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((Short description|Heritage railway in England))
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((Heritage Railway
 | name           = Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
 | image          = [[File:Wirksworth Station Overview.jpg|280px]]
 | caption        = [[Wirksworth railway station|Wirksworth Station]] in 2007
 | locale         = [[Derbyshire]], [[England]]
 | terminus       = [[Ravenstor railway station|Ravenstor]]<br />[[Duffield railway station|Duffield]]
 | linename       = Wirksworth branch
 | builtby        = [[Midland Railway]]
 | originalgauge  = ((Track gauge|uksg|allk=on))
 | preservedgauge = ((RailGauge|uksg))
 | era            =
 | owned          = 
 | operator       = WyvernRail plc
 | stations       = 5 (to be 6)
 | length         = ((convert|9|mi|km))
 | originalopen   = 1867
 | closedpassengers   = 1947
 | closed         = 1964 (freight)<br />1989 (completely)
 | stageyears     = 1992
 | stage          = WyvernRail is formed
 | years1          = 1996
 | events1        = Light Rail order granted
 | years2         = 1997
 | events2        = Derby and Wirksworth Railway Association is formed (later to become EVR) 
 | years3         = 2000
 | events3        = Volunteers start clearing vegetation from the line
 | years4         = 1 October 2002
 | events4        = Wirksworth re-opens and its passenger trains begin
 | years5         = 2003
 | events5        = [[#WyvernRail|WyvernRail]] and [[Network Rail]] agree fifteen-year lease-purchase deal
 | years6         = 2004
 | events6        = Gorsey bank reopens and ((convert|1/2|mi|km|1)), passenger trains begin
 | years7         = 1 September 2005
 | events7        = Ravenstor opens and ((convert|3/4|mi|km)) passenger trains on 1 in 27 (3.7 [[Percent sign|%]]) [[Grade (slope)|incline]] (of the same name) begin
 | years8         = 2007
 | events8        = Iridgehay level crossing reinstated and later reopened
 | years9         = 8 March 2008
 | events9        = Idridgehay reopens and ((convert|3+1/2|mi|km)) passenger trains begin
 | years10        = 8 April 2011
 | events10       = Duffield reopens and ((convert|10|mi|km)) passenger trains begin 
 | years11        = 9 August 2014
 | events11       = Shottle reopens (after more than 65 years out of use)
 |headquarters    = [[Wirksworth]]
))
[[File:Derby Lightweight Single Unit 79900.jpg|thumb|right|[[British Rail Derby Lightweight|Derby Lightweight]], no. 79900, operating on the line on which she was originally tested when new some 55 years earlier, fully restored to passenger carrying standard from being former test car IRIS. The unit is now a unique example of a [[Derby Lightweight]] single car unit.]]

[[File:55006 at Bewdley.JPG|thumb|right|[[British Rail Class 122|Class 122]], no. 55006, operating away from home, at [[Bewdley]] on the [[Severn Valley Railway]] on 15 October 2004, whilst taking part in the ''Railcar 50'' event. This unit is painted in original BR Green livery, and is usually based at [[Wirksworth]].]]
((Ecclesbourne Valley Railway))
[[File:Ecclesbourne_Valley_Railway_(map).jpg|right|thumb|The route of the railway, running north from Duffield, via Wirksworth, to Ravenstor]]

The '''Ecclesbourne Valley Railway''' is a  ((convert|9|mi|km|1|adj=on)) long [[heritage railway]] in [[Derbyshire]].  The headquarters of the railway centre on [[Wirksworth]] station, and services operate in both directions between Wirksworth and Duffield and from Wirksworth to Ravenstor.

Passengers are able to board and alight heritage services at Duffield where a station platform (3) has been re-constructed. Heritage services are timed to connect with [[East Midlands Railway]] Nottingham – Derby – Matlock service at the adjacent Duffield Network Rail platforms and therefore it is now possible for passengers to travel to and from Wirksworth by train from anywhere on the national network.

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is named after the [[River Ecclesbourne]] and the track follows the river from its source to its [[confluence]] with the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire|River Derwent]] at the Derbyshire village of [[Duffield, Derbyshire|Duffield]].
 
