A Happy New Year to all! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ next Monday 5 January 2009 at 8.00pm For a requested £2 donation on the door, all welcome to: "THE BLUE PULLMAN...
Peak Rail presents:- Rob Foxon "Railways Remembered" Film Show next Monday night (12 January 2009) The Library Theatre (near The Crucible), Tudor Square,...
Holmesfield Village Society - Winter 2009 Seasonal Talk Rowsley - A Rural Railway Centre; with Glynn Waite and Fred Morton. A fascinating look at how a rural...
Hi Ralph, Yes, I spotted that too. (I really must update the website!) Anyway, here are a few more photos. In fairness, someone has taken some thought to the...
And some more photos.. An interior shot of the one remaining original roof truss, an external view and my coach - in the paint shops prior to the birth of my...
In 1899 the Leek, Caldon Low & Hartington Railway was authorised to construct a 9¾ mile standard gauge line from Leek to Waterhouses, a short standard gauge...
Thanks for the reference Nick, it seems an interesting small digest but there is a very well-researched book by Dr.Bob Tebb called George Stephenson`s Crich...
... It's the facade of the old Assembly Rooms, Derby. It had to go somewhere, and the Tramway Museum was keen to create a townscape against which to set the...
Howard I was involved in the Midland Railway Centre move to Butterley First it was 1974 so Wirksworth was intensively used at that time and so out of the...
Hi there, i have just joined the group, i have just started traveling thro' Buxton fairly regularly, & you can't help but notice the large no of current &...
Hi Malcolm, ... Oh - I'm sure it was the best option, it just seemed a strange one - even at the time. But of course, there must have been all sorts of good...
Howard Indeed, and while within BR there was a small group of us prepared to give people a chance, there was also a very large group who regarded it as sheer...
I can`t remember what happens in the Macclesfield direction - was that the Cromford and High Peak going that way, after crossing over Buxton on the long...
Welcome Newcomer (sorry - I don't know your first name - please sign off your posts, so we know who you are!) The long viaduct that you've probably seen (over...
Hi all, This map link may help, scans aren't too clear in places and dates of scanned sheets vary across the country should you be tempted to look at other...
Howard, “Newcomer” and all, What I think is meant here is the Cat and Fiddle road (A54) where it leaves the A53 (Leek Road)marked “Canholes” on my OS...
Howard, 'Newcomer', Vince and all, The bridge abutments spanning (do abutments still span?) the A54 and also the remains of a tunnel mouth immediately to the...
Your best bet for finding out more about the railways of Derbyshire is to purchase the Derbyshire volume of the National Series of Waterway, Tramway & Railway...
Peter Yes but at the time it was lifted and re connection was going to be difficult (it was in a Power Box Area without any provision) we explored the old site...
... and also ... remains of ... North ... June 1892 ... was kept ... closing on 31st ... to the ... Valley, where ... connection ... excellent 'Foxline' ... ...
Hi folks. I've been an avid ready of this group for ages but until now have had nothing to contribute. I've done a bit of work in this area in the last few...
Hi Cuthbert, ... Unlikely. The link from Butterley to Ripley at the top end of the Denby line ran over a curving viaduct, now long gone and built over by a...
I have just found this useful (but overlong) video on Bennerley Viaduct. http://www.blinkx.com/video/bennerley-viaduct/gK4mLiMUDsXoFCBM2xY7BQ This well known...
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