terminus of a 7 mile long branchline from Woodhall Junction on the Lincoln - Boston Loop Line. Surrounded by railways, they had all managed to bypass Horncastle so in 1854 a group of local business deicded to build a line to this small but important regional town. The route opened in 1855 and Horncastle Station was substantial affair with a single platform, run round loop, a short bay platform and a sizeable goods yard serving several local industries including the large mill in the background of this shot. Passenger numbers fell off sharply after World War Two, partly assisted by the fact that the branch had closed for the duration. Passenger services ceased in September 1954 but goods services lasted until April 1971. Seen here before World War Two with the overall roof still in situ.
  • HORNCASTLE - 1950's - Horncastle was the terminus of a 7 mile long branchline from Woodhall Junction on the Lincoln - Boston Loop Line. Surrounded by railways, they had all managed to bypass Horncastle so in 1854 a group of local business deicded to build a line to this small but important regional town. The route opened in 1855 and Horncastle Station was substantial affair with a single platform, run round loop, a short bay platform and a sizeable goods yard serving several local industries including the large mill in the background of this shot. Passenger numbers fell off sharply after World War Two, partly assisted by the fact that the branch had closed for the duration. Passenger services ceased in September 1954 but goods services lasted until April 1971. Seen here after closure to passengers.
  • HORNCASTLE - 1954 - Horncastle was the terminus of a 7 mile long branchline from Woodhall Junction on the Lincoln - Boston Loop Line. Surrounded by railways, they had all managed to bypass Horncastle so in 1854 a group of local business deicded to build a line to this small but important regional town. The route opened in 1855 and Horncastle Station was substantial affair with a single platform, run round loop, a short bay platform and a sizeable goods yard serving several local industries including the large mill in the background of this shot. Passenger numbers fell off sharply after World War Two, partly assisted by the fact that the branch had closed for the duration. Passenger services ceased in September 1954 but goods services lasted until April 1971. Seen here in April 1954 with Class J6 No.64260 in the station.
  • HORNCASTLE - 1964 - Horncastle was the terminus of a 7 mile long branchline from Woodhall Junction on the Lincoln - Boston Loop Line. Surrounded by railways, they had all managed to bypass Horncastle so in 1854 a group of local business deicded to build a line to this small but important regional town. The route opened in 1855 and Horncastle Station was substantial affair with a single platform, run round loop, a short bay platform and a sizeable goods yard serving several local industries including the large mill in the background of this shot. Passenger numbers fell off sharply after World War Two, partly assisted by the fact that the branch had closed for the duration. Passenger services ceased in September 1954 but goods services lasted until April 1971. Seen here on September 12th, 1964, when the RCTS ran a 'Notts. & Lincs. Rail Tour' hauled in part by Class 5MT No.44918, the last steam engine to travel the branch.
  • HOWSHAM - 1950's - Opened in 1848 on the line from Lincoln to the major junction of Barnetby-le-Wold, Howsham was never a very busy station. Like many of the smaller, intermediate stations on this line, it closed in November 1965, although the line remains open. The station buildings survive as a private residence.
  • HOWSHAM - 1950's - Opened in 1848 on the line from Lincoln to the major junction of Barnetby-le-Wold, Howsham was never a very busy station. Like many of the smaller, intermediate stations on this line, it closed in November 1965, although the line remains open. The station buildings survive as a private residence. The remainder of the facilities were negligible.
  • HUBBERT'S BRIDGE - 1970's - Opened in 1859, Hubbert's Bridge is the last stop before Boston on the line from Sleaford. It sees around 500 passengers per year using the 4 stopping services per day and, really, this is about it. The eastbound platform can accommodate 3-coach trains but the westbound only 2. The gates are hand-operated and nearly all of the signals are semaphores. The buildings on the eastbound platform have been demolished and a new platform built on the river side but the signalbox remains.
  • HUBBERT'S BRIDGE - 2007 - Opened in 1859, Hubbert's Bridge is the last stop before Boston on the line from Sleaford. It sees around 500 passengers per year using the 4 stopping services per day and, really, this is about it. The eastbound platform can accommodate 3-coach trains but the westbound, on which I'm standing, only 2. The gates are hand-operated and nearly all of the signals are semaphores. As is commonplace in the Fens, it can be seen that nothing is truly vertical! Seen here in May 2007.
  • HUBBERTS BRIDGE - 1953 - Compare this picture with the one I took in 2007 from a similar position and you will see that almost everything has changed. All of the buildings are gone, as has the goods yard, the signal box is on the other side of the line, even the platforms are different.
  • HUBBERTS BRIDGE - 2021 - The level crossing and signal box, 26/04/21. I wish Network Rail good luck in getting rid of this set up - the drain is five feet to the left, out of shot, level crossing, crossroads behind the box and station platform adjacent!
  • HUBBERTS BRIDGE - 2021 - The new westbound platform, only recently completed. The old one, made of plywood, was very rickety. Note the platform is raised on piles - this is because Hammond Beck Drain is literally five feet beyond the platform and the bank will bear no weight. According to the signalman, they currently have one passenger a day, a girl who goes to school in Boston (and presumably comes home again!)
  • HUBBERTS BRIDGE - 2021 - The signalman closes the level crossing gates as 60062 STAINLESS PIONEER waits on the Bescot Yard - Boston Sleaford Sidings steel train, 26/04/21.
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