Limestone warrior
On the surviving stub of the Buxton to Ashbourne line, 60045 'The Permanent Way Institution' is a couple of miles into it’s short journey from Hindlow after taking a train of limestone from Buxton Lime Industries’ Tunstead Quarry to the kilns at Hindlow works.
Use of rail for what would be a 12 mile road journey is mandated to reduce lorry usage in the town of Buxton. Hindlow ceased quarrying in 1987 and since has been the site of two gas-powered kilns which are fed with limestone from nearby Tunstead.
A liberal scattering of limestone covers the front and top of the locomotive: the apparent exhaust fumes are actually a swirl of limestone dust.
Limestone warrior
On the surviving stub of the Buxton to Ashbourne line, 60045 'The Permanent Way Institution' is a couple of miles into it’s short journey from Hindlow after taking a train of limestone from Buxton Lime Industries’ Tunstead Quarry to the kilns at Hindlow works.
Use of rail for what would be a 12 mile road journey is mandated to reduce lorry usage in the town of Buxton. Hindlow ceased quarrying in 1987 and since has been the site of two gas-powered kilns which are fed with limestone from nearby Tunstead.
A liberal scattering of limestone covers the front and top of the locomotive: the apparent exhaust fumes are actually a swirl of limestone dust.