Despite being a branch in itself, there is also a separate ((convert|1/2|mi|km|1)) branch operating from Platform 3 at Wirksworth Station up a 1 in 27 (3.27 [[Percent sign|%]]) [[Grade (slope)|gradient]] incline to ((stnlnk|Ravenstor)) (for the National Stone Centre and the [[High Peak Trail]]).

The line is operated by a large fleet of heritage [[diesel multiple unit]]s (DMU), as well as diesel and visiting steam locomotives. Locomotive hauled trains initially only operated on enthusiast and special event days often alongside the DMU fleet, whereas now locomotive hauled services make up a larger part of the railway's timetable.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.e-v-r.com/|title=Ecclesbourne Valley Railway – Ecclesbourne Valley Railway))</ref>

==History==

===Origin===
The "Wirksworth Branch" was the product of early 19th century railway rivalry. Since 1835, Wirksworth's citizens had been promoting various ideas for a branch line from the [[North Midland Railway]], later the [[Midland Railway]], at ((stnlnk|Duffield)). The Midland was initially unenthusiastic, but then realised that the branch could be extended to [[Rowsley]], albeit with difficulty, avoiding the section from ((stnlnk|Ambergate)), on its [[Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway]], which was shared with its rival the [[London and North Western Railway]] (LNWR).<ref>((cite book
|last=Sprenger
|first=Howard
|title=The Wirksworth Branch
|year=2004
|location=London
|publisher=Oakwood Press
|isbn=0-85361-625-6
))</ref>
It is for this reason that all of the bridges along the line, including the one which simply has a head shunt under it (Cemetery Lane) are built to double-tracked grand Midland Railway style.

===Construction===
The ((convert|8+1/2|mi|km|adj=on)) line was surveyed in 1862 and received Parliamentary assent the following year. It would follow the valley of the [[River Ecclesbourne]] with no major obstacles apart from the final climb into Wirksworth. A cutting was required, and some buildings were demolished, while there was considerable upheaval in Duffield.

The final inspection of the line was carried out by Colonel J.A. Rich of the Royal Engineers on 26 September 1867, who approved the line for opening.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.derby-signalling.org.uk/Wirk.htm
|title=DERBY AREA SIGNALLING PROJECT – Inspector's Report
|date=17 November 2003
|access-date=15 April 2009
))</ref>

The line was opened to Wirksworth on 1 October 1867 and was initially worked by the [[Token (railway signalling)|Staff System]].

Under the original scheme, it would have descended from Wirksworth to [[Cromford]] using a ((convert|1503|yd|adj=on)) tunnel and a ((convert|280|yd|adj=on)) long viaduct, and proceed parallel to the existing line, but on the west side of the river through [[Matlock, Derbyshire|Matlock]] to Rowsley.

However, when the lease expired on the original Ambergate line, the LNWR withdrew, and the Midland acquired complete control. Thus the section beyond Wirksworth was never built. The Midland was left with one of its few branch lines, and one which, it felt, was of questionable viability.

===Operation===
The presence of the line allowed Wirksworth's limestone business to develop, the carriage of which was its mainstay until the middle of the 20th century. There was also farm produce, particularly milk, ((convert|800000|impgal|USgal L|0|abbr=on)) in 1906, and a number of textile mills (Wirksworth had the dubious distinction of being the main supplier of red tape for the London Government Departments). It saw a regular passenger service, with stations at [[Hazelwood, Derbyshire|Hazlewood]] (about ((convert|1/2|mi|km|1)) from the village down a steep hill and originally called [[Windley]]), [[Shottle]] (originally [[Cowers Lane]]) and [[Idridgehay]].

There were three, rising to six, passenger trains from Derby each way, with one on Sunday, and two goods trains. By 1939, however milk was carried instead by road, and during [[World War II]] passenger travel was severely curtailed. There was also the hourly "number 37" bus, which led to a decline in passenger numbers. Passenger trains were temporarily suspended in 1947 and were officially ceased in 1949. An hourly (five on Sundays) direct bus ([[Trentbarton]] service 6.1) still operates (2014) between Wirksworth and Derby (Bus Station) with a journey time of 50((nbsp))minutes. However this runs via Belper rather than directly along the main road.

