Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Ambergate to Rowsley
From Ambergate to Rowsley [1st].
This station was built on a triangle of lines and on a loop to the west of the original main line. ...
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Manchester-London (St Pancras) semi fast. Compound 4.4.0 40934. ...G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 23/06/1952
Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell with the Midland Line Centenary Special railtour of 9 June 1968 from St Pancras to Manchester ...Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 09/06/1968
View south at High Peak Junction in June 2002, with the Cromford Canal on the left alongside the former transit shed. [See image 63272] ...Ian Dinmore 22/06/2002
The water tower and tank at High Peak Junction, photographed in the summer of 2002. ...Ian Dinmore 22/06/2002
The transit shed alongside the Cromford Canal at High Peak Junction in the summer of 2002, looking north towards Matlock. ...Ian Dinmore 22/06/2002
Looking north from the site of High Peak Junction on the former Cromford and High Peak Railway in the summer of 2002. [Ref Query 3 January 2018] ...Ian Dinmore 22/06/2002
This station is open.
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156497 at Matlock on 7 August with an East Midlands service from Beeston. ...Bruce McCartney 07/08/2013
Ex-WD Austerity 0-6-0ST 68013 (RSH 7136/1944) in action at Matlock on 7 August 2013. ...Bruce McCartney 07/08/2013
Scene at Matlock on 7 August 2013. The locomotive is preserved Peak D8 Penyghent. ...Bruce McCartney 07/08/2013
Platform moved from Chee Dale Halt (near Buxton Junction).
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D8 Penyghent reverses onto the 15.30 departure from Matlock Riverside on 11 October 2010 after running round stock. ...David Pesterfield 11/10/2009
Darley Dale station looking north towards Rowsley from the level crossing. The signalbox is on the edge of the photograph to the right. Today this is ...Ewan Crawford 13/01/2005
This is currently the northern terminus of Peak Rail from Matlock. This is a new station. ...
More detailsThis yard opened some time after the line was extended from Rowsley to Buxton. ...
More detailsThis was the original terminus of the line replaced by Rowsley [2nd] on extension of the line to Buxton [MR]. ...
More detailsThis station replaced Rowsley [1st] on extension of the line north to Buxton [MR]. ...
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The Heritage Shunter Trust has a splendid collection of ex-BR locomotives at Rowsley, many of which are kept under cover in their shed. Getting the ...Mark Bartlett 07/05/2017
Abergate West to East Curve
This station was built on a triangle of lines and on a loop to the west of the original main line. ...
More detailsManchester-London (St Pancras) semi fast. Compound 4.4.0 40934. ...G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 23/06/1952
Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell with the Midland Line Centenary Special railtour of 9 June 1968 from St Pancras to Manchester ...Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 09/06/1968
