Train buffs on track with new line

Volunteers at Steeple Grange Light Railway, near Wirksworth, have begun the final push to extend the line to Middleton. The track is now within 200 metres of a terminus close to the National Stone Centre.

The railway, built on the trackbed of a branch of the old Cromford and High Peak Railway, began construction of the narrow gauge line in 1986.

Martin Smith, of Steeple Grange, said: “The final push will see the construction of a new embankment to give us an easier gradient to a new station close to Middleton Main Street. We are operating trains up to this new piece of track every Saturday and Sunday until the end of September.”