Rolling stock at various times included steam motor carriages from the [[Morecambe Branch Line|Morecambe and Heysham Railway]] at the beginning of the century, and steam railmotors from the [[Yarmouth and North Norfolk Railway]]. In the early 1950s, people near the line were treated to the eerie sight of a railway carriage ghosting along, apparently by itself((snd))the test vehicle for the new diesel [[railcar]]s being designed in Derby((snd))nothing more than a standard coach with the mechanism fitted and a windscreen cut in each end for the driver – that presaged a major change in British rail travel. When the so-called [[British Rail Derby Lightweight|Derby Lightweights]] were produced they were each tested on the line after leaving the workshop. One of the only three surviving of those originally built, M79900, was converted from being the IRIS test car back to passenger carrying standard and has been joined recently by the other two, residing on the line on which they were originally tested some 60 years ago.

=== Rail accident ===
On 25 August 1981, a rail accident occurred when a fully laden freight train partially derailed ((convert|300|yd|m)) south of Wirksworth.<ref>((cite news
|title=Matlock Mercury and West Derbyshire News
|date=28 August 1981
|location=Matlock
))</ref>

===Decline and closure===
Although most of the goods had transferred to the roads, limestone traffic continued, including that formerly hauled by the [[Cromford and High Peak Railway]], when it closed in 1967. Though the amount of traffic justified the installation of some [[continuous welded rail]] in the 1980s, production was increasingly of aggregate carried by road. In 1991 the quarries passed to Croxton and Garry Ltd (which later became [[Omya|Omya UK]]) which no longer needed a rail link. Although its sidings, and the station goods yard, at Wirksworth are still listed by [[Network Rail]], the connection to the main line at Duffield has been severed and fenced off, There is hope that one day the EVR could "once possible funding would be made" purchase and re-use both the goods yard and the sidings for further/extra space for some rolling stock and train storage.

==Present day==
===Preservation===
In 1996 [[#WyvernRail|WyvernRail]] were awarded a [[Light Railways Act 1896|Light Railway Order]] for the full length of the whole line.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19962660_en_1.htm
|title=Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2660: The Duffield and Wirksworth Light Railway Order 1996 |access-date=12 April 2009
))</ref>

Wirksworth station was reopened in 2002, with the first ((convert|1/2|mi|km)) of line between ((stnlnk|Wirksworth)) and Gorsey Bank reopened for a DMU shuttle passenger service in 2004, followed by a new line to ((stnlnk|Ravenstor)) in 2005.<ref>((cite web
 |url         = http://users.0800dial.com/themaunds/rail_chronology/Ecclesbourne%20Valley.htm
 |title       = RAIL CHRONOLOGY : ECCLESBOURNE VALLEY RAILWAY : opening
 |access-date  = 5 April 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110707054010/http://users.0800dial.com/themaunds/rail_chronology/Ecclesbourne%20Valley.htm
 |archive-date = 7 July 2011
))</ref>
On 8 March 2008, the railway began to branch its passenger operations further south by holding a grand opening ceremony<ref>((cite web
 |url        = http://www.e-v-r.com/multimedia/articles/001.pdf
 |title      = Triumphant Return to Idridgehay
 |date       = April 2008
 |access-date = 3 June 2009
))((dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> for the line between [[Wirksworth railway station|Wirksworth station]] and [[Idridgehay railway station|Idridgehay station]]<ref>((cite web
 |url        = http://www.e-v-r.com/multimedia/articles/005.pdf
 |title      = All Aboard for Idridgehay
 |date       = March 2008
 |access-date = 3 June 2009
))((dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes ))</ref> – ((convert|3+1/2|mi|km)) of the line's total length.

