Ashover Light Railway Carriage No. 4 A Restoration Diary
by Barry Lynam
Converting a Y point to a Left-Hand point
Carriage 119 hauled by AD34,
off down the Country Park, for a handbrake test
During a mega shunt, O&K 7529 chassis, was shunted outside
Installation of new point, at Newlands Inn Station
Carriage 118 has arrived
60hp Simplex 60S364 "Campbell's Brickworks No 1"
hauling a passenger train at Brands Sidings
20/28 Simplex 4w DM MR8667/41 "Tubby" on a rare outing,
hauling a short formation train, in the Country Park
The Golden Valley Light Railway is a 610 mm (24ins) narrow gauge
railway and normally operates on selected mid-week dates; all weekends
and Bank Holidays throughout the season from April to late October.
The running line is almost a mile in length and operates as one of
a number of attractions at the
Midland Railway - Butterley, Nr. Ripley,
Derbyshire. Steam and diesel hauled trains run through the Country Park and terminate at Newlands Inn Station, which overlooks the disused
Cromford Canal.