Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension
The Derbyshire and Staffordshire extension of the Great Northern Railway was an English railway network built by the GNR to get access to coal resources in the area to the north and west of Nottingham. The Midland Railway had obstructed the GNR in its attempts to secure a share of the lucrative business of transporting coal from the area, and in frustration the GNR built the line. The line was forked: it reached Pinxton in 1875 and a junction with the North Staffordshire Railway at Egginton, approaching Burton on Trent in 1878. The line cut through Derby, resulting in considerable demolition of housing there.
Daybrook railway station
The 17.18 Nottingham (Victoria) to Derby (Friargate) service at Basford North in 1963
Bennerley Viaduct, Ilkeston
Egginton Junction station, 1949
North Staffordshire Railway
The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire.
North Staffordshire Railway
Cutting of the first sod at Etruria
Bucknall & Northwood Station in 1962
Dodds 2-4-0 No 39 as originally built