In 2003, [[#WyvernRail|WyvernRail]] agreed a 15-year lease-purchase deal with Network Rail. In May 2005, they completed the purchase early and bought almost the entire railway.<ref>((cite web
|url=http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/wyvernrail-buys-ecclesbourne-valley-railway-481.html
|title=WyvernRail Buys Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
|date=20 May 2005
|access-date=12 April 2009
))</ref> The only portion still leased is an area of the station yard in Wirksworth which has been retained by Network Rail as a Strategic Rail Site and is on a rolling three-year lease to WyvernRail.<ref>((cite web
|url=http://www.e-v-r.com/shareissue/shareissue.htm
|title=ShareSave: Now there's an easier way to become a shareholder in WyvernRail PLC
|access-date=12 April 2009
))</ref>

In July 2005, WyvernRail adopted [[Duffield railway station]] under a scheme promoted by the [[Derwent Valley Line|Friends of the Derwent Valley Line]]. They undertook to provide care and maintenance of the station on behalf of [[Central Trains]] who operated it at that time.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.duffieldscene.co.uk/duffield_scene_july_2005.pdf
|title=Duffield Scene Edition 153
|date=July 2005
|access-date=10 April 2009
))</ref>

The line has now been brought up to passenger-carrying standards to allow trains to run through from Wirksworth to Duffield. At Duffield, passengers can change for mainline rail services by crossing from the branch platform (Platform 3) to one of the [[Network Rail]] platforms (either Platforms 1 or 2). Now that the line is open to Duffield it is the intention to revisit the larger [[Shottle railway station|Shottle]] site and refurbish the platform and surrounding areas (which needs considerable work). From 24 June 2012, a section of Shottle platform was reopened and it is now possible to alight there, although much work is still needed to complete this project. There may also be scope for reinstating the platform at [[Hazelwood railway station|Hazelwood]] but as of August 2015, there are currently no official plans.

===Signalling and line operation===
The railway principally operates on a [[Token (railway signalling)|token]] system, with the Wirksworth to Duffield section currently holding one token in the form of an [[Annett's key]]. The Wirksworth to Ravenstor incline holds a different Annett's key. Due to a ruling gradient on the line, the Wirksworth to Duffield section is protected by a trap-point just north of Wirksworth Station. The Wirksworth- Duffield line can now also be split in two sections with the installation of a passing loop at Shottle. This currently only happens on special events and bank holidays, as it requires two signalmen, one at each end of the loop, to be stationed for the day as there is currently no signal box to control movements in and out of the loop centrally. The former Oddingly crossing box is currently being restored for use as a signal box at Shottle. Two-train operation should be able to happen more regularly once it is finished.

An unusual piece of track work was installed at Wirksworth on platform 3. The track was [[interlaced track|interlaced]] (overlapping) either to allow the platform to be used for passenger trains or to allow wagons to collect stone from the adjacent dock. The interlaced section of track was operated by a manual tight point but still came under the control of the Wirksworth-to-Ravenstor train token. This feature has since been removed, however, as it was no longer required.

There were (and currently still are) very few physical signals on the line, apart from indications at cross-overs. One [[Railway semaphore signal|semaphore signal]] was located almost underneath Cemetery Lane Bridge, but this has recently been relocated to Shottle station as part of the signalling project for the passing loop. Another electronic signal was located at Duffield station to warn that it is the end of the line. It is believed that this signal was permanently lit for nearly forty years, before being swept away in the reconstruction of the platform ready for the reopening.

===Film and TV appearances===
The railway has seen various filming projects take place. The first filming venture came in the form of the [[Hellmann's and Best Foods|Hellmann's Mayonnaise]] "Big Dollop" TV advert. The following year (2004) the railway was used again to film the [[National Geographic Channel]]'s ''[[Seconds from Disaster]]'' where their ex-[[Gatwick Express]] coaches were used to depict the [[Eschede train disaster]] from 1998.<ref>((cite web
 |url         = http://www.railfilmlocations.biz/Productions.html
 |title       = RailFilmLocations Filming in Derbyshire, UK – Productions
 |access-date  = 3 June 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304013840/http://www.railfilmlocations.biz/Productions.html
 |archive-date = 4 March 2009
))</ref>

