MY LIFE IN TRAINS
My Story - Part Twenty Three
Padarn Railway, Burton on Trent and Leicester Central
In late March 1963 we went on a geology field trip to Snowdonia. One day, as we walked along the recently closed Padarn Railway, I came across the railway’s locos – one was just wheels, the other two were intact, but were scrapped not long after.
In early May I hitch hiked north, and ended up alongside the Burton to Derby line, east of Burton. And then, later in the month, I discovered Leicester Central station – why didn’t I go back?
All Photographs by Alan Lewis Chambers ©
Padarn Railway Hunslet 0-6-0T 'Amalthea' at Gilfach Ddu near Llanberis on 29 March 1963 shortly before it was scrapped.
Two Padarn Railway Hunslet 0-6-0Ts 'Dinorwic' and 'Amalthea' at Gilfach Ddu near Llanberis on 29 March 1963 shortly before they were scrapped
- the remains of 'Velinheli' can also be seen.
LMSR Black Five 4-6-0 No 44963 heads an eastbound class H freight east of Burton on Trent on 4 May 1963.
LMSR Stanier 8F 2-8-0 No 48696 heads an eastbound class H freight east of Burton on Trent on 4 May 1963.
BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92090 heads south through Leicester Central station with a fast mineral train on 25 May 1963.
BR 9F 2-10-0 No 92244 heads south through Leicester Central station with a train of loaded bogie bolsters on 25 May 1963.
