Cressbrook Dale
The line moves further north, passing through Cressbrook tunnel, 470 yards, and Litton tunnel, 510 yards, and some spectacular views down into the gorge of the river Wye.
Millers Dale
The last station before the junction between the branch to Buxton, or the main line to Manchester. Twin iron viaducts before the station tower above the River Wye. The first of these built with the opening of the line, the second from the turn of the century when the station was enlarged to cater for increased traffic.
Millers Dale station was an interchange, and had two up and two down platforms for mainline trains going through to Manchester, or south to Derby, and a platform for branch line trains from here to Buxton. In later years these were operated by a push pull service, to save running round.
After Millers Dale, the line passes through Chee Dale, and the 400 yard Chee Tor No1 and 100 yard Chee Tor No2 tunnels, separated by a short bridge over the river again. This offered a very quick glimpse of Chee Dale. After the Rusher cutting 120 yard tunