Is this video available for purchase ? I'd be interested in a copy - purely for the connection of it being the same wagons worked out of Oakamoor (Staffs) for...
Hi all I have read in this months Railway Magazine that Derbyshire County Council is still keen to reopen the line all the way to Buxton. If they are so...
If there is to be another feasibility study into reopening this line, lets hope that it considers the provision of a fast service from the East Midlands to...
With thanks to Richard Buckby, who sent it to me... This was posted on the uk.railway group on Thursday afternoon. Anyone know if it is correct? A repainted...
Don't they mean Dock Junction at St. Pancras? There is a cement terminal there serviced by EWS and DRS. There's either the north end dock or St Andrews dock...
I heard about this at lunchtime from Nick A. He said it is the back road of the west end dock - where the abandoned parcels van lived for MANY years. He says...
That's called St. Andrew's dock, surely Vince ... From: derbyshirerailways@yahoogroups.com [mailto:derbyshirerailways@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dave Harris...
Hi Vince, It is definately Derby we're talking about. I must admit though that I have never heard it called the St Pancras Dock or seen it labelled thus on any...
Gentlemen, Its the West End Back Dock, the loco 66426 had worked the Warrington - Sinfin tanks and was stabling in there for the return working... First move ...
My knowledge of sidings etc at Derby is very limited Nick. Could you indicate the location of the West End Back Dock on the attached extract from the latest...
Ralph, On the Quail Map the sidings are shown as 'South Dock' sidings. They have always been known to railwaymen as the West End Dock and the West End Back ...
It will be interesting as to how the trackwork will be repaired. The 'back road' having been out of use for at least 15 years, seems unlikely to be restored....
... I've put a couple of pics up at http://www.leverton.org/blosxom/Rail/UK/Derby%20derailment%202008-06-05/ I'll correct the name of the dock in accordance...
... The loco was derailed in the northernmost of the two bay sidings marked as "South Dock Sidings". The southern side of the dock, nearer the Birmingham ...
How accurate are the Quail maps? From the extract Ralph has put in the Files section, the layout at London Road Jn looks a little suspect to me. Especially...
Hello All, The official report of the above accident on the Wirksworth branch has recently been added to the "Railway Archives" website. You can access it at...
... Thanks Peter - got there in the end! I'd recommend anyone to bookmark that link as there's a huge (and still growing) amount of information there. In case...
next Monday 7 July 2008 at 8.00pm For £2 on the door, all welcome to: "WALKING WITH DINOSAURS - G.W.BROAD GAUGE" slideshow - Ken Grainger A show created by...
Rail Magazine 594 dated 18 June 2008 carries a report that nine arson attacks in two years are threatening the future of the grade ll listed GNR Warehouse in...
A member of Britains Lost Railways has just posted a large number of recent photos of closed lines in Derbyshire. etc. One, taken at Longcliffe on the High...
Wonderful old photograph of Longcliffe Ralph. I don't recall ever noticing the crosses on the tenders. Does anyone remember the significance of these markings?...
..and I was also wondering whether the gradient of this ramp approached or exceeded that of Hopton Incline, and whether raising two full tenders collectively...
How do I get to see these images as they are non-stored attachments when |I go the group and they do not show in emails. Could they be put in the photo section...
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