Site of former siding by Totley Brook Road
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Site of former siding by Totley Brook Road
Image: © Chris Morgan Taken: 31 Aug 2022
The siding has been disconnected for some time but local folk lore suggests Queen Elizabeth may have stayed there for a night in the Royal Train early in her reign. (Maybe the train stayed while she popped over to stay with the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth?) The crossover has just been disconnected and will shortly be replaced by one in the opposite direction as part of the current Hope Valley route improvements. Curiously the road parallel to the railway on the left is called Totley Brook Road. The Totley Brook is not here, but the Old Hay Brook runs parallel to the right, behind the trees and houses. Totley Brook and the Old Hay Brook meet just beyond the distant road bridge to form the River Sheaf. A train of empty wagons is returning towards the limestone quarries near Buxton.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.320215
Longitude
-1.52589