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Dudley Cromford and Matlock
A weekend at the Patchings Art Festival gave me time to visit Cromford and Matlock for lead mines and the Cromford and High Peak Railway. The journey up went right past the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley so it would have been rude not to call in.
The Black Country Living Museum at Dudley
'Winston Churchill', MW 2025 of 1923, originally owned by Cadburys, July 2017
'Winston Churchill' MW 2025/23 		The Anchor Foundry and Rolling Mill, July 2017
The Anchor Foundry 		The Anchor Foundry and Rolling Mill, July 2017
The Anchor Foundry 		The Anchor Foundry and Rolling Mill, July 2017
The Anchor Foundry
The Anchor Foundry and Rolling Mill, July 2017
The Anchor Foundry 		The Anchor Foundry and Rolling Mill, July 2017
The Anchor Foundry 		The Newcomen Engine ash pit, July 2017
The Newcomen Engine 		The Newcomen Engine, July 2017
The Newcomen Engine
The Newcomen Engine pumping shaft, July 2017
The Newcomen Engine 		Brook Shaft, July 2017
Brook Shaft 		Brook Shaft, July 2017
Brook Shaft 		Brook Shaft, July 2017
Brook Shaft
The Canal Basin, July 2017
The Canal Basin 		The Canal Basin, July 2017
The Canal Basin 		Sunken boats in the Canal Basin, July 2017
Sunken boats 		Tin Shop and dram, July 2017
Tin Shop and dram
Tin Shop and dram, July 2017
Tin Shop and dram 		Dudley Canal Tunnel, July 2017
Dudley Canal Tunnel 		Dudley Canal Tunnel, July 2017
Dudley Canal Tunnel 		Dudley Canal Tunnel, July 2017
Dudley Canal Tunnel
Lifting bridge to canal basin, July 2017
Lifting bridge to canal basin 		Canal basin limekilns, July 2017
Canal basin limekilns 		Canal basin limekilns, July 2017
Canal basin limekilns 		Canal basin limekilns, July 2017
Canal basin limekilns
Racecourse Colliery, July 2017
Racecourse Colliery 		Racecourse Colliery wagons, July 2017
Racecourse Colliery 		Racecourse Colliery engine house, July 2017
Racecourse Colliery 		Racecourse Colliery winding engine, July 2017
Racecourse Colliery
Street scene, July 2017
Street scene 		Tar spreader, July 2017
Tar spreader 		Steel Trap Works, July 2017
Steel Trap Works
The Cromford and High Peak Railway - from High Peak Junction to Middleton Top
High Peak Junction workshops
Trackbed towards High Peak Junction, July 2017
Trackbed towards the Junction 		High Peak Junction workshops, July 2017
High Peak Junction workshops 		High Peak Junction workshops, July 2017
High Peak Junction workshops 		High Peak Junction workshops, July 2017
High Peak Junction workshops
High Peak Junction workshops, July 2017
High Peak Junction workshops 		High Peak Junction workshops, July 2017
High Peak Junction workshops 		High Peak Junction workshops, July 2017
High Peak Junction workshops 		'Cromford 4 1/2 Miles' milestone, July 2017
'Cromford 4 1/2 Miles' milestone
Steam engine fuel block from the Crown Patent Fuel Works, Cardiff, July 2017
Steam engine fuel block 		Sheep Pasture incline foot, July 2017
Sheep Pasture incline foot 		Sheep Pasture incline foot, July 2017
Sheep Pasture incline foot
Sheep Pasture incline foot tensioning pit, July 2017
Incline foot tensioning pit 		Sheep Pasture incline foot tensioning wheel, July 2017
Incline foot tensioning wheel 		Incline status indicator, B - Stand By, G -Go, S - Stop, July 2017
Incline status indicator
Sheep Pasture Incline
Tunnel under the A6, July 2017
Tunnel under the A6 		Probably a pump or valve house, July 2017
Probably a pump or valve house 		The runaway catch pit, July 2017
The runaway catch pit 		The runaway catch pit, July 2017
The runaway catch pit
Site of the halfway stationary engine, July 2017
