The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

  1. Home
  5. Trains and railways: general interest
  1. Home
  3. Genres
  7. Trains and railways: general interest
The Cromford & High Peak Railway in Colour

Paperback • 2017 • 1. edition

The Cromford & High Peak Railway in Colour

By John Evans

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

Many audacious and improbable schemes for new railways were dreamed up in the nineteenth century, but surely none matched the plan to link the Cromford Canal with the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire using a series of rope-worked inclines. This railway oddity opened in 1831 and somehow survived almost unnoticed until 1967, when there was a flurry of publicity when it closed. The line weaved its way through some of the finest scenery in England and was dotted with crazy gradients ...Show more

Trains and railways: general interest

Book details

ISBN

9781445664088

Publisher

Amberley Publishing

Published year

2017

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Cromford & High Peak Railway in Colour

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

A Christmas Railway Mystery

A Christmas Railway Mystery

Edward Marston

Slow Train to Switzerland

Slow Train to Switzerland

Diccon Bewes

The Old Straight Track

The Old Straight Track

Alfred Watkins

Mini Retro London - The Way We Were

Mini Retro London - The Way We Were

Lucinda Gosling

Togboka

Togboka

Sam Atkinson

The Journey

The Journey

The Burton Agnes Disaster

The Burton Agnes Disaster

Richard M Jones

A Northern Line Minute

A Northern Line Minute

William Leith

Britain from the Rails A Window Gazer's Guide

Britain from the Rails A Window Gazer's Guide

Benedict Le Vay

The Riches Beneath our Feet

The Riches Beneath our Feet

Geoff Coyle

The Way to the Stars The Story of the Snowdon Mountain Railway

The Way to the Stars The Story of the Snowdon Mountain Railway

Keith Turner

Railway Modelling The complete guide

Railway Modelling The complete guide

Iain Rice

Branch Line Britain

Branch Line Britain

Paul Atterbury

England The Mini Book of Aerial Views

England The Mini Book of Aerial Views

Adrian Warren

100 trains, 100 years

100 trains, 100 years

Richard E. Manchini

The Middle-aged Mountaineer Cycling and Climbing the Length of Britain

The Middle-aged Mountaineer Cycling and Climbing the Length of Britain

Jim Curran

Seven Wonders of the industrial world

Seven Wonders of the industrial world

Deborah Cadbury

London's Disused Underground Stations

London's Disused Underground Stations

J. E. Connor

How Steam Locomotives Really Work

How Steam Locomotives Really Work

Semmens, P. W. B.

History of the Countryside

History of the Countryside

Oliver Rackham

The Golden Age of Steam

The Golden Age of Steam

Dean Server

National Railway Museum, York

National Railway Museum, York

The Trustees of the Science Museum

Guided by a Stonemason

Guided by a Stonemason

Maude, Thomas

Modern Locomotives

Modern Locomotives

Derek Avery

Modern Military Land Rovers In Colour, 1971-1994

Modern Military Land Rovers In Colour, 1971-1994

James Taylor

Train Journeys of the World

Train Journeys of the World

Susan Gordon

Steam Trains; A wordsworth colour guide

Steam Trains; A wordsworth colour guide

Wordsworth Edition Ltd

Railways and Trains

Railways and Trains

Caroline Young

Exploring the Kennet and Avon Canal

Exploring the Kennet and Avon Canal

Nigel Vile

The British isles : in colour

The British isles : in colour

Gordon Turner

Railways The Pioneer Years

Railways The Pioneer Years

Malcolm Fletcher

Through Britain on Country Roads

Through Britain on Country Roads

Peter Breteton

The Old Straight Track Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones

The Old Straight Track Its Mounds, Beacons, Moats, Sites and Mark Stones

Alfred Watkins

Evocative Steam The Majesty of the Steam Train in Colour

Evocative Steam The Majesty of the Steam Train in Colour

Paul Richardson

Supertrains

Supertrains

Aaron E. Klein

Toy Trains

Toy Trains

Ron McCrindell

Railways, Past, Present & Future

Railways, Past, Present & Future

Geoffrey Freeman Allen

Steam Trains

Steam Trains

Bernard Fitzsimons

The Complete Railway Modelling

The Complete Railway Modelling

Ezra Bowen

London in Colour

London in Colour

James Riddell