Railways
The Story of Lord Howard’s Railway
This article was written by Mrs. K. Danby of Fitzalan Street, Glossop in the early 1990s. The original printed text was displayed on boards in
23rd September 2020
The Railways in Glossop – An overview of the railways in Glossop
The Story of Lord Howard’s Railway – A history of the Glossop branch line
The Railway That Never Was – Plans for a railway line between Glossop and Stalybridge in 1866
The Waterside Branch Railway – A history of the Waterside branch line
This article was written by Mrs. K. Danby of Fitzalan Street, Glossop in the early 1990s. The original printed text was displayed on boards in
The first use of electric traction on railways in the UK was as long ago as 1883, with the opening of Volk’s pleasure line in
In 1866 Thomas Bouch, who would later design and build the first Tay Railway Bridge (and was subsequently blamed for its collapse), published plans for
The Waterside Branch opened in 1879 to serve the Hadfield mills and Dinting Printworks. These aerial views provide an idea of the layout of the
The building of a railway between Manchester and Sheffield had its roots in the early days of rail travel, the first Act of Parliament for