The railway junction at Clay Cross lies six miles South of Chesterfield on what is known as the ‘Midland Main Line’.
At this point the line travelling South diverges with the Erewash Valley line turning East to serve Nottingham and the Amber/Derwent Valley line turning West to serve Derby.
Having left both Nottingham and Derby, the lines re-connect at Trent Junction and continue on Southwards to serve Leicester and on to London.
There was a station at the junction from as early as the 1840’s although any sign of it has long gone.
Many thanks are extended to friend Peter Rose for details of the train workings.
66565 ‘Freightliner’, EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
It is working 1050 Doncaster Up Decoy to Toton North Yard.
The site of the former station buildings lies beyond the locomotive where the railings are today.
Clay Cross Engine Shed
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
The former engine shed still stands at the South of where the station buildings stood.
It is still used for commercial purposes.
At one time it housed a former’ Grimsby and Immingham Light Railway’ tramcar which currently resides at ‘Crich Tramway Village’.
It can be seen by Googling ‘List of tramcars at the National Tramway Museum’.
Then looking on the stock list for ‘Grimsby and Immingham Light Railway No. 14’.
158796 ‘Northern Rail’. BREL Derby built DMU
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured working South to Nottingham as 1Y09 the hourly service from Leeds via Sheffield.
43484 ‘EMR’. Paired with 43467 'Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service’ / ‘British Transport Police Nottingham’. 1C52 1400 Sheffield - St. Pancras. BREL Crewe built HST
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
For those not familiar with the initials ‘EMR’. It stands for ‘East Midlands Railway’.
Pictured working North coming off the Derby line taking empty coaching stock to Sheffield.
It returned later in the day working via Derby to London.
‘EMR’ have started to put the identification numbers low down on the side of the units bodywork.
170419 ‘EMR’. Bombardier Transportation built DMU
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Just North of the junction and pictured working a driver training trip from Eastcroft (‘EMR’s depot in Nottingham) to Chesterfield and pictured here on the return journey as 5Z02.
The livery is the full ‘new EMR’ livery.
66587 ‘Freightliner’ ‘AS ONE, WE CAN’. EMD built Diesel Electric Locomotive
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Working 1218 Leeds FLT to Southampton MCT .
222021 ‘EMR INTERCITY’. Bombardier Transportation built DMU
on Dennis Basford’s railsroadsrunways.blogspot.co.uk’
Pictured in ‘East Midlands Trains' livery earlier livery.
'East Midlands Trains' being the forerunner of 'East Midlands Railway'.
Working 1C42 from Sheffield to London St. Pancras.
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