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Northampton & Lamport Railway
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Peckett 0-4-0ST Works No. 2104 with a train
Locale England
Terminus Pitsford and Brampton
Commercial operations
Name Northampton to Market Harborough line ("Harborough Line")
Built by London and North Western Railway
Original gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Preserved operations
Operated by Northampton & Lamport Railway Preservation Society
Stations 1
Length 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km)
Preserved gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Commercial history
Opened 1858
Closed 1981
Preservation history
1984 Work started at (and around) Pitsford and Brampton station site
1995 Light Railway Order, Granted with First public passenger train operated
1996 Grand Re-opening (NLR re-opened, officially)
Headquarters Pitsford and Brampton

The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire, England. It is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, near the villages of Pitsford and Chapel Brampton. This is roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Northampton.

Images for kids

  • 27I08I2016 Northampton and Lamport Railway A2

    The booking office and platform at Pitsford and Brampton

  • 27I08I2016 Northampton and Lamport Railway A1

    The platform at Pitsford and Brampton Station

  • 27I08I2016 Northampton and Lamport Railway A3

    Pitsford and Brampton signal box

  • 27I08I2016 Northampton and Lamport Railway B5

    Pitsford Sidings signal box

  • Nlr-loco-naming-amoswolfe

    Steam locomotive 7646 "Northampton" officially named by the Mayor of Northampton

  • 27I08I2016 Northampton and Lamport Railway B3

    Peckett 0-4-0ST Works No. 2104 in the yard, preparing for a day's use on passenger trains

  • Rail-class-117-51402-amoswolfe

    The first passenger train to cross Bridge 13, with headboard from 1981 (Class 117 51402 has since moved to the Strathspey Railway)

  • Brampton Valley Way at Boughton looking north in April 2018

    Boughton — end of the Brampton Valley Way which runs alongside the railway

  • Backhoe loader JCB 3CII

    JCB excavator used in the railway's construction

  • Cars-stanleysteamcar-amoswolfe

    Stanley Steamer visiting an event at the railway

  • 27I08I2016 Northampton and Lamport Railway D1

    Hunslet 0-6-0ST 'Ring Haw' and a short goods train

  • TKh 5374 Santa Special at Northampton & Lamport Railway

    Santa Special hauled by № 7646