| I spent sometime during the early 1990's recording the coal trains on this time capsule of a line, with its gated crossings, worked by a man in a van! The line is still extant but out of use |
58 010 waits with a loaded coal train at the gated crossing in Duffield Road, Little Eaton. The chap in the reflective jacket is about to do the honours and once through here, the train will rejoin the mainline north of derby and head South |
Gates open and 58 010 powers up to rejoin the main line |
58 010 makes its way steadily across the last obstacle before heading South towards Derby |
58 010 crosses Duffield Road at Little Eaton |
58 003 makes steady progress with empty MGR's through Coxbench |
58 003 "Markham Colliery" beyond Coxbench, alongside the old Alfreton Road, which is much quieter than it used to be before the A38 opened on the hillside. Many glimpses of the railway are afforded from the road along here |
58 003 "Markham Colliery" in Railfreight grey but MainLine lettering, creeps into view beyond Coxbench Station on its trip up to Denby. The white building on the right is Coxbench Hall, now a home for the elderly |
58 049 "Littleton Colliery" waits at the sidings beyond Kilburn Station crossing, ready for the return to Little eaton junction. She is in EWS maroon. |
58 003 "Markham Colliery" returns with loaded wagons, seen at the top crossing in Coxbench |
58 049 head-on at Kilburn, at the end of the line just short of Denby |
58 049 "Littleton Colliery" waits at the end of the line, resting between duties on a scorching hot afternoon |
58 049 looks quite impressive but I have to admit that I was no fan of the aesthetics of this class, which I always referred to as a Class 20 body with a garden shed on either end! Too darned quiet for my ear too! |
58 042 "Petrolea" stops for the first of two crossings in Little eaton, the second man climbing down to do the honours with the gates |
58 042 having negotiated the first of two crossings in Little Eaton, runs past the scenic Bottle Brook enroute for Duffield Road crossing and the junction for Derby. Mainline Blue livery suited this machine well. |
58 042 "Petrolea" with loaded MGR, heading back down the branch between Coxbench and Little Eaton. The A38 embankment is over to the left |
