Peak Rail Thirty Years of Signalling
 
Dominic Beglin.
2013
Blurb.
Hardcover.
58 pages, 7.75 × 9.75 inches, $55.33 (Blurb)

I am a signal engineer on the British mainline network, for my sins I also am a signal engineer on some local heritage railways too. My reasons for doing the book is partly, that with my parents living in Ireland, I get to travel round by train a lot and see the signalling there, and also because as time progresses signalling becomes rarer and rarer with modernization. This is an attempt to capture both the old and the new and try to put into writing and pictures the more interesting or unusual aspects of railway signalling.

Ambergate to Buxton Including Peak Rail
 
Vic Mitchell.
2019
Middleton Press.
Hardcover.
96 pages, 6.89 x 9.49 inches, $23.57 (Amazon)

To say that the photographic coverage is extensive is a bit of an understatement, because it really is phenomenal. Middleton's ever-expanding library of regional railway histories has found its way to the much loved, and much missed, Midland Railway (MR) main line between Ambergate and Buxton. The book features a wide range of Midland, LMS, and BR traction, steam and diesel, with a fascinating mix of passenger and goods traffic that once flowed through the valleys and gorges of the White Peak.
 

 
Peak Rail Mixed Traction Gala Weekend August 2022 - This was the first big event at a much rejuvinated Peak Rail for quite some time. A very well attended gala that went well in the swealtering heat. Running steam in the current climate was a bold move but any fire risk was almost eliminated by them being worked with an absolute minimum of effort. This video focuses on viewpoints along the line and features all services out and back throughout the day's planned schedule. It worked well with all trains meeting and passing at Darley Dale station.