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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D6367/1/349
TitleSteeplehouse & Wirksworth Goods
Date1967
DescriptionShort-wheel based diesel 0-6-0 shunter D2383 took over duties on the Sheep Pasture-Middleton section on the 26th August 1966 displacing the steam locomotives and worked in this section until 14th April 1967 when this section closed. The SLS tour behind D2383 passes the site of Steeplehouse Goods Yard and heads towards Black Rock. Note the old tips from Cromford Moor Lead Mine in the background now the site of Black Rock Picnic Site. The former sidings into the goods yard in front of the workshops at Steeplehouse have by this time been removed.
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorCromford and High Peak Railway Image Archive
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