This just appeared on the Peak Rail list, for those who didn't see it... The Arkwright Society is in the process of securing planning consent to change the...
Derby Telegraph reports that a £36m plan to restore Derby's historic Roundhouse has been given the go-ahead by Derby City Council. The application to alter...
Hello All, Was wondering what'll be the best way to save a copy of the National Rail Timetable, short of printing out the 2500+ pages, when the hard copy...
... I'm grateful to John Hillmer who passed on the attached correspondence from Barry Doe on the subject. Cheers, Howard. ... From: Barry Doe To: John Hillmer...
Hi This weekend the siding from Bentinck Colliery line and the rest of the branch re due to be lifted in preparationfor plain lining the line in a couple more...
Should be fun! Nick -- On 1 Feb 2007, at 1:57 pm, via David Sharp: Subject to the usual caveats this is planned for 14th & 15th July. Part of the Barrow Hill...
Last August I gave details of the 06.10 ex St Pancras that reaches Sheffield via Beighton. Members of the Branch Line Society receive a copy Richard Maund's...
Not really Derbyshire, I know, but there's a bit of a connection... ... Nothing confirming it on the tribute site, though: http://www.old-dalby.com/ Good news...
Hi went to the box today (20/0207) and the engine spur has been ripped out ready for taking the points out this weekend. alex ... New Yahoo! Mail is the...
The following mainly covers Birmingham, but there are some excellent photos of the C&HP and Trent included. Note that the photos can be taken for your own use...
... photos ... acknowledged - ... Thanks for pointing that one out Glynn. It makes one wonder how many photo collections are stored away and never viewed, or...
It's very remiss of me, but I've overlooked alerting you to the recent publication of "British Railways Past and Present No 56: Derbyshire" by group member,...
Hi, RE: DErbyshire, Then and Now the book has a good coverage of the Derbyshire area, including the Denby, Wirksworth and Sinfin branches, but some of the Now...
... I agree that the P&P books are pricey - it's a valid criticism, I think. We're just doing Bob Pixton's second book on Liverpool-Manchester (Cheshire Lines...
I am absolutely thrilled this morning - opened post to find that Railwaywomen has won the 2007 "Writers' News" magazine David St John Thomas Charitable Trust...
The price is substantially cheaper if you buy it from a certain well known on-line book store. I purchased both the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire books for a...
Passed on via Dave Sharp by Ian Cosford, and may be of interest to some A friend has advised me that there will be a talk on the building of the Dore-Chinley...
The forthcoming book on the station reminded me of a phrase from an article about Trent in the 1906 "Railway Magazine". "There are certain unsophisticated...
hi, just wondered what the forth coming book was? Alex Peter Kazmierczak <ptrkaz@...> wrote: The forthcoming book on the station reminded me of a phrase...
It is already out Alex - ŒLast Train from Trent Station¹ by Geoffrey Kingscott (published it himself). 96 pages; costs £12. It will only have come into the...
Hello everybody, just joined. I know some of you already (Hi Alex) and ive corresponded with several of you. Bit about me then, I live not far from the erewash...
Seeing Russell mention the Erewash Valley line made me wonder if Toton MPD was ever in Derbyshire. The current county boundary follows the River Erewash, so...
... Russell, I well remember seeing an ex LNER B1 heading north from Toton in either 1966 or 1967. It was a named member of the class; think it was Reitbok. ...
... either ... Reitbok. That was 61021, withdrawn in June 1967 so either year is possible. Wonder where it was based. My grandad always maintained the last ...
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