Looking eastwards down Hopton incline. This incline was eased from about 1 in 8 to 1 in 14 in around 1877, which enabled locomotives to take over from the previous winding engine. This was reportedly the steepest stretch of conventional, adhesion-worked standard gauge railway running line in the UK.
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- Saturday, September 5, 2020
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- Monday, September 14, 2020
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- 1435 mm Gauge, Cromford & High Peak Railway, Disused Railway, England, Greenway/Rail Trail, Inclined Plane, United Kingdom
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