Wingfield Railway Station, April 2017

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Heading north from my usual area of abode to pick up myself a new 4 wheeled toy (none from this report of course) and seeing this place was nearby, what better opportunity for a mooch.


Being a bit of a car nut myself, I have been on a bit of a mission to see some abandoned vehicles so this was a perfect quick little explore to satisfy that mission. For now anyway.

Certainly some interesting vehicles on the site, one of which in my opinion is well worthy of a restoration! Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get inside the station building itself and didn’t fancy crossing the live tracks to see the platform side of the building.

Wingfield railway station was a railway station built by the North Midland Railway on its line between Derby and Leeds which is now part of the Midland Main Line.

From Ambergate the line passes Wingfield with a station which closed in 1967 although the buildings, by Francis Thompson, remain, although in a derelict condition. Nearby is the ruined Wingfield Manor, one of the places where Mary, Queen of Scots, was imprisoned.

In times past this area was important for coal mining, at Oakerthorpe, South Wingfield, with a branch to Shirland

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Looks a good mooch that UD, the mobile dental unit was interesting, great set, I enjoyed it, Thanks mo
 
Great work hughie.you are banging them out at the min mate
 
So on Friday 27th October 2017 I too decided to take a trip over to the station but unfortunately it was too dark to take pictures of the vehicles, not much has changed from UD’s thread, however I bumped into the new owner of the station. I was talking to him about the 3 vehicles and as he said he has no plans for them and he is going to get rid of them soon anyway I asked him the question if I could have them, and his reply was, YES! All I need now is a flatbed as the steering has rotted on the Jowett van, but the other two are okay, just need new batteries as they are electric vehicles. Update posted soon.
 

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