The halfway stationary engine 		Scotch derrick in Sheep Pasture Quarry, July 2017
Sheep Pasture Quarry
Scotch derrick in Sheep Pasture Quarry, July 2017
Sheep Pasture Quarry 		Scotch derrick in Sheep Pasture Quarry, July 2017
Sheep Pasture Quarry 		Scotch derrick in Sheep Pasture Quarry, July 2017
Sheep Pasture Quarry 		Scotch derrick in Sheep Pasture Quarry, July 2017
Sheep Pasture Quarry
Sheep Pasture incline engine house, July 2017
Sheep Pasture engine house 		Sheep Pasture incline engine house, July 2017
Sheep Pasture engine house 		Sheep Pasture incline engine house, July 2017
Sheep Pasture engine house 		Sheep Pasture incline engine house, July 2017
Sheep Pasture engine house
Along the line
Milepost '22', July 2017
Milepost '22' 		Dean Quarry, July 2017
Dean Quarry 		Middle Peak Quarry, July 2017
Middle Peak Quarry 		Cromford and High Peak Quarry, July 2017
Cromford and High Peak Quarry
LNWR boundary post, July 2017
LNWR boundary post 		Cromfordmoor lead mine, Black Rock, July 2017
Cromfordmoor lead mine 		Steeple Grange Light Railway, 'Peggie' Clayton B0109B/73, 'ZM32' RH416214/57, July 2017
Steeple Grange Light Railway 		Coal Hills Quarry limekiln, July 2017
Coal Hills Quarry limekiln
looks like an upturned saddle tank near Middleton incline foot, July 2017
Upturned saddle tank 		Middleton incline tensioning wheel, July 2017
Incline tensioning wheel 		Middleton incline tensioning pit, July 2017
Incline tensioning pit 		Middleton incline tensioning pit and incline foot, July 2017
Incline tensioning pit
Middleton Incline and Middleton Top
Bridge over Middleton incline, July 2017
Bridge over Middleton incline 		Bridge over Middleton incline, July 2017
Bridge over Middleton incline 		Middleton incline top, July 2017
Middleton incline top 		Middleton incline top, July 2017
Middleton incline top
Middleton incline top, July 2017
Middleton incline top 		Middleton incline engine house, July 2017
Middleton incline engine house 		Middleton incline engine house, July 2017
Middleton incline engine house 		Middleton incline fishbelly rails, July 2017
Middleton incline fishbelly rails
Middleton incline engine house boilers, July 2017
Incline engine house boilers 		Middleton incline engine house, July 2017
Middleton incline engine house 		Middleton incline engine house boilers, July 2017
Incline engine house boilers
Around Matlock Bath
High Tor Colour Works, Matlock Bath, July 2017
High Tor Colour Works 		Matlock Bath and Class 153, July 2017
Matlock Bath and Class 153 		High Tor Tunnel, Matlock Bath, July 2017
High Tor Tunnel, Matlock Bath 		Park Head limekiln at SK 3618 5458 near Crich, OS maps claim it to be an old shaft, July 2017
Park Head limekiln near Crich
Temple Mine
Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock
Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock
Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock
Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock
Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock
Temple Mine, Matlock, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock 		Temple Mine, Matlock, Greenbat 1445 of 1936, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock, GB 1445 		Temple Mine, Matlock, Greenbat 1445 of 1936, July 2017
Temple Mine, Matlock, GB 1445
Tinkers Shaft
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock 		Tinkers Shaft, Matlock, July 2017
Tinkers Shaft, Matlock


Birmingham and the West Midlands
Hawthorns Station and train, Birmingham, April 2002
Hawthorns Station and train 		Hawthorns Station and tram, Birmingham, April 2002
