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LOCOMOTIVES

  • Operational Steam Locomotives

  • --- RSH 0-6-0ST No. WD150 "Royal Pioneer"

  • Steam Locomotives Undergoing Restoration

  • --- LMS 2-8-0 Class 8F no. 48624

  • --- Vulcan Foundry 0-4-0ST No. 828 'Vulcan'

  • Steam Locomotives Undergoing Overhaul

  • --- RSH 0-6-0T No. 7597 "Zebedee"

  • --- W.G.Bagnall 0-6-0ST No. 68012 "The Duke"

  • '''Stored Steam Locomotives

  • --- Hunslet 0-6-0ST No. 68006


  • Diesel Locomotives

  • --- BR 0-4-0 Class 01 no. D2953

  • ---BR 0-4-0 Class 02 nos. D2854 and D2866

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 03 nos. D2118, D2139, D2199, 03027, 03037, 03099, and 03113

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 04 nos. D2229, D2272, D2284 and D2337

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 05 no. D2587

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 07 no. 07013

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. D3023

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 11 no. 12061

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 14 nos. D9502 and D9525

  • ---BR A1A-A1A Class 31 no. 31270

  • ---BR Co-Co Class 37 nos. 37131, 37152 and 37188

  • ---BR 1Co-Co1 Class 44 no. D8 "Penyghent"

  • ---BR Co-Co Class 50 no. 50029 "Renown" and 50030 "Repulse"

  • ---BR 0-6-0 Class 97/6 no. 97654


  • Diesel Multiple Units

  • ---BR Class 108 units 51566+59387+53933, 51567+53627, and 51937+54484

    • ONGOING PROJECTS

The Engine Shed project has been ongoing for six years. By 2007 the footings and floor may be completed if funding can be traced.
Negotiations for the lease of a further mile of trackbed to the North have been ongoing for three years, whilst a five year discussion about access to Matlock Station Down Platform is to be resumed in the near future.

ISSUES OUTSTANDING

Essentially the former Manchester main line as it is can be considered in four sections:

From London via Derby to Ambergate Junction as the Midland Main Line

Overlapping this from Derby to Ambergate and on to Matlock as the Derwent Valley Line .

Peak Rail operates a section from Matlock to Rowsley and has an interest in the line onwards through Bakewell to Buxton Station . From there, the line could follow the former LNWR line to Manchester although through trains would have to reverse, or extend from Millers Dale on its original route, to join the still-existing line to Chinley on the Hope Valley Line .

In 2004 Derbyshire County Council published a study which concluded that reopening the line for a local service was technically feasible and that the track bed should remain clear of development, but not an economic possibility in the near future.

Meanwhile the Derwent Valley Line, it is said, been allowed to deteriorate both in infrastructure and quality of service and in 2005 a document has been published by the Friends of the Derwent Valley Line, assisted by the County Council, arguing for its reinstatement and improvement. Recently, in 2006, Network Rail has stated its intention to carry out the necessary repairs in the near future, including rebuilding three bridges.


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There is currently a version of the Peak Rail line being made for the Microsoft Train Simulator product, to raise money for the Rowsley Shed appeal. Visit Here for more details.


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