19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols
0-4-0DE (RH 461959/1961) at Dowlow Lime Works, Sterndale Moor. Derbyshire. 03/05/1993.
Showing all the signs of a hard life in industrial service is Ruston & Hornsby type 200DE 0-4-0DE no.QMP154 named 'Heathcote' (wks no. RH 461959/1961). It is seen standing out of use by this date at Dowlow Lime Works. Steetley Minerals Ltd employed two shunters at the works high above Buxton in the Peak District but rail traffic ceased with the closure by BR of the Speedlink wagonload network in 1991. The works main rail business was wagon load traffic to various glass works but all was not lost as the advent of Transrail in 1994-95 in the run up to privatisation saw the traffic resume and the works started dispatching granular lime to Mossend for a glass works in Scotland. The quarry and works has enjoyed a healthy railfreight business ever since the mid 90's revival with aggregate and lime flows to various destinations but no longer employs any industrial locomotives.,
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