Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 2017 Plans

[Tim Oaks]

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is planning for a much busier year. The first major project completed is the removal of the "Dust Dock", built 50 years ago to take deliveries of limestone dust produced by quarries along the Cromford & High Peak Rly and enable closure of that line. The massive retaining wall snapped off cleanly about 2 feet above rail level, a neat start for the proposed platform extension.

Construction of the Down Platform at Shottle is well advanced and the steelwork for the maintenance facility is being erected.

LMS 3F No. 47406 is booked to visit over the summer between May and August.

There will be an Open Day for prospective volunteers on Saturday 18th February, with guided tours and half price travel (£5) for anyone buying membership of the Supporters Association on the day.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Sounds good Is the Jinty running everyday?

 

[RichmondCommu]

The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is planning for a much busier year. The first major project completed is the removal of the "Dust Dock", built 50 years ago to take deliveries of limestone dust produced by quarries along the Cromford & High Peak Rly and enable closure of that line. The massive retaining wall snapped off cleanly about 2 feet above rail level, a neat start for the proposed platform extension.

Construction of the Down Platform at Shottle is well advanced and the steelwork for the maintenance facility is being erected.

LMS 3F No. 47406 is booked to visit over the summer between May and August.

There will be an Open Day for prospective volunteers on Saturday 18th February, with guided tours and half price travel (£5) for anyone buying membership of the Supporters Association on the day.

Sounds good Is the Jinty running everyday between May and August?

 

[Tim Oaks]

Not every day; the locomotive is booked to work around 30 days at present - the detailed timetable is on the EVR website.

 

[STEVIEBOY1]

Exciting plans indeed, I went on that line a few years ago and enjoyed it very much. The staff were great, very welcoming. It's nice it links up with the MML too.

 

[xc170]

I did this line in May last year, nice little route but was disappointed with the lack of photo opportunities at Wirksworth, mainly down to clutter everywhere... I'll certainly re-visit though.

 

[trash80]

One man's clutter is another man's photo opportunities

 

[BrunswickGreen]

One man's clutter is another man's photo opportunities

Too true, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[nferguso]

I did this line in May last year, nice little route but was disappointed with the lack of photo opportunities at Wirksworth, mainly down to clutter everywhere... I'll certainly re-visit though.

If you consider what we had to deal-with when we started, I hope you will understand why we have had to contend with a fair deal of clutter:

In just the past month we have removed this monstrosity and this both opens-up the site and presents the opportunity for us to develop the station.

This work alone cost us over £20k, so a modest donation to our funds would help us remove this clutter faster.

Regards,

Neil

 

[Tim Oaks]

Despite Storm Doris, class 31 No 31206 arrived 23 Feb.

 

[xc170]

Had a rare day to my self yesterday so decided to visit the EVR, I have to say, on a sunny, quiet afternoon, the railway certainly has a nice atmosphere, got some lovely photos at Wirksworth too this time.

Credit to the volunteer on the 14:10 train from Duffield giving us a running commentry for the majority of the line, nice touch!

Ecclesbourne Valley 101/108

Ecclesbourne Valley 101/108

 

[nferguso]

Had a rare day to my self yesterday so decided to visit the EVR, I have to say, on a sunny, quiet afternoon, the railway certainly has a nice atmosphere, got some lovely photos at Wirksworth too this time.

Credit to the volunteer on the 14:10 train from Duffield giving us a running commentry for the majority of the line, nice touch!

Hi xc170,

Delighted you came to Wirksworth on Saturday and that you had such a good time too. Those pictures are smashing too - may I nick them please?

As a general remark: if anybody from the Forum is coming to the EVR, let me know and if I'm around I shall try and come and say hello.

Kind regards,

Neil

 

[xc170]

Hi xc170,

Delighted you came to Wirksworth on Saturday and that you had such a good time too. Those pictures are smashing too - may I nick them please?

As a general remark: if anybody from the Forum is coming to the EVR, let me know and if I'm around I shall try and come and say hello.

