| Ambergate North Junction |
E01 |
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3 |
W (Dn) side of line immediately N of N point of triangle (S of A610 underpass) |
138m 28c |
3523 5176 |
3 |
Crich Junction 533yd - Ambergate Station Junction 463yd - Ambergate West Junction 464yd - Ambergate South Junction 1020yd |
Swift vol 8. Hinson LM64/17 x2 both undated |
3. MR Type 3b |
MR Type 3b three 15' flakes, 12'10" wide. Wooden steps (13) toward traffic. Two stove chinmeys at rear. Locking room windows on ends at front with locking room door on steps end at rear. Wooden nameboard centrally on front flush with bottom of windows. Walkway with rail round front and ends. Laterly, nameboard (BR enamel?) moved to ends over windows flush with front and operating floor door replaced with non-standard (ex-type 2?) door. |
2. 32 lever MR tumbler - Newman. 3. Front, 46 lever MR tappet - Swift. No spares on Hinson1 and 5 spare on Hinson2. JAN1915 44 levers all in use - MT6 |
12MAY1968 - Swift |
1. by 1876 2. c.DEC1876 3. 05JUN1904 |
Open Continuously (1877, 1913, 1942, 1945, 1959) |
3. (Pl7 Mid ML). RJBuckley 1935 14MAY1951 partially in distance. Per MAKing undated/uncredited - but one is certainly BR official and is earlier than the other |
Dn sdgs closed 08APR64 (- Swift) Pair of hand worked point levers at base of steps. G.f. N of box on Dn side. |
Double manned in 1965. When Crich Jn & Wingfield Switched out worked to Stretton. |
05JAN1969 - Ambergate North Junction crossover new work. 19JAN1969 - Truncated remains of Swanwick Branch to General Refractories siding accessed via hand worked trailing connection at Ambergate North Junction. |
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RC Reeve ("ex relief 33/-"), W Staff, JE Lake - NUR1930. C.L.Edees, R.Todd, A.Mellors, P.Ford, H.Adams, P.Delaney. W.Jessop (July) - Apr 1965 per TRB RPYMR/1992/28/7 |
Heavilly overgrown with brambles. Stump of signal post close by. |
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| Crich Junction |
E02 |
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2 |
N (Dn) side of line 2c S of jnc 23c N of North Jnc. |
138m 53c |
3560 5201 |
4 (Recl fm 3 02AUG1926). |
Bull Bridge 550yd / Wingfield 3m 80yd - Ambergate North Junction 533yd - Buckland Hollow 1mi 31yd |
Swift vol 8. Hinson LM64/18 (not numbered, undated). NHA. |
2. MR Type 3b. |
MR Type 3b (Design B windows) two 15' x 12'10" flakes. Quite high - 15 horizontal boards. Locking room windows on ends of box flush with front and with rear at non-steps end. Locking room door on end under steps flush with rear. Steel steps (20) facing traffic. BR enamel nameboard over ends flush with roof (i.e. extends past upright of box!). Non-standard (Type 2) door. |
Front. 30 levers (A1, A-D, 1-25) . MR Tumbler 6in centres - Swift. 24 levers all in use 1910 - MT6 |
12JUL1969 |
1. by 16AUG1877 2. 24APR1904 |
Open Continuously (1877, 1913, 1942, 1945). 0600 Mo - 0550 Su - HOO Nov1959. |
MAKing 22MAR1969 & 06JUN1969. MRT no date 1948/5. (Wyvern Summer 1998 from DFTee collection distance - shows Up home gantry with Butterley branch signals offset at an angle.) Nick NHA collection undated taken from sb looking north at junction. |
Dn Lie by (MR1913). Dn lie-by for 60 wagons - SA1937. General Refractories g.f. trailing on Up Branch (former Ambergate Colliery?). G.f. trailing on Dn Mn (ex-Bull Bridge?) |
Accident 0009hrs 17JUN31 (Trains in Trouble vol6). |
.22DEC1968 - Swanwick line oou. 05JAN1969 - Down Branch, Crich Jn Down sidings oou. 19JAN1969 - Up Main plain lined, access to Up Sidings and truncated remains of Up Branch to General Refractories siding via hand worked trailing connection at Ambergate North Junction. 26JAN1969 - Down Main plain lined. |
Located about 5m S of under-bridge. |
Relief signalman JPTaylor on duty at 0815 01JAN1969 when Up tanker train caught fire in Wingfield Tunnel (MoT). GTaylor, WStone, WAFJ Heel - NUR1930. Wilf Boden c. 1940? |
Site recently cleared of undergrowth but no trace of sb. |
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| Bull Bridge |
E03 |
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2 |
S (Up) side of line, 110yd N of canal bridge |
138m 28c |
3606 5228 |
4 |
Crich Junc 550yd - Wingfield 2mi 1290yd |
Hinson LM62/21 (no nos. / undated) |
MR |
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Front - Hinson |
17JUL1932 - Gough |
1. c. 1874 2. 18NOV1894 |
0600 Mo - 1200 Su (1913) |
Ripley p49 04SEP31 partial. |
Controlled jnc to Bull Bridge Lime Wks which was trailing connection on Dn side at 138m 36c |
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W Reid, GH Workman, GF Essex, WJ Bennett - NUR1930 |
P - Overgrown with rough grass - no trace of sb. |
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| Wingfield |
E04 |
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3 |
W (Dn) side of line, immediately S of road bridge |
141m 57c |
3845 5563 |
4 |
Shirland Sidings 1674yd - Bull Bridge 2mi 1290yd / Crich Junction 3mi 80yd |
Swift vol 8 |
3. MR Type 3a. |
Type 3a two 10’ flakes and 12’ wide. Wooden steps (13) facing traffic, steel steps (12) in 1955. Locking room windows (four panes) on ends at extremities. Locking room door on steps end at back. Wooden nameboard with square corners at front above walkway in 1955. Enamelled sign on steps end above windows fixed right at front later. |
Front 24 lever - Swift. Reframed 08MAY1892 - Gough |
12JUL1969 |
1. 1858 2. ? 3. 05JUL1903 |
0450 Mo - 1200 Su (1913), Open Continuously (1942, 1945). 0600 Mo - 0350 Su - HOO Nov1959. |
Douglas Thompson distance end on. MRT 16MAY1964 from HBPriestly collection. SRS CB 207/1 partially demolished. MAKing 22MAR1969 and 03JUN1969. (P73/13 & P73/15 dated 1955 DBYIM). |
Dn lie by (1913). Dn Lie-by for 45 wagons - SA1937. Wingfield Colliery sidings recovered 27FEB1965. Up & Dn sdgs and connections oou 01OCT1967. Yard and Colliery branch on Up side. |
Signalman G.Waller on duty on morning of 01JAN69 when Up tanker train caught fire in Wingfield tunnel (MoT). |
22SEP1968 - Crossover recovered and up and down mains plain lined (up sidings already oou). Replaced by g.f. operating emergency crossover until 01FEB1987. G.f. still in situ but out of use - 1998. |
Buts right up to road bridge and front is flush wth parapet. |
EG Pidcock, GT Wildman, EJ Whittell - NUR1930 |
P. Overgrown. |
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