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Dave Holt

Dave Holt

Western Thunderer
Great photos, Larry. Your arrival at Dinting just after the derailment was a happy coincidence.
You mention Hayfield a couple of times but I'm fairly sure that was a separate branch from New Mills and was never electrified. Of course, you can travel by road direct from Glossop to Hayfield, but not by train.
My friend and I used to call in at Guide Bridge quite often either by bus from Ashton or cycling along the canal via Daisy Nook and Droylsden - passing the Robertson,s jam factory on the way. If I recall correctly, we once travelled back from Manchester Central to Guide Bridge behind an Ivatt Flying Pig.
All very evocative of my youth.
Dave.
 
Yorkshire Dave

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
I do like the photos of the electric stock (my main interest) and in my student days in 1980/1 managed to travel on the Manchester (Picc) - Hadfield stock under 1,500v DC. Only managed to capture a blurred image of a 76 from the train travelling back from Godley Junction.

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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Pen-slip there....Hadfield. not Hayfield.

As an aside, I illustrated and designed the front cover of Foxlines Hayfield book in 'Scenes from the Past' series.
 
Dave Holt

Dave Holt

Western Thunderer
Yes, Hadfield - home of Sun-Pat salted peanuts - my favourite make, sadly no longer seen in shops. Never went there by train but passed through on the way to Sheffield quite a few times. The first was my very first train spotting trip, when my dad took me by train to Retford from Guide Bridge. It must have been in 1954 because we had an electric over Woodhead. Steam from Sheffield to Retford. I've still got my Winter 1953/4 Ian Allan Eastern Region ABC.
We regularly passed Hayfield Station, by car, on the way to/from Buxton and I eventually went by train, just for the ride, though that was in the DMU era.
Keep them coming, Larry.
Dave.
 
LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Billed as Britain's most modern railway in 1954, expenditure on electrification and new tunnels under Woodhead did not save the line and so the alternative route from Manchesetr to Sheffield via the Hope Valley survives to this day. Coming off the Hope Valley line at Chinley North Junction is 40024 on empty parcels stock bound for Manchester on 5th august 1977. I had befriended the signalman at Chinley station and he was on duty up here that day, hence I was able to mix with the PW men...
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A staple traffic over the western part of the Chinley line was traffic from the ICI quarries on the Peak Forest route. 25192 pounds up the incline from Chinley with ICI Hoppers where it will diverge right at Chinley North Junction. (Most of these photos were shot on a 35mm Olympus OM1 with 50mm & 100mm lenses on Tri-X film)...
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40113 was working a Hope Street to Staveley Lime Quarries after reversing in Chinley station yard, hence the double brake vans. I had been chatting with the driver in Chinley earlier, and so one of the crew was determined to be in the picture.....:)
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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
The sight of a class 31 at Chinley was a rarity for me. 31195 was heading the 13.27 empty parcels stock from Nunnery sidings to Longsight on 1st August 1977...
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Contrary to the destination blind, this Birmingham RCW Unit was the 14.50 from Chinley to Manchester on 1st August 1977....
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40137 rolls through Chinley with an unfitted freight consisting of a variety of quarry wagons, also on 1st August 1977. Back in 196o, I watched a Fowler 2-6-4T leave the single road bay to the left of the train with a single coach for Buxton...
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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
40 137 was out again te following day, 2nd August 1977, rolling downgrade through Chiney station with the Stavely Quarries limestone working...

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On the face of it, this photo looks pretty much identical apart from the weather (fine rain was keeping the dust down) with the same Staveley Quarry train, but hauled by 40034 on 21st September 1977. But in the seven weeks between my two visits, the Down starting signal on the far platform has switch pillars on the bracket post. This slightly wider view was taken on an upmarket Soligor 45-150 zoom. It was very sharp for a zoom, but I reverted to carrying two prime Zuiko lenses....
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With the familiar Presflo cement wagons in tow, 40112 crawls through the station on1st August 1977. The different grey tones and contrast is down to the use of a yellow filter...
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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Class 25 No. 25147 with damaged front pulls through the station with empty ICI Hoppers en route to Peak Forest on 1st august 1977. The remaining station buildings weren't much to write home about by this date, but Chinley was still a great location for photography...
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Two Met-Camm sets leave Chinley for Manchester while Black 5 no. 5305 and Jubilee No.5690 'Leander' wait to follow on 24th September 1977. I was stood in a 16T mineral wagon...
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I have no record of when I took this comparison shot, but it was probably in the mid 1990's. Let's just say I was mightily disappointed and I've not been back since...
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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Back in 1991, my dear Aunty Ethel turned up at Stalybridge station on her way to stay with us for two weeks. She enquired when the train for north Wales would arrive and was told "It's there lady". She looked at the Class 143 doodlebug and said "I expected a train".
 
LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
My first photographic outings to Chinley were in 1961. Steam abounded of course, so it was a different railway when I first returned in 1977. Nevertheless, there was still much to see 44 years ago. Viewed from the signalbox, 20044 and 20134 reverse a train of empties into the yard at Chinley Station on 5th august 1977 prior to returning light to Toton...
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The mighty Class 40's looked even mightier from some angles. 40033 was captured leaving Chinley yard after combining wagons from the Peak district and Hope Valley routes on 21st September 1978. Super-elevation at its finest....
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Another view from Cooperative Bridge at Chinley with 25138 rolling downgrade with loaded ICI hoppers on 1st August 1977. This was my first shot at this location and the signalman must have seen me, as he invited me into his box for a chat when I walked round to the yard...
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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Looking back from Co-operative Bridge, the four track section as far as New Mills South Junction was down to two. The two sets of points here generally determined whether a train would take the Hope Valley route or the Peak forest route. The abandoned tracks on the right were used to stop two runaway trains involving Class 40's, hence the piles of ballast near Bridge 112. Class 25 No. 25105 was heading upgrade and taking the Peak line on 24th September 1977...

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Class 40 No. 40170 has taken the Hope Valley tracks with tank wagons bound for Sheffield on a hazy 2nd August 1977...
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40 042 was climbing vigorously away from a signal check just beyond Co-operative Bridge and was taking the Peak Forest tracks through Chinley on 24th September 1977....
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A signal check on the 1-in-90 approaching Chinley was no joke with a heavy train. 40001 was throwing out clouds of white smoke as it took hold of the heavy ICI hoppers on 24th September 1977...

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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Moving on up to Peak forest, 37066 and 37686 approaches Peak forest with empty hoppers on 19th October 1994...
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Class 37 No. 37028 'Shapfell' tripping limestone wagons from Peak forest quarry to BR holding sidings on 18th October 1994. This train would be worked forward to Selby by a Class 60.....
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A Sentinel 0-6-0 Diesel Hydraulic working for RMC Roadstone Limited is shunting wagons at the loading facility on 18th October 1994...
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LarryG

LarryG

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Class 08 No. 08911 (last allocated to Carlisle Kingmore) was working twenty-seven RMC Roadstone wagons from the RMC quarry to BR sidings, from where a Class 60 would take the train to Washwood Heath. 21st October 1994. It wasn't the brightest of days, but when one has driven some miles to get there, you takes what comes... :'(
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Passing the closed Peak Forest station are Class 37's Nos. 37686 and 37066 with Oakley-Tunstead empties on 19th October 1994...
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Passing the camera, the two Class 37's pass Class 60 No. 60080 'Kinder Scout' waiting for the road back to Great Rocks Junction where it will collect its train and proceed to Hindlow, near Buxton. The holding sidings, seen on the right, were host to 60082, 08911 and 31306 this day...
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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
No regular movement through Peak forest was more impressive sound-wise than the Tunstead limesone trains formed of elderly ex.ICI wagons, some dating back to the 1930's. 37420 The Scottish Hosteller and 37686 could be heard long before they could be seen climbing through Peak Forest bound for Oakliegh on 18th October 1994. 60086 was leaving the holding sidings...
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60045 Josephine Butler departing Peak Forest at 13.20hrs on 21st October 1994...
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LarryG

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Class 37 Nos. 37066 & 37686 (again) entering the Tunstead quarry complex at Great Rocks Junction with one of the well-known ex.ICI hopper wagon trains from Oakleigh, Northwhich on 21st October 1994. These vacuum-fitted wagons were due for replacement at the time...
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Buxton Lime firms Ltd 0-6-0 Diesel-Hydraulic ICI shunter, SCW/1/29 'Dovedale', at work in Tunstead Quarry on 19th October 1994. Built by Rolls Royce, it was rebuilt in 1973 by Thomas Hill...
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A lineside path provided a pleasant walk to the tunnel in the distance on 18th October 1994. Class 60 No. 60080 'Kinder Scout' was climbing to Great Rocks Junction where it would reverse and return along the same route to Hindlow...
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This just about wraps up the 'Chinley Album', as although I took a good many photos, I can only scan prints, not negatives.
LarryG.
 
Yorkshire Dave

Yorkshire Dave

Western Thunderer
Nice set of photos from the 'Chinley Album'.

This is one cross country route I've never had cause to travel over and your photos show how rugged it appears. More so than the Standedge route which has more lineside domestic and industrial architecture.
 
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