High Peak Junction

We saved up the Cromford Canal for the last day of our little holiday. To get there we parked to the south of the town, walked to the line of the Cromford and High Peak Railway, and then along and down Sheep Pasture incline (1 in 8) to High Peak Junction. (I'll post about the C&HPR later.) Here the railway met the canal.


The above photo shows a bit of the canal, with the railway workshops behind, and two brown brake vans at the foot of the incline.


A few yards downstream stands a warehouse with covered loading bay. The warehouse is used today by a community group - that's presumably their narrowboat tied up outside.


The white post would have supported a crane. One railway track led right inside the warehouse: the sign above the door reads "ENGINE MUST NOT ENTER THIS WAREHOUSE" (I assume an "S" has fallen off), so wagons would have been shunted under cover for loading/unloading.