Toton first saw railway yards built on the site in the 1850s to
support the growing need to transport coal from the collieries of
the Erewash Valley and, later, the Leen Valley area to towns and
industry. Later, growth in wagonload traffic saw British Rail
invest heavily in the yards, including mechanised hump shunting
equipment and a modern diesel locomotive facility. However,
wagonload traffic was soon to decline, and the transport of coal
was revolutionised by the merry-go-round concept utilising new HAA
wagons, sweeping away the numerous older vacuum-braked types. Toton
was once the heart of coal on the railway, but the decline in use
of fossil fuels in the UK has decimated the coal train from the
national network, with Toton yards now partly abandoned and the
remainder in use mostly as a base for engineering trains and
traincrew relieving point. This book illustrates the changing scene
at Toton from the last days of British Rail, through privatisation,
up to the present day.
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