Been doing a little delving into this. The website of the Aston-on-Trent Local History Group has some information. Apparently the line originally dates back to...
... I assume this is the north curve at D&T as the class appeared daily on the south curve working Avenue-Gowhole freights. If this is the north curve, I...
Hi Peter It is shown on the attached extract from the Derbyshire volume of the Crowther Atlas. Ralph Whilst we're on the subject of lines to alabaster pits,...
Nick did the garrets go back to BP for works visits or repair i wonder if its going to Manchester for repair. Â george ... From: Nick Wheat <wheaty@...>...
Hi Malcolm shed code tells all. I saw Howards link to the wicki site just after i posted im up to speed now.  Thanks  George ... From: malcolm peakman...
Interesting photo.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370292409879 I never associated the Beyer-Garratts as regular performers through ...
Hi Mike, Since I wrote my earlier message, I've returned home and dug-out a more reliable reference than my memory: Disasters Underground by N.J.McCamley, Pen...
Hi Have a look on Wikipedia - it tells you a lot about it Malcolm ps which side of the Pennines do you hale from? To: derbyshirerailways@yahoogroups.com From:...
Whilst we're on the subject of lines to alabaster pits, does anyone have any info on the mineral lines which ran from the Trent & Mersey Canal to the pits...
Hi, Must apologise for my earlier geographical error but coming from the England Scotland border and now living in Sheffield i hope i can be excused. Can...
... And indeed our articles of incorporation allow for moderate transgressions across the border... as long as the subject matter is interesting, and in this...
Dave, So....... if I understand you correctly (and looking at the Google map), the rails that I noted in the industrial estate are the RAF ones which went to...
[Cross-posted to NSR Study Group as this continuing thread from Derbyshire Railways may invite comment from over there?] Hi all, At the risk of trying...
Hello, Just to be pedantic Fauld is actually in Staffordshire. The narrow gauge line to Scropton crossed the River Dove which, at this point, is the border...
Hi Andrew, The explosion at RAF Faulds was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in the world, surpassed only (I think) by a meteor strike) in Siberia...
Hi Fauld was connected by n.g. line to Scropton, which is about 1.3 miles west of Tutbury, while Harpur Hill is near Buxton, yes there was a big explosion at...
Where is RAF Faulds i think that was where there was a big wartime munitions explosion in Derbyshire. Is it any where near Harpur Hill. ... From: Andrew...
And the photo you have been sent shows it from the NSR end I think ? Rather than having gone north to Buxton, would any munitions have gone out via the NSR...
You are right.. Let's face it.. Am I and my wife plus two kids going to cycle up the A6 with bikes and cars trying to kill us in order to ride on a new cycle...
Although I don't live near the area I understood that one of the aims of the railway was to try and reduce (motor) traffic in the area (or was this hype to...
If any route gets re-opened it will be Woodhead as it gives East to West and connects to vrtually every Nth Sth route directly. Peak Rails chances of getting...
... Their wider ambitions have always been in realm of pipe dreams I feel, much as Id love to see them succeed. There was some talk of the government reopening...
Hi all, Slightly off topic I know, but does anyone know where Shirland colliery was serviced from - would it be Hasland with Hasland crews or Derby perhaps,...
Peak Rail presents:- * Rob Foxon "Railways Remembered" Film Show next Monday night (16 November 2009)* The Library Theatre (near The Crucible), Tudor Square,...
Does this pretty much scupper their 'wider' ambitions ? http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/38m-cycle-trail-across-uks-peak-district-23911/ I can't...
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