The Ashover Light Railway

[rogerfarnworth]

This is a thread prompted by reading old copies of "The Railway Magazine" from 1950. The September 1950 magazine carried a short article about the Ashover Light Railway which had finally closed over the majority of its length to freight traffic in March 1950.

The post below is the first of three.

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/15/th ... way-part-1

I hope you enjoy it. Much of the information comes from three sources ... The Railway Magazine, Wikipedia, and the website of the Ashover Light Railway Society. The Society's website is well worth a visit.

http://www.alrs.org.uk

[rogerfarnworth]

This is the second post in a short series about the Ashover Light Railway. It covers the length of the line from the Clay Cross Works to Stretton Halt. ...

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/19/th ... way-part-2

[rogerfarnworth]

This is the third of three posts about the Ashover Light Railway. I hope you enjoy the final installment. ....

http://rogerfarnworth.com/2019/01/19/th ... way-part-3.

[Chops]

Amazing such small entrepreneurships existed. Utterly charming. Then everyone wanted a car.

You are the main line of bringing these forgotten gems out of the dust bin of history. Thank you so very much. It is bittersweet to reflect on these marvelous railways.