Hawthorns Station and tram 		Hawthorns Station with train and tram, Birmingham, April 2002
Hawthorns Station, train and tram 		Stourbridge Town Station, April 2002
Stourbridge Town Station
Dudley Zoo Railway, 1954
Dudley Zoo Railway, 1954 		46141 on Saltley shed, Birmingham, April 1962
46141 on Saltley shed 		92155, D149, D66 on Saltley shed, Birmingham, April 1962
92155, D149, D66 on Saltley shed 		Class 31 at New Street Station, Birmingham, c1976
Class 31 at New Street Station
M51492 at New Street Station, Birmingham, c1976
M51492 at New Street Station 		86257 at New Street Station, Birmingham, c1978
86257 at New Street Station


Derbyshire
Coal tunnel at Chatsworth House, August 1985, The BBC's Antiques Roadshow came from Chatsworth in 2013 and they showed this tunnel. It was used to take coal to the heating boilers of the great conservatory, opened in 1841 and demolished in 1920
Coal tunnel at Chatsworth House 		Monsal Dale viaduct, August 1985
Monsal Dale viaduct, 1985
Crich Tramway Museum
Crich Tramway Museum, Blackpool loco EE717 of 1927, August 1985
Blackpool loco EE717/27 		Crich Tramway Museum, Blackpool loco EE717 of 1927, August 1985
Blackpool loco EE717/27 		Crich Tramway Museum, Dublin No 68, August 1985
Dublin No 68 		Crich Tramway Museum, Johannesburg No 60, August 1985
Johannesburg No 60
Crich Tramway Museum, Johannesburg No 60, August 1985
Johannesburg No 60 		Crich Tramway Museum, LCC tramcar No 106, August 1985
LCC tramcar No 106 		Crich Tramway Museum, LCC tramcar No 106, August 1985
LCC tramcar No 106 		Crich Tramway Museum, Main street scene, August 1985
Main street


Hereford, Worcs and Shropshire
Open Day at Bulmers Cider railway Centre, Hereford, September 1974
No 2 'Cider Queen', ex-D2578, HE 5460/58, Rebuilt HE 6999/68, Hereford, September 1974
No 2 'Cider Queen' 		4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley', Hereford, September 1974
4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' 		4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley', Hereford, September 1974
4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley' 		4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley', Hereford, September 1974
4498 'Sir Nigel Gresley'
47 'Caernarvon', Kitson 5474 of 1934, Hereford, September 1974
47 'Caernarvon' 		5786 on shuttle service, Hereford, September 1974
5786 on shuttle service 		5786 on shuttle service, Hereford, September 1974
5786 on shuttle service 		6000 'King George V', Hereford, September 1974
6000 'King George V'
Severn Valley Railway
48233 at Bewdley, Severn Valley Railway, 1988
48233 at Bewdley 		Longmoor Military Railway 600, Severn Valley Railway, 1988
Longmoor Military Railway 600 		MN leaving Bewdley, Severn Valley Railway, 1988
MN leaving Bewdley 		MN leaving Bewdley, Severn Valley Railway, 1988
MN leaving Bewdley
Train to Bewdley, Severn Valley Railway, 1988
Train to Bewdley 		Train to Bridgnorth, Severn Valley Railway, 1988
Train to Bridgnorth 		Train to Bridgnorth crossing, Severn Valley Railway, 1988
Train to Bridgnorth crossing 		BR Train to Kidderminster, 1988
BR Train to Kidderminster
Blists Hill Museum, Ironbridge
Ironbridge canal incline, Blists Hill Museum, August 1985
Ironbridge canal incline 		LNWR 49395, Blists Hill Museum, August 1985
LNWR 49395, Blists Hill Museum 		Ironbridge loading dock, Blists Hill Museum, August 1985
Ironbridge loading dock 		Ironbridge mine adit, Blists Hill Museum, August 1985
Ironbridge mine adit


Nottinghamshire
City of Nottingham
A weekend in Nottingham at a photography workshop gave a quick opportunity to ride the trams and see a few other things of interest, plus one old photo from the ark.
