What Remains of the Ashover Light Railway? Part 1

[@martinmarsola6477]

Thank you for the walking tour this day. Always eye opening scenes and scenery. The information is always applicable to which I am watching. Enjoy the weekend, and see you on the next. Cheers mates! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

[@WobblyRunner]

Thanks Martin. Enjoy the rest of your weekend

[@sheilawoodbury2515]

Thank you so much for showing all this !!! My ancestors were from this area and I’ve never actually seen what it looked like! Awesome 👏

[@WobblyRunner]

You're very welcome Sheila 👍

[@jeffberesford480]

I made this walk 25 years or so ago - but the other direction ! I think I can remember Rainbows End Cafe and two coaches at the Clay Cross Works sports ground about 45 years ago. Also known as the Peggy Line the locos were named after the children of the family and I saw the nameplate for Guy at the Tall Y Lynn narrow gauge railway museum in Wales. Thanks for the memories. I am looking forward to the part walking on Spoilbanks and Clay Lane as this holds some special family memories.

[@WobblyRunner]

Thanks Jeff. Interesting about the Talyllyn railway. I am up there in a few weeks, I will keep an eye out for that.

[@bobsrailrelics]

I love the history of this line, amazing to see lines still at Fellgate! As I say in my videos, 'hints and whispers ' from the past

[@WobblyRunner]

You're right Bob. Great those pockets of history are still present.

[@mikewood142]

Hello again Paul, I'm just catching up on KZbin videos after a long weekend away and thought I'd start with yours first 😊 Anyway I just wanted to say thanks for putting out yet another interesting series which I'll be looking forward to watching up until the end. That was a nice fine, the bit of track work still left there even in the modern day along with the old station building (shed) at Hallgate. On the subject of the Rainbow's End Cafe building, not sure about it, but I've been told it's in storage at the site of Peak Rail and is owned by the the Ashover Light Railway trust, who apparently are going to re-build it sometime as they are building a new Narrow Gauge railway on the Peak Rail site at Rowsley, so that'll be interesting if it goes ahead. And a little bit more information, unless you already know this, but if you ever visit the Midland Railway Centre again and go to Swanick junction narrow gauge railway, there is a re-build of one of the Ashover Light Railway carriages and people are allowed to travel on it when it is out in service, I've been on it myself and it's very nice and built in the way it used to be apparently. Anyway Paul, as usual keep up the good work mate, your videos are so interesting and full of history and knowledge. All the best from. Mike Wood. 🚂

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Mike, good to hear from you. Hopefully I will get up to see the carriage at some point in the summer. There are some at the Lincolnshire Light Railway in Skegness too, I understand.

[@narrowgauger4229]

Brilliant video, looking forward to the upcoming parts. I'm local to the Clay Cross area and involved with the Ashover Light Railway Society so know a bit about the ALR, so found your video very interesting. Also very accurate, which is not always the case for KZbin videos, so great work!

[@WobblyRunner]

Thank you ever so much for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it. What a fascinating old line and piece of history that ALR is. 👍

[@AmyJohnson-uc1fb]

This is a wonderful video, thank you so much. I look forward to parts 2 & 3. My son recently said he would like to build a 009 gauge model railway, so I started looking into local narrow gauge and found out about ALR. I've been doing some research into ALR using maps and online content, and have just ordered a book about it too. My son and I were looking to go to the western part of ALR in the summer to look for evidence, so your video has come at a perfect time! We will definitely be visiting. You should produce a walking guide for people to use. I know we'd definitely buy one! Thanks again for this video, enjoyed every minute 💜

[@WobblyRunner]

Thanks very much Amy. Glad you're enjoying the videos. All the best with the model railway. A great railway to model it on, in a beautiful part of the world.

[@davegillman6296]

Great little video keep up the good work lads

[@WobblyRunner]

Thanks Dave!

[@Carolb66]

Thanks paul, enjoyed this weeks video its so pretty that area. ❤😊👍

[@WobblyRunner]

Thank you ever so much Carol. Glad you enjoyed it. It's such a nice part of the world isn't it.

[@Carolb66]

@@WobblyRunner yes it is Paul & like you said a very underated part of Derbyshire. 🥰

[@chrischapman7514]

A great video Paul didnt know there was a line there will look out for the next one.

[@WobblyRunner]

Cheers Chris.

[@andrewmarriott4033]

It’s a great area I’m sure I was told there used to be day trips for the workers in clay cross down to mill town and ashover great video 👍

[@WobblyRunner]

Thanks Andrew. That's right, Clay Cross Company has excursions out to the country for workers

[@1946apps]

Thanks for an interesting video, if it's of interest to anyone, Ashover Coach (ALR4) will be operating Golden Valley Light Railway this weekend, with O & K 7529 steam, in conjunction Victorian weekend, Midland Railway-Butterley.

[@WobblyRunner]

Oooh intetesting. I was planning on popping down at some stage. I think I'll head over on Saturday as I've got a free morning.

[@Lotald]

Towards the entrance to Butts quarry there's a set of points still in situ, but I'm not sure if there is still public access to that area.

[@WobblyRunner]

Great stuff. Would love to find that.

[@maestromanification]

Excellent video Paul, the line I thought was this went off to the east of the Midland line I had no idea this went to the west and over clay Cross tunnel I believe the line I thought it was was a colliery branch, not sure if there was a tunnel on it

[@WobblyRunner]

Ahhhh. There is a line off to the east not far away though to a few collieries. It could be that you're thinking of?

[@maestromanification]

@@WobblyRunner I think that's the one paul

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

Hi Paul, another interesting video. I've got 009 guage models of the Ashover locos, coaches, and wagons. I'm going to build a 009 layout for them to run on. Now it's not going to be a model of the Ashover Light Railway, but it will have a Derbyshire feel to it. My grandson will have his 009 layout built first, so I might get to run them on there, so they'll probably appear on one of his videos. Speaking of which, did you catch the Dukes of Hazzard stop-motion animation video he did on his layout. It took him around ten hours to create. We're looking forward to the next instalment... Cheers James 🙂👍

[@WobblyRunner]

Great stuff. I look forward to seeing that. That dukes of hazards one was brilliant. That animation must have taken ages

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

@@WobblyRunner pleased you enjoyed it, it certainly was very time-consuming. I'm surprised my grandson had the patience to keep going with it, especially after doing several retakes 🙂👍

[@pauladams723]

Hi Paul I dont know whether you take ideas but like you Im Derbyshire bred. Have you considered the Barlow Nesting ld branch iut of Sheepbridge, Not well known and will provide good walks plus interest.

[@WobblyRunner]

Hi Paul. Great recommendation. Yep. That ones on the radar..... Hopefully do it....at some stage 😄