An item on the Sheffield Group about palisade fencing around Dore, reminded me of this type of fencing that has recently been erected at the Bakewell end of...
Hi Glynn Thanks for the update and photos of Rowsley Viaduct. If as you say the structure is leased to Peak Rail surely BRB Residuary would be obliged to...
Hi Ralph, I came across the fence on the Rowsley Association¹s first historic walk of the year on 16th April. We usually walk from the A6 road over the...
I know a lot of subscribers to this group are, like me, fascinated with forgotten nooks and crannies of Derbyshire railway infrastructure. I came across this...
... I wonder if he's exaggerating a perceived lean on Chevin Tower? As an aside, does anyone know why only the North tunnel portals of the NMR tunnels have...
Hi Dave, Well what a find! Good photos and presentation, thanks for sharing this with the group. Well done! Best regards to you from Nigel C 2009/5/7 Dave...
Good evening, A few days ago, I uploaded a PDF of table 115 (Manchester to Sheffield and Derby) for the period 6 May 1968 to 4 May 1969, this being the final ...
... At last some time to respond on this very interesting contribution from Dave. Here are my notes on this quarry: Just before Coxbench station (travelling...
Peak Rail presents:- Rob Foxon "Railways Remembered" Film Show next Monday night (18 May 2009) The Library Theatre (near The Crucible), Tudor Square, Sheffield...
There is an excellent little BFI short from 1930 on the Leek and Manifold on Youtube. Entitled "A quaint little railway". Also shows footage of the standard...
Thanks John. This is a link via Graeme Bickerdike's 'Forgotten Railways' site http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/films/quaint.html where this and many more...
Thank you for this link, Ralph - the site is exceptionally well presented, and the films are a delight! Has anyone noticed the few shots of a Blue Pullman in...
Hi all  not sure if anyone is doing model railway on here but in this months issue of Model Rail magazine, there is a article on a bit round cromford & high...
Branch Line News reports that platforms 1A, 2A and 3A are now blocked. In the week stop boards are used to mark the limits for trains and this takes out of use...
Yesterday - 28th May - saw the formal opening of the renovated station buildings at Cromford. The Downside building has been renovated by the Arkwright Society...
next Monday 1 June 2009 at 8.00pm For a requested £2 donation on the door, all welcome to: "RAILWAYS IN THE PEAK DISTRICT" - slideshow - John Morten Pictures...
My favourite station and yes, there were only three platforms. Spent hours sitting on the railings by the footbridge as a boy. I remember the workmans trains;...
Hello,The Vulcan works list gives in 1841, 141/142 as 0-4-0's for Clay Cross Co.no 143 an 0-6-0 for Ambergate Lime Co,could this mean that a,the Ambergate Lime...
Hi, Â Just been doing some research using working timetables from the Erewash, question is just how much do they resemble reality? Â From the last two years...
I suppose we should be sorry the list does not include the Matlock to Buxton line, which by the way does not seem to have any kind of vociferous lobbying group...
... It's mentioned in Appendix 3 along with the Woodhead route: "List of link lines considered during the preparation of this report (see paragraph six.) These...
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