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How about just past Lenton North Jn (just outside Nottingham)? There are a bunch of tower blocks just off Derby Road and there used to be a CE yard at this point. Rob

Looking at that article I say that the 'engine line' mentioned by Mr Allen is the 'Up Goods Departure Line' shown on these diagrams. Maybe they used it for other purposes after the War. Rob

I found the reference - it comes from 'Milk Churns to Merry-Go-Round' by R.T. Munns. He talks, breifly, about the difficulties of the operating up freights through Peterbourgh and goes onto say 'During the second world war this hazard was eased somewhat by a siding between Spital Junction and Peterbourgh North being upgraded to a running line and duly signalled to enable a freight to creep forward to Peterbourgh North and dash through the platform line as soon as a margin between passenger trains permitted it.' Sorry but no mention of if they continued to use it after the war. Rob

I seem to recall reading that the Up Goods Departure line was added during WWII as an attempt to speed things up. It was to allow a freight to follow a passenger train through the station as quickly as possible without having to cross the down lines. I think I can remember which book I read that in - I will check when I get home. Rob