A 25 ordnance survey map of chaddesden sidings spondon junction and the derby nottingham railway.
Chaddesden sidings map.
My older pal mick horobin now of many decades lived on the eastern edge of chaddesden in what was then the last house by the fields on nottingham road as cherry tree hill and.
The sidings and the through1839 line onward to spondon junction the first railway to open in derby has been removed and today all trains to trent nottingham leave derby midland and join the earlier line via.
Heliozincographed and published by the ordnance survey office southampton in 1914.
When i first came to derbyshire as a young adolescent in the mid 1960 s chaddesden sidings was still an important strategic location on britain s rail map.
Nearby stations derby derby junction mcr derby london road bdjr nottingham road.
The map is printed on heavy paper.
There just always seemed to be something running in or out of there and you could often stand on derby station and see locos shunting back and forth prior to the pride park link road obliterating the view.
The yard at chaddesden sidings just north east of derby station was always a fascination to me in my spotting days.