Chesterfield Roundabout Railway Walk - 31st October 2018

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1960 map. The LD&EC runs from Chesterfield Market Place terminal station (shown as closed to passengers - uncolored circle) middle left of centre across eastwards above the other railways. Chesterfield Central and the GCR loop - the 'lowest' railway - is the 'circle' upper middle and the rectangular 'principal' station is Chesterfield Midland - the present station. The Brampton branch is shown as a 'mineral line/siding' branching off to the southwest of the station ending centre left. The 10¼" gauge Queen's Park Miniature Railway runs round the lake southwest of Market Place station.	Where Dixon's Rd meets Hollis Lane looking north. Middle left through the railings is the south portal of the 445yd Great Central Railway tunnel (between the two left most participants). It runs beneath the town, at the north end was Chesterfield Central station. The railings are actually a pair of (locked) gates to a slope that leads down to the tunnel entrance which is open.<br>[&copy; Neil Lewis 2018]	The wide bridge (see OS map above) that carried the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway over Holme Brook. Chesterfield Market Place terminus was off the just off to the left and the line to Shirebrook and Lincoln was to the right. The corner of Debenhams is just visible top left.<br>[&copy; Neil Lewis 2018]	The things we get 'up' to as BLS Members! View northwest from the top of the Church Tower, a tiny part of the crooked spire is right, it is covered in lead and the spire not fixed in any way to the tower, being held by gravity essentially. [The combination of tower and spire is a steeple.]<br>[&copy; Neil Lewis 2018]	The Bells ... The Bells...<br>[&copy; Neil Lewis 2018]