Trainspotting at Grantham Station on the East Coast Mainline

Good locations for contemporary trainspotting

and photography places for railway enthusiasts

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Nostalgic Steam Train Photos from the 1960s

Grantham station Trainspot: Grantham station is a good spot for photographing trains with a variety of trains and locomotives to photograph.  Railway photography is now practiced by many train spotting enthusiasts including locations like Grantham station on the East Coast Main Line.  I'm an old trainspotter from the 1950s and early 1960s but only recently have I become a contemporary 'train spotter'. These days I come armed with a digital camera rather than a notebook and pencil and happy to spend time at Grantham station in the spirit of a rejuvenated railway enthusiast.   Grantham station is a good places for trainspotting, Grantham station is one of the best train spotting locations, Grantham station is a good trainspot, Grantham station is a great train spotting location, Grantham station is one of my favourite train spotting locations.

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Looking north along the platforms of Grantham Station .

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: General views of the platforms of Grantham Station looking north. .

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Class 91 LNER train from KX entering Grantham Station .

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: One of LNER's new Class 800 bi-mode trains on an LNER Leeds-Kings Cross service (Grantham Station , July 2019)

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Class 66 diesel hauled mineral freight train heading north through Grantham Station .

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: A NetworkRail Rail Grinding train in the up sidings south of Grantham Station .

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: A Class 43 diesel hauled LNER Newcastle - KX service stopping at Grantham Station .

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Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Stopping at Grantham Station , a Class 91 electric locomotive hauled LNER service to London Kings Cross station.

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: A Class 91 electric locomotive at the rear of an LNER service to Kings Cross, London. (Grantham Station  July 2019)

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: A Class 91 electric locomotive hauled express train at high speed through Grantham Station .

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Class 66 diesel freight locomotive hauling a freight train of steel empties north through Grantham Station .

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Class 158 DMU with an East Midlands service from Grantham to Skegness

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Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Two wonderful  stained glass panels in the waiting room of Grantham Station , featuring Mallard and Sir Isaac Newton.

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: A Class 158 DMU stopping at Grantham Station  with an East Midlands service from Norwich to Liverpool.

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: Another Class 43 Intercity 125 stopping at Grantham Station  with an LNER York to London Kings Cross service.

The Class 43 diesel trains no longer run on the ECML.

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: A Grand Central Class 180 DMU whizzing through with a passenger service from Kings Cross to Sunderland.

Trainspotting at Grantham Station: A Hull Trains Class 180 DMU whizzing through Grantham Station  with a passenger service from Hull to London Kings Cross.

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My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

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Good trainspotting 'TRAINSPOTS' Good trainspotting and photographic locations  Barnetby Station, North Lincolnshire  *  Carlisle Station  *  Clapham Junction Station, London  *  Colton Junction, south of York  * Coventry *  Crewe Station  *  Doncaster Station, South Yorkshire  * Grantham * Hellifield station - Carlisle to Settle line * Lancaster station  * Leicester station * Newcastle Station  *  Northallerton Station  *  Nuneaton Station  * Peterborough *  Sheffield Station  *  Stratford Station, East London * Tamworth * Warrington Bank Quay station * Wigan North Western - WCML *  York Station

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