In 2006, a location just south of Wirksworth was used to film the ITV drama [[Mobile (TV series)|''Mobile'']],<ref>((cite web
 |url         = http://www.railfilmlocations.biz/mobile1.html
 |title       = RailFilmLocations Filming in Derbyshire, UK – Mobile
 |access-date  = 2 June 2009
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20080514195512/http://www.railfilmlocations.biz/mobile1.html
 |archive-date = 14 May 2008
))</ref><ref>((cite web
|url=http://www.matlockmercury.co.uk/news/Cameras-at-railway.1803643.jp
|title=Matlock mercury – Cameras at railway
|date= 4 October 2006 
|access-date=2 June 2009
))</ref>
whilst in June 2007 Wirksworth was used as the fictional station of 'Lightbourne' in the BBC television series ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', season 22, episode 05.<ref>((cite web
 |url=http://www.railfilmlocations.biz/casualty1.html 
 |title=RailFilmLocations Filming in Derbyshire, UK – Casualty 
 |access-date=12 April 2009 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514195504/http://www.railfilmlocations.biz/casualty1.html 
 |archive-date=14 May 2008 
))</ref> 
The storyline of ''Casualty'' involved both the Gatwick Express stock that is located on site as well as 03158 acting as an approaching goods train.

==Stations==
;Stations of the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, from north to south.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Location
! Status
! Opened
! Closed
! Notes
! Photograph
|-
| ((stnlnk|Ravenstor))
| open
| 1 September 2005
| 
| New station built by the EVR, opened 1 September 2005.
| [[File:Ravenstor-railway-station-by-Neil-Ferguson-Lee.jpg|frameless|223x223px]]
|-
| ((stnlnk|Wirksworth))
| open
| 1 October 1867
| 16 June 1947
| Building demolished, platforms rebuilt. Reopened 1 October 2002.
|[[File:Wirksworth-railway-station-by-Neil-Ferguson-Lee.jpg|frameless|224x224px]]
|-
| ((stnlnk|Idridgehay))
| open
| 1 October 1867
| 16 June 1947
| Building in private ownership, platform survived. Reopened 8 March 2008.
|[[File:Idridgehay-Railway-Station-by-Robin-Jones.jpg|frameless|226x226px]]
|-
| ((stnlnk|Shottle))
| open
| 1 October 1867
| 16 June 1947
| Building in private ownership, platform survived. Reopened 9 August 2014.
|[[File:Shottle_Station_2009.jpg|frameless|226x226px]]
|-
| ((stnlnk|Hazelwood))
| closed
| 1 October 1867
| 16 June 1947
| Building in private ownership, platform demolished. Platform re-instatement and possible restoration being considered.
|[[File:Hazelwood_railway_station_in_2008.jpg|frameless|227x227px]]
|-
| ((stnlnk|Duffield))
| open
| 1841
| 
| Buildings demolished, branch platform survived, main platforms still in use by [[Derwent Valley Line]]. Reopened 8 April 2011.
|[[File:Duffield_overview_2009.jpg|frameless|227x227px]]
|}

==Rolling stock==
===Steam locomotives===
[[File:Ferrybridge No3.jpg|thumb|right|Ferrybridge No.3 on its first test run to Gorsey Bank after a total rebuild.]]
*[[Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.|Andrew Barclay]] 0-4-0T 2360 ''Brian Harrison'' (Ferrybridge No.3) built in 1954. – Undergoing a ten-yearly overhaul. Withdrawn in 2019, return to service anticipated for 2021. Boiler already back in frames after being overhauled by an external contractor.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.e-v-r-a.com/brian-harrison|title=Andrew Barclay No.3 "Brian Harrison" &#124; Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association|website=EVR Association))</ref>
*[[Hudswell Clarke]] 0-6-0T No 102 (works number 1884 of 1955) ''Cathryn'' built in 1944 – Under Restoration<ref name="IRS 15EL">((irs-el |el=15))</ref> Boiler reintegrated with the frames following restoration to working condition at an external contractor. Locomotive currently in the final stages of reassembly, anticipated to be completed in 2021.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.e-v-r-a.com/cathryn|title=Hudswell Clarke No. 102 'Cathryn' &#124; Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association|website=EVR Association))</ref>
* [[W. G. Bagnall|Bagnall]] [[Austerity 0-6-0ST]] 2746 ''The Duke'' built in 1944 – Under Overhaul. Carries bogus [[British Rail|BR]] identity 68012.<ref>((cite web|title=Rolling Stock Guide|url=http://www.e-v-r.com/documents/stocklist.pdf|publisher=EVR))</ref>
* [[BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T|BR Standard Class 4]] 2-6-4T no. 80080 built in 1954 – Operational, boiler ticket expires in 2028. On loan from the [[Midland Railway – Butterley]].<ref name="engineshed">((cite web |title=Virtual Engine Shed |url=https://www.e-v-r.com/engine-shed/ |website=Ecclesbourme Valley Railway |access-date=26 April 2021))</ref>

