170532 at Hubberts Bridge
2S05 06.42 Nottingham -Skegness, slowing for the station stop. The waterway is the South Forty Foot Drain. This has its origins in the 1630s, with progressive improvements over the years and is the main drain for a large area of the Fens. It was navigable until 1971. The signal box replaced one on the water side of the track - no wonder it was heading into the Drain, it was on a very narrow footprint. You have to admire the 1960s architect for not compromising with the Brutalist design, it has quite some character, though with this type of architecture details do matter, the effect is spoilt by plastic windows and the boarding above, which preamble replaced wood and metal.
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