next Monday 4 February 2008 at 8.00pm For £2 on the door, all welcome to: "CANKLOW TO CAPE TOWN" - slideshow - Mike Eggenton Starting with slides from the...
This is forwarded from the Peak Rail list - apologies if you've already seen it. Well said Matthew Parris, say I... Well known journalist and broadcaster...
... Slowly! I keep saying I'm going to take a week off just to try and knock it into shape - I don't think there's much more to do, so maybe I'll try and ...
I just found this on Youtube, I think it will be of interest to some of you, it certainly is for me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8rRkL8nBQ Cheers, Marc....
Thanks for pointing that one out Marc. First time I've seen moving images of the line from a train. Is it taken from a Metro-Cammell DMU judging by the window...
... Ignore my last message; I've found the title. "Memories of Friargate Station" by Susan Bourne (1998). My memory wasn't too far out! I remember seeing it in...
... I would say so, yes. It has some nice photos (with a good selection of shots taken after closure) and some reminiscences. It's also presented very well...
With thanks to Richard Buckby... Some pictures of the scene of the 158 versus footbridge event at: http://www.wnxx.com/ Click on 'Mini Galleries' Howard....
Information I posted last June re the new East Midland franchise included details of an East Midlands Parkway station to be served, from December 2008, by two...
Hi Ralph (& all), Go to Rushcliffe Borough Council website www.rushcliffe.gov.uk Left side menu - "planning & Building". Go to "In this section" and select...
Thanks for that link Owen. Very interesting stuff. Wouldn't have said it was JUST south of Trent Jn, as "Modern Railways" described it's location(as per...
Hi Owen Thanks for the link and the detailed instructions of how to locate the map. This map shows that the centre of the new station will be alongside the...
Does anyone have any information on proposals to widen the line between Borrowash and Draycott by the LMS in the early 1930s? Was this for up and down goods...
Hi Tony Yes the Crowther Atlases are still published (in fact they are constantly being revised expanded) but are only available by mail order. The full title...
hi all this is my first posting on this group. but the picture you are on about Gary could be where it says it is. i have found a website that has a simular...
... I believe the tour originated at Buxton, and the morning was spent looking around the C&HPR at Cromford (presumably reached via the Midland main line). In...
... 'Fraid not - no bridge at Idridgehay - just a level crossing. It must be Idridgehay - it can't be anywhere else. The track plan on p.122 of my book is...
Aha! I see it now Howard. I have only become familiar with the layout in recent years. Since the photo was taken the track has been plain- lined and the ground...
It's unusual to see the station from that viewpoint, but it was over 50 years ago and for a minute I thought it might have been Shottle, but the loco would...
According to the Matlock Mercury of 14 February the long running saga of Peak Rail gaining access to Matlock station could at last be drawing to a conclusion. ...
Has the new run-round loop now been connected to the Peak Rail line? Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be the webcam on the Sainsbury's Matlock website where...
A question has come to me via the Midland Railway Study Centre asking if we can shed any light on what happened to the "British Rail Technical Library" in the...
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