==WyvernRail==
WyvernRail Limited was established in 1992 as a community-owned and locally managed venture to restore and operate the Duffield to Wirksworth railway in [[Derbyshire]], England.

The initial plan was to lease the line from [[Railfreight Construction]] (the British Rail sector then responsible for the line) and operate a community railway service between Wirksworth and Derby using leased diesel units, probably [[British Rail Class 142|Class 142 'Pacers']].  The model used was termed 'Open Access', a method of operation used by some operators today (most notably [[Hull Trains]] and [[Grand Central (train operating company)|Grand Central]]).  The [[Railways Act 1993]] created the framework that would allow WyvernRail to start the process, but the industry structure the Act created also caused the whole process to slow down to a crawl.

The line's saving grace was the designation of Wirksworth Station Yard as a Strategic Freight Site,<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/5254_StrategicFreightSitesList.pdf |title=SFS LIST for public view |date=October 2008 |access-date=12 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607101705/http://www.networkrail.co.uk/documents/5254_StrategicFreightSitesList.pdf |archive-date=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead ))</ref> which meant that the yard was protected for railway use, thus making closure of the line extremely difficult.  The line had already had a 'Near Death Experience' in 1990 when a track lifting train began to lift approximately ((convert|1|mi|km)) of [[Rail tracks#Continuous welded rail|continuously welded track]] between Idridgehay and Shottle.  Fortunately, the work was stopped by [[British Railways]] management as it was reported that there was the possibility of new stone traffic on the line.  As a result, the line was mothballed and the strategic freight site designation meant that this status remains on the line to this day.

Changes to the structure of the industry following privatisation meant that for several years during the mid-1990s WyvernRail often experienced difficulty in maintaining a consistent relationship with the authorities responsible for the line.  However, while progress was slow on the ground, WyvernRail remained active wherever possible.  While the most significant achievement was the award of a [[Light Railways Act 1896|Light Railway Order]] for the line in 1996, WyvernRail also investigated other projects.  During this period, the company's approach changed from Open Access to a straight lease or purchase of the line.
In 1997, the Derby and Wirksworth Railway Association was formed in response to growing interest in WyvernRail's activities.  The Association grew slowly over the next three years but, after renaming itself the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association in 2000, membership took off when access to the line was finally granted.

For WyvernRail, progress began at accelerate in the Summer of 2000, when [[Railtrack]] management not only took an interest in the firm's activities but provided a proactive and imaginative basis for negotiations, including granting the company's volunteers access to the line.  This approach led to the gradual restoration of the line, conversion to a [[Public limited company|plc]] and the successful share launch of WyvernRail plc in April 2002.

==Reference and further reading==
((reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|Ecclesbourne Valley Railway))
* [http://www.e-v-r.com Ecclesbourne Valley Railway official website]
* [http://www.e-v-r-a.com Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Association official website]
* [http://www.britishrailways1960.co.uk/MIDTMCEN05.html British Railways in 1960 – the Wirksworth branch]
* [http://www.britishrailways1960.co.uk/MIDTMCEN06.html British Railways in 1960 – the Wirksworth incline]

((Heritage railways in England))
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