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Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in the News

In this section, browse a selection of articles from local and national publications concerning our enterprise. We hope to add more articles in the near future.

Title: Triumphant Return to Idridgehay
Description: A smashing two-page article from Heritage Rail Magazine describing our opening to Idridgehay.
Date: April 2008 Link: Click here
Format: Adobe PDF Size: 2.05 MB

Title: All aboard for Idridgehay
Description:  A pleasant surprise of an article just before the Idridgehay opening in March 2008.
Date: March 2008 Link: Click here
Format: Adobe PDF Size: 4.8 MB

Title: Idridgehay's the end of the line, but Paris is the dream
Description:  Excellent local coverage of the Idridgehay opening.
Date: March 2008 Link: Click here
Format: Adobe PDF Size: 1.11 MB

Title: Something to be steamed up about
Description:  High praise indeed!
Date: October 2007 Link: Click here
Format: Adobe PDF Size: 50 KB

Title: The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Description: A lovely article from 2003 which exposed us to a more general population in Derbyshire.
Date: November 2003 Link: Click here
Format: Adobe PDF Size: 1.70 MB

Title: Wirksworth all set for £750k step forward
Description: Our first big-time article. A great introduction to the project by Heritage Railway magazine just before our share launch.
Date: April 2002 Link: Click here
Format: Adobe PDF Size: 1.70 MB

  2-Car DMU arrives at Wirksworth
Back in 1989 just before the line closed   
Title: Derailment
Description: A bit before our time, but an interesting flashback into freight operations during the 1980s. This train got into grief on what is now the Gorsey Bank test line. There used to be a trap point at this location and it is possible that the train failed to stop before they were set.
Date: August 1981 Link: Click here
Format: Adobe PDF Size: 1.70 MB

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