Hi southern there are one or two books here that may help
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nick.wi...liography.html
By the RECKY do you mean the piece of open ground at the back of the Tuckers Road flats yes it's still there.
The embankment from the canal bridge to the midland main line was taken out in the early 70s the spoil being used to make the new junction to the Midland main line. The bridge over the Midland was taken out at about the same time.