© Geoff’s Rail Diaries 2011 We started at Gowhole, site of the former sidings. A substantial footbridge used to cross the site, making an excellent photographic viewpoint. It had gone! The viewpoint was now less than ideal, the bushes were getting in the way - when the light went, so did we. We moved a little further east, taking up position on the footbridge near Chinley station, where another class 31 passed with an eastbound passenger. At the triangular Chinley junction, the class 31 and its train would take the north to east route, now the "main line" between Manchester and Sheffield. The stone trains would continue along the north to south route - once the Midland main line from Manchester to Derby, now freight only. (The south to east link was removed many years ago, but in more recent times has been reinstated to allow direct access to the quarry lines from the east). First point of call along this route, south of Dove Holes tunnel, is Peak Forest, home to the RMC Roadstone Holderness Limeworks. A pair of cl 37s arrived light, and later departed with a loaded train - the stone dust is starting to fly as they approach Dove Holes tunnel. The fine Sentinel bearing the legend "Peakstone" made a few movements as we waited. Tunstead is another busy spot - there was plenty of activity for us that day. First illustrated is a pair of 37s heading up the bank with a train of empties, then, at the same spot, 47 333 (again) with a heavy loaded train, banked by 37 259. Lastly, another pair of 37s (687 leading) arrived to take a line of empty wagons into the Tunstead complex. The light would probably not last a lot longer, so we left the quarries to take a quick look at Buxton. Keeping company with 37s and 47s was 45 041, probably in the last months of its life. Lastly, a backlit snap of the station, where a couple of DMUs stand idling, awaiting their next trip down the LNWR route to Manchester. And that was it - time for home. Link: Dave Homer Video  Dave specialises in fairground video, but also offers some DVDs of railway action in the Buxton area - and a cab ride video from an ICI stone train recorded in Feb 1990 Cl 31 approaches Chinley with eastbound passenger A pair of 37s at Peak Forest 2 x 37s on empties, Tunstead 31 424 heads an eastbound passenger, Gowhole 37 259 in the RMC Holderness sidings ...a loaded stone train, banked by 37 259 37 677 leads a stone train towards Dove Holes tunnel 37s (687 leading) haul empties into Tunstead works 45 041 at Buxton 47 333 heads for Peak Forest with empty ICI hoppers 47 445 on a westbound parcels train, Gowhole DMUs at Buxton station "Nidderdale" (S10149 of 1964, rebuilt Thomas Hill in 1987) at ICI Tunstead Peak Forest station Sentinel at RMC Holderness Cl 31 approaches Chinley with eastbound passenger 47 333 on a loaded stone train, banked...