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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5535
TitleCromford and High Peak Railway
Date1959-1961
DescriptionPapers and photographs re special excursions
Extent1 file
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorCromford and High Peak Railway
Administrative HistoryThe 1959 excursion enabled nearly 200 passengers to travel on the line from Leicester London Road Station onto the Cromford and High Peak Railway, followed by a 2.5 mile walk on the descent from Middleton Top.

A special rail tour of the Cromford and High Peak Railway was organised for members of the Midland region of the Stephenson Locomotive Society in April 1961. The purpose of the excursion was to give railway enthusiasts a rare opportunity to travel in open goods wagons on this historic line.

The tour began at Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, entered Derbyshire near Norbury and Ellastone before joining the Cromford and High Peak railway at Parsley Hay near Hartington. Then the train went to Buxton, returning via Parsley Hay to Middleton Top. Here passengers alighted and walked to Wirksworth to join a train to Derby.
Custodial HistoryThese papers were donated to the Record Office by a private individual in September 2001.
Organisation Sub-TypeRailway companies
Related MaterialFor other records relating to the Cromford and High Peak Railway, see Quarter Sessions deposited plans, etc.
TermBusiness
Railway transport
Railway lines
Travel
Locomotives
Archivist NoteCatalogued 2001, MOS.
Catalogued to ISAD(G), 23 June 2022, BS.

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Related Names
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Cromford, Whaley Bridge; Cromford and High Peak Railway; 1831-1969; mineral and freight railway
Stephenson Locomotive Society; fl. 1961
Places
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Cromford 
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