Bobbers Mill chimney, Nottingham, June 2014
Bobbers Mill chimney 		Scotholme Works chimney. Nottingham, June 2014
Scotholme Works chimney 		GNR bridge, Cinderhill, Nottingham, June 2014
GNR bridge, Cinderhill, 		Nottingham Central Station, the GNR to GCR link, June 2014
Central Station, GNR to GCR link
Nottingham Central Station, 156411, June 2014
Central Station, 156411 		Nottingham Central Station, 222016, June 2014
Central Station, 222016 		Nottingham Central Station, 222016, June 2014
Central Station, 222016 		Nottingham Central Station, tram 204, June 2014
Central Station, tram 204
Tram 207 at Cinderhill, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 207 at Cinderhill 		Tram 207 at Cinderhill, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 207 at Cinderhill 		Tram 207 at Cinderhill, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 207 at Cinderhill 		Tram 207 at Cinderhill, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 207 at Cinderhill
Tram 207 at Cinderhill, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 207 at Cinderhill 		Tram 205 at Phoenix Park, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 205 at Phoenix Park 		Tram 205 at Phoenix Park, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 205 at Phoenix Park 		Tram 206 at Phoenix Park, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 206 at Phoenix Park
Tram 212 at Phoenix Park, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 212 at Phoenix Park 		Wilkinson Street tram depot, Nottingham, June 2014
Wilkinson Street tram depot 		Wilkinson Street tram depot, Nottingham, June 2014
Wilkinson Street tram depot 		Tram 209, Wilkinson Street tram depot, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 209, Wilkinson Street depot
Tram 211, Wilkinson Street tram depot, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 211, Wilkinson Street depot 		Tram 218, Wilkinson Street tram depot, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 218, Wilkinson Street depot 		Tram 220, Wilkinson Street tram depot, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 220, Wilkinson Street depot 		Tram 222, Wilkinson Street tram depot, Nottingham, June 2014
Tram 222, Wilkinson Street depot
46112 'Sherwood Forester' at Nottingham shed, April 1962
46112 'Sherwood Forester' 		49147 at Nottingham shed, April 1962
49147 at Nottingham shed
Calverton
NG wagons at Patchings Farm, Calverton, June 2014
Wagons at Patchings Farm 		NG wagons at Patchings Farm, Calverton, June 2014
Wagons at Patchings Farm 		NG wagons at Patchings Farm, Calverton, June 2014
Wagons at Patchings Farm


The Rest of Central England
Northants
S&L Minerals No 45 'Colwyn', Kitson 5470 of 1933, August 1966
S&L Minerals No 45 'Colwyn' 		S&L Minerals No 57, RSHN 7668 of 1950, August 1966
S&L Minerals No 57 		S&L Minerals No 35 'Rhiwnant', Manning Wardle 1317 of 1895, August 1966
S&L Minerals No 35 'Rhiwnant'
corby
S&L Minerals No 44, 1966 		S&L Minerals No 45 'Colwyn', Kitson 5470 of 1933, August 1966
S&L Minerals No 45 'Colwyn' 		S&L Minerals No 57, RSHN 7668 of 1950, August 1966
S&L Minerals No 57 		corby
S&L Minerals No 63, 1966
Corby Steelworks No 11, HL 3824 of 1934, August 1966
Corby Steelworks No 11 		Storefield Quarry No 11, AB 1047 of 1911, August 1966
Storefield Quarry No 11 		Storefield Quarry No 11, AB1047 of 1911, August 1966
Storefield Quarry No 11
Cheshire
BR/LMS 10000 on Crewe shed, May 1962
10000 on Crewe shed, 1962 		almost 45187 passing Crewe shed, May 1962
almost 45187 passing Crewe shed 		46248 on Crewe shed, May 1962
46248 on Crewe shed, 1962
Leicestershire
61187 at Leicester shed, April 1962
61187 at Leicester shed, 1962


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