Down ballast train at Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Station
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Down ballast train at Chapel-en-le-Frith Central Station
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 19 Jun 1957
View southward, towards Peak Forest, Matlock and Derby; ex-Midland main line, Derby - Matlock - Chinley - Manchester. This station at Chapel-en-le-Frith was closed on 6/3/67 when the whole Peak Line (Matlock - Manchester) was closed, but the line Peak Forest - Chinley has been kept open to serve the limestone quarries. The locomotive is ex-War Department 2-8-0 No. 90589.
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Image Location
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53.324993
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