Kind regards,

Neil

Yeah, feel free to use them. (PM me an email adress if you want full size originals, they've been resized and compressed for Flickr, originals are 100mb TIFF images)

When and where does Iris usually make an apperance? Wouldn't mind a ride on a Derby Lightweight, thanks.

 

[MrCub]

I love the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway. Shall be visiting next weekend for diesel fun.

 

[Tim Oaks]

It is the diesel gala next weekend and the roster details are set out on the main EVR website. The website for the Ecclebourne150 event is now up and running. It has some interesting vintage photos. The concreting of the new shed floor is due to begin this week and two huge yellow machines have arrived for yet another testing contract; I'm not sure if they will still be there next weekend.
The Ecclesbourne150 website is : https://ecclesbourne150.org

 

[Tim Oaks]

BREAKING NEWS: Say Hi to Eric! One weekend only this weekend - www.e-v-r.com/dieselweekend : the class 14 arrives.

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[xc170]

Came to the diesel gala on Saturday, good day all round, despite the weather!

Did the 31 in both directions and the 101 on the incline, 20 minutes at Ravensor in the rain was not one of my better ideas so I found a nice cosy pub in Wirksworth to warm up and dry off in.

31206

 

[Cowley]

The old 31 surrounded by all that new brick looks rather good for some reason.

 

[xc170]

The old 31 surrounded by all that new brick looks rather good for some reason.

I'm quite pleased with how this one came out, it was raining heavily and the sky was blown out, half an hour in Lightroom has given me a half decent image

Edit - managed to rescue another photo

31206

 

[nferguso]

Hot on the heels of the successful diesel gala, the EVR has just launched its 2017 poster based on a photograph taken by photographer J.C. Flemens at Idridgehay in 1947.

 

[xc170]

Another photo from the diesel gala a couple of weeks ago, Class 101, 51505, first class area.

https://flic.kr/p/SuFqx4

 

[nferguso]

Concrete progress at Wirksworth today: the floor of our DMU restoration building has been laid.

Photograph by long-term volunteer Richard Buckby.

 

[RichmondCommu]

Headed up to Derbyshire last weekend and noticed the signals and signal box at Shottle station. Any ideas as to when the signals will be in use as the signal box is clearly not yet operational.

 

[Tim Oaks]

The signals are already operational from ground frames, which requires three staff at Shottle and there are a number of days in the timetable when there will be two passenger trains running on the branch, which never happened in the past. One example:

East Midlands Trains Second Generation Class 153 to visit Wirksworth for the Multiple Memories Railcar Gala on 13th/14th May. There will be a short naming ceremony on the Saturday morning at Wirksworth Station as the unit is named "Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 150 Years" to commemorate our celebratory year, before it operates services through the weekend alongside our award winning fleet of First Generation units.

The weekend will provide a special opportunity to see East Midlands Trains rolling stock on both sides of the fence at Duffield as well as a chance to compare the Class 153 with the original Class 122 which they replaced. Single car Derby Lightweight 'Iris' will also be in action allowing visitors to ride on three single car DMUs during the weekend!

The weekend will also be the first time a 'Sprinter' class of unit has operated between Duffield and Wirksworth since the Class 150 and 151 units which operated The Wirksworth Phoenix trains in 1985 when they were new.

 

[theblackwatch]

Presumably the 153 is being roaded in rather than the line being reconnected at Duffield?

 

[Tim Oaks]

Things are developing quickly at EVR, but not quite as fast as that! It will be coming in by road.

 

[Kneedown]

East Midlands Trains Second Generation Class 153 to visit Wirksworth for the Multiple Memories Railcar Gala on 13th/14th May.

Yours truly one of the Driver's on the 14th. Feel free to say "Hi".

 

[xc170]

Yours truly one of the Driver's on the 14th. Feel free to say "Hi".

It'll be strange seeing a 153 in the wrong platform at Duffield!

 

[Kneedown]

It'll be strange seeing a 153 in the wrong platform at Duffield!

It'll be strange heading up to Ravenstor on one. Last time I was there it was propelling a train of HTV's towards the quarry with a 47. That'd be 88-89 time.

 

[xc170]

Step back in time...



I should probably create my own thread for these photos instead of hijacking this one!