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4 unusual facts about Dinting railway station


Dinting railway station

Prior to the Woodhead Line closure in 1981 Dinting was a station on a major cross Pennine route.

In the 1990s and early 2000s a new railway station was proposed a short distance down the line across the viaduct at Gamesley, with funding in place at one point for the project to go forward after a feasibility study.

Formed by the Bahamas Locomotive Society, at its peak the museum used to feature visits by such famous railway engines as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, and A2 "Blue Peter" and various members of the LMS Jubilee Class.

Dinting railway station serves the village of Dinting near Glossop in Derbyshire, England.


LMS Jubilee Class 5596 Bahamas

The society took a lease on track based close to Dinting railway station, and created the Dinting Railway Museum, which at its peak used to feature visits by such famous railway engines as Flying Scotsman, Mallard, and A2 "Blue Peter" and various members of the LMS Jubilee Class.


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