Cromford and High Peak Railway 1940's
CHPR Line nr Cromford - 7/3/48
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| The line was so steep here that
rope pulled wagons were used with a stationary engine at the top of the
hill. I've read tales of runaway wagons resulting in a 'catchpit' being built. You can see it to the left of the photo, between the two lines. There is a better picture of the catchpit on the High Peak Tour page. |
Nr Sheep Pasture Shed - 19/4/49
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| How did he
do it? He's obviously talked his way onto the engine for the top
shot. In the middle shot, we're approaching Sheep Pasture Shed, seen below. |
Sheep Pasture Shed - 19/4/49
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| Could this be the smallest goods
shed in the country..? Thanks to Will for providing this modern view. |
26428 Middleton Bottom Sdgs - 19/4/49
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| Middleton
Bottom sidings, and the picture directly above clearly shows the
incline to Middleton Top. There's a nice view from the incline
towards the sidings on the High Peak Tour page. A site visitor (thanks Mike) suggests the loco is a Webb Coal Tank engine. However, Pete suggests it was a 'Chopper' tank. My research suggests Pete is more likely to be correct since a Webb 'Coal Tank' had a 0-6-2T configuration and the loco pictured is clearly 2-4-0T. Thanks, again, to will for providing a comparable modern view to the shot directly above. |
58856 & 58862 Hopton Incline - 19/4/49
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| Hopton Incline included a
section at 1 in 14 - the steepest gradient climbed by adhesion on
British Railways. No wonder a double-header was needed! These two loco's are Class 2F 0-6-0T engines produced for the North London Railway in 1889 and 1901 respectively. They moved to Cromford in 1939. |
58856 Hopton Sdgs - 19/4/49
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| This is one of the two engines
in the picture above. |
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