On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:10:47 +0100, e27002 aurora
wrote:



http://maps.nls.uk/view/103029033 top left between Broadhurst Gardens and
Canfield Place by Finchley Road station, and spanning South Hampstead
station bottom centre

but

http://maps.nls.uk/view/103029030 bottom right and
http://maps.nls.uk/view/103029327 top left

Here is a photo by S. W. A. Newton of those 3 tunnels at Lords being
constructed.
http://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/map...=1&mp=3&all=no
You can navigate away friom this picture to see a wide range of Newton
photos from that area. In fact from almost anywhere along the GCR
line.

Many of those pictures were printed in a book by LTC Rolt. Some were
printed in a booklet by a Leicestershire museum. The railwayarchive
link is in "my favourites".

These photographs are wonderful, yet so sad. The fact that the
construction of MS&L ry's route to London is so well documented is
great. I love to look at them.

But, one is reminded of how this route was run down and finally closed
by Barbara Castle. The jobs were lost, and the family connections and
travel opportunities gone. And more freight was pushed onto the
roads.

Muy triste.

True. I have Rolt's book, of course, and bought several scans of
Newton's negatives from,Leicestershire Records Office and later they
made scans more widely available so I obtained some more.
I have used them in some presentations on our local railway - I live
very near to the GW & GC Joint line. Lots more railway history at
High Wycombe, most totally unknown to today's local population even
though some of the earliest buildings still exist..

Guy Gorton