East Midlands
31601 arrives into Shottle with a Duffield-bound service.
31601 approaches Shottle with the 11:21 Duffield to Wirksworth service during the 2018 ‘Diesel Locomotive Weekend’.
33103 // 12:22 Duffield to Wirksworth
33103 passes over the river Ecclesbourne with a Duffield service. The weather has been not so great during the 2018 Diesel Locomotive Weekend, which was an exception this otherwise remarkable summer.
Austerity No. 72 make a short pause at Darley Dale, Peak Rail’s only intermediate stop in regular use.
D8 passes over the river Derwent near Matlock. A narrow public footpath runs along the visible bridge.
D8 is approaching the northern terminus of Peak Rail, Rowsley South. The train is tailed with Austerity 0-6-0ST No 72.
Hazlewood station closed to passengers with the closure of the Wirksworth branch in 1947. It did not see another passenger service for 55 years until the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway opening in 2002. Although there are no plans to reopen the station itself, the building remains, and there is even a name board. On a very warm October day, W55006 Class 122 railcar trundles along the branch line bound for Duffield.