More from Peak Forest...

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A loaded stone train approaches Peak Forest from Tunstead Quarry. A class 47 stands in the sidings with a short freight.

The train passes Peak Forest South signal box with a train of mid 1930s ICI hoppers bound for the ICI works at Northwich in Cheshire.



Class 37 at the stabling point.



The PEAKSTONE shunter preparing a train in the quarry.

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