66173 hauls the Ipswich to Burton on Trent container train across the Sheet Stores Jct. to Stenson Jct. freight only line.The train is about to pass under the M1 motorway.

60078 waiting acceptance into Tunstead in the Peak District.

The diminutive Peckett saddle tank no. 1163 arrives at Swanwick at the Midland Railway Centre with a train consisting of one carriage. The fireman on the open footplate is actually a firewoman. T... (more)

08 590 still carries the face from a recent "Day out With Thomas" event at the Midland Railway Centre. It seems to be looking disdainfully at the Derby Lightweight DMU on the left.

The famous LNWR no.790 Hardwicke stayed for a while at the now-defunct Dinting Railway Centre. This is an old shot from 1979, where the loco is parked outside the original loco shed.

532 Blue Peter on static display at the now defunct Dinting Railway centre back in 1979, before its return to the main line.

The handsome Royal Scot class no. 6115 Scots Guardsman at New Mills in November 1978 on its second main line special following restoration. Apparently, because the mechanical condition of the loco... (more)

A rare photograph. The handsome Royal Scot class no. 6115 Scots Guardsman at New Mills in 1978 on a main line special. Because of the thick fog, not many people took pictures at that time. Appare... (more)

A very smart restoration job on preserved 20 227 at Swanwick Junction at the Midland Railway Centre

Midland Railway 2-4-0 no 158A is on static Display at the Midland Railway Centre

6233 Duchess of Sutherland waits to leave Swanwick Junction with a train at the Midland Railway Centre

This class of loco was built in the 1950s to pull passenger trains on the 1500v DC Manchester-Sheffield route. It was sold to the Netherlands Railways when it retired from BR in 1968. After years ... (more)

An old shot of the very handsome Flying Scotsman climbing at New Mills with a main line special from Liverpool to York in 1978

A consignment of limestone from Tunstead is seen passing the old station at Peak Forest. Semaphore signals are still very much in use in this part of rural Derbyshire and long may that continue!

West Derbyshire still provides a source of limestone traffic for EWS. A consignment from Tunstead is seen passing the manual signalbox at Peak Forest.