LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY STATIONS
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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.