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Yesterday, (Christmas Day) there was a goods train went down the Chinley North Junction - New Mills South Junction line about 3.15pm. It wasn't ICI hoppers, which is usually the first train to run after Xmas day closure, but (I think) an engineers train. I missed what was hauling it, and only...

Also, in cloudy conditions at this time of year, you need to push the ISO settings up to 400 or 800, so you can get an aperture that gives decent depth-of-field if you are using 1/1000 in Tv mode.

Chinley North Junction - Peak Forest - Buxton, and Buxton - Dowlow once carried passengers.

The Midland line, when it was widened to 4 tracks between New Mills South and Chinley North Junction was arranged Down Fast, Up Fast, Down Slow,Up Slow. This left Bugsworth station on the fast lines only, which was a bit of a nuisance as it was only served by local stopping trains. This...

I was always impressed by the name of one of Gresley's V2s : "The Snapper The East Yorkshire Regiment The Duke of York's Own"