tarboat's photos with the keyword: ipstones

This corrugated iron goods store stands beside the road to Ipstones just a short distance from the site of Ipstones Station on the Leek, Caldon and Waterhouses branch.

This corrugated iron goods store stands beside the road to Ipstones just a short distance from the site of Ipstones Station on the Leek, Caldon and Waterhouses branch.

A much larger locomotive than Ipstones was used to in earlier years, 71000, Duke of Gloucester continues the climb from Leekbrook with the reopening special on the Caldon Low branch. We were able to catch the train here after the first shot at Bradnop because it had to stop for the crossing at Apesford, just giving enough time to get here before it arrived.

After five punishing miles of climbing the Caldon Low branch reaches a summit at Ipstones before commencing a 1 in 61 descent to Winkhill. This summit is at around 1050ft above sea level, which is significantly higher than Shap summit at 914ft. The climb is also much steeper that Shap, being 5 miles at mainly 1 in 45 and 1 in 59 compared with 5 miles at 1 in 75. Here 37 075 has just crossed the summit towards Caldon Low in this view looking through three accommodation bridges up the 1 in 61 from the bridleway crossing west of Blackbrook.