Railways in the Peak District: A History

by Christopher Nicholson and Peter Barnes

The Peak District has always been a formidable barrier to transport links across it, particularly railways. The first crude horse-drawn tramways fed canals on its eastern and western flanks, but in 1830 - only five years after the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened - a standard gauge line climbed over the top of the Peak District and down the other side on fearsome inclines to connect canals at Cromford and Whaley Bridge. Sheffield and Manchester...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445693844
• ISBN13: 9781445693842
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"