SAR Wallaway
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<td width=220 align="right">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Peterborough-Quorn|Show Peterborough-Quorn]]</td> | <td width=220 align="right">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Peterborough-Quorn|Show Peterborough-Quorn]]</td> | ||
<td width=110 align="center">[[Image:Next Left.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Orroroo_Name.png|link=SAR Orroroo|alt=Orroroo|Next Up Location]]</td> | <td width=110 align="center">[[Image:Next Left.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Orroroo_Name.png|link=SAR Orroroo|alt=Orroroo|Next Up Location]]</td> | ||
| − | <td width=90 align="center">[[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]]</td> | + | <td width=90 align="center">[[Image:Location Index.png|link=SAR Index|alt=Location Index|Location Index]]<br>[[image:Scenario Index.png|link=SAR Peterborough Base Session|alt=Scenarios]]</td> |
<td width=110 align="center">[[Image:Next Right.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Halls_Well_Name.png|link=SAR Halls Well|alt=Halls Well|Next Down Location]]</td> | <td width=110 align="center">[[Image:Next Right.png|link=|alt=]]<br>[[Image:SAR_Halls_Well_Name.png|link=SAR Halls Well|alt=Halls Well|Next Down Location]]</td> | ||
<td width=220 align="left">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Peterborough-Quorn|Show Peterborough-Quorn]]</td> | <td width=220 align="left">[[Image:SAR_Peterborough-Quorn_Line.png|link=SAR Peterborough-Quorn|alt=Peterborough-Quorn|Show Peterborough-Quorn]]</td> | ||
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| + | <span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; background-color: black;"> Distance from Peterborough: </span> 46¼ kms, 28¾ miles</span><br> | ||
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Unmanned location on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span>.<br> | Unmanned location on the <span style="font-weight: 700; color: white; background-color: black;"> Peterborough-Quorn Line </span>.<br> | ||
| − | A goods loop. A | + | A goods loop with a small goods shed was the only structure. A crossing loop was removed during the 1950s due to the reduction in traffic on the line.<br> |
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| + | Just south (on the '''Peterborough''' side) of '''Wallaway''' is a culvert that was the site of the only serious incident on the line - a head on collision between two trains in the early hours of Saturday 16th November 1901. The firemen on both locos were killed and the drivers injured.<br> | ||
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| + | The line from '''Peterborough''' to '''Eurelia''' was closed to normal traffic in 1988 and was fully closed in 2002. Most of the track was removed in 2008.<br> | ||
| − | + | Today the culvert at the accident site and the track back to the yard have been preserved. A monument has been constructed at the site from materials retrieved from the goods shed when it was demolished. | |
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 26 September 2022
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