Above: The panoramic view from Monsal Head with the Monsal Trail running along Headstone Viaduct at bottom left. Above: This painting is from Buxton Museum’s collection (click to enlarge). The glorious view from Monsal Head looking down to Headstone Viaduct...
Above: The line boasted some marvels of Victorian engineering, including the impressive Headstone Viaduct across Monsal Dale which prompted Victorian artist and critic John Ruskin to complain… The valley is gone, and the Gods with it; and now, every fool in...
Above: A train steams through Monsal Dale Station on its journey to Buxton and Manchester on this postcard view dated around 1910. The platform on the left was wooden and had to be supported by timber stilts as the ground fell away steeply on this side of the track....
