Cromford & High Peak

A slightly different Middleton Press volume in their Country Railway Routes series. It covers railways which only normally carried freight up in the Derbyshire Peak district, supporting the Cromford Canal and the many mines and industries in the region. 

Many of the railways were cable hauled due to the steep inclines, including at High Peak Junction where a wharf for transfer between canal and railway and the railway's workshops can be visited as part of the many visitor attractions in this beautiful part of the world.

Thus, this is pretty different from the usual Middleton Press volume, as there arn't any stations which you can take trains to today and you can compare the past pictures against. Instead, it is a fascinating look at industrial railways and how they coped with often very difficult terrain and circumstances.