... You'll not get a lot nearer than that Peter - it was Heath Junction, at the other end of the Chesterfield loop. All of the services ran along the main ...
... the ... Lucky guess! ;-) If anyone else would like to psoe a brain-teaser on a Derbyshire Railway theme, I'm sure we'll all be up for it... Thanks Glynn. ...
Nick, ... I know this one! I'll leave off saying the real name of the place in case someone else wants to have a go, but the place in the back-ground is often...
Ashley Sanders
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Mar 2, 2005 8:18 am
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... Yes... I'm holding back too - obviously too easy, Wheaty! :-) First thought was the similarity of the engine to those used by Bass at Burton, which...
... You'll notice the size and quantity of the beer barrels on the platform from the canteen being returned! The picture was an idea to prompt further...
... Well in days gone by it was safer to drink beer than water (though that probably didn't apply when the photo was taken) which made me wonder where did the...
Ashley Sanders
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Mar 2, 2005 9:18 am
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... "Water was piped from a small reservoir created by damming Bank Clough, waste was incinerated and sewage disposed into a treatment plant through covered...
Ay caramba! My initial reaction as I opened the picture was 'walkover' but I have to confess to being stumped. Something to consider from a health and safety...
... trap ... I ... Similar loco to the last one - maybe even the same one... a clue perhaps...? I'm trying to work out how the incline was worked. Unless...
... Nothing strange - just google the key words ... A clue for mystery incline! This will probably give it away but it meshes in quite nicely with the first...
... From my knowledge of the area, I would suggest the loaded wagons descended. I'll post the full (thoroughly absorbing) article later but this is an extract...
... I suppose it depends on your email client. One solution is to save the image to the desktop and then open it within a web browser window. I have added the...
The incline served Bole Hill Quarry near Grindleford station. Quite an amazing picture if you know the area but wasn't aware of what used to be there! Because...
Peter, someone reported this problem in the Britain's Lost Railways Group earlier this week. The answer is If you are reading on line rather than receiving...
I was rather taken with Glynn's idea for a quiz so here's my contribution. Which station in Derbyshire had the following up departures on a summer Saturday in...
Thanks Peter - a good question with an interesting spread of departures. Having got the public timetables for this date, I couldn't resist looking through them...
... Anyone who is interested in the Howden and Derwent Dams or who likes the photos that Nick has posted let me recommend two books, both by Brian Robinson: ...
Ashley Sanders
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Mar 2, 2005 8:48 pm
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Glynn, In the public timetable it's shown as running Mon-Sat, though I don't have any supplements to it. In the 1963 summer timetable it's again shown as...
Peter, In "AOL" select "Show images and enable links" at top left of your read email shell - image will then appear at bottom of email. Owen (also on AOL!!) In...
Doing some catching up... ... The ... and ... Midweek is clearly awkward for those of us who are away, but I would certainly be interested if the timing was...
Despite having numerous books on the MR, I've never really sussed out who built this connecting line between the North Midland and the Midland Counties. Was it...
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