Tunnels and Trains


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    A railway navvy's family, circa 1889; photo possibly by Mr Snaith


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    'Nellie' hauled wagons containing waste; later transfered to Thomas Oliver's contract for the building of the Great Central London Extension


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    Making No. 2 airshaft


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    Probably No. 5 shaft workings; the huts housed the winding gear and was probably used by the navvies to live in.


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    Totley Tunnel navvies, 1893


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    Midland Railway Company directors trip 10 August 1893, (c) National Railway Museum and SSPL


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    Midland Railway Company directors trip 10 August 1893, (c) National Railway Museum and SSPL


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    Midland Railway Company directors trip 10 August 1893, (c) National Railway Museum and SSPL


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    The Padley Wood end circa 1893, (c) National Railway Museum and SSPL


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    Totley Tunnel, 1894


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    Accident at Dore & Totley Station 9 October 1907


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    Accident at Dore & Totley Station 9 October 1907


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    Guarding the tunnel in August 1939


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    Signalman at Dore & Totley, 1938, (c) National Railway Museum and SSPL


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    Approaching Dore & Totley West signal box


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    Totley Tunnel East signal box, 1984


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    Dore and Totley Station 


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    Dore and Totley Station amd Ladies Spring Wood


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    Dore and Totley Station and Twentywell Lane


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    Bradway Bank and West View Cottage


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    Grindleford Station, 1920s (photo lent to THG by Bill Glossop)


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    Grindleford Station and west portal of Totley Tunnel


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    Hathersage Station


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    Bamford Station in 1956


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    Cowburn Tunnel west portal, taken between 1884 and 1886. The steeply inclined railway line rising from the left of the tunnel entrance is a Midland Railway line taking supplies to Cowburn moor where the main shaft was being sunk


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    Bradway Tunnel, northern portal


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    Dore Tunnel, east portal


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    Whitaker's steam navvy, pictured here near Rugby, possibly the same one that was used in the excavation of the cutting between Dore & Totley Station and the Totley Tunnel.


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    Totley Tunnel east portal, Totley Grove


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    No. 1 Airshaft, off Penny Lane, north side still had its pepperpot in November 2013


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    No. 2 Airshaft, corner of Strawberry Lee Lane and Lane Head Road


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    No. 3 Airshaft between Strawberry Lee Lane, south side, and Moss Road, north side


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    No. 4 Airshaft, off Moss Road, south side


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    No. 5 Airshaft, on Totley Moor


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    Totley Tunnel west portal, Padley Wood


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    Letter from Thomas Oliver (junior?) to J.G. Edwards, 5 Nov 1889.


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    Plan of the location of workmen's house, where Ladyspring Drive now stands


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    Plan of the location of the contractors' offices, where Mercia Motors now stands


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    Plan of the location of 5 workmens' cottages, opposite airshaft number 4


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    Mr Milner's signature


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    Views Upon the Dore and Chinley Railway By Edward Bradbury (aka Strephon), The Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, Saturday 2 August 1884.


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    Views Upon the Dore and Chinley Railway By Edward Bradbury (aka Strephon), The Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, Saturday 2 August 1884.


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    Views Upon the Dore and Chinley Railway By Edward Bradbury (aka Strephon), The Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, Saturday 2 August 1884.


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    Views Upon the Dore and Chinley Railway By Edward Bradbury (aka Strephon), The Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, Saturday 2 August 1884.


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    Views Upon the Dore and Chinley Railway By Edward Bradbury (aka Strephon), The Sheffield Weekly Telegraph, Saturday 2 August 1884.


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The Dore and Chinley Railway

 

This collection includes five photographs (c) National Railway Museum and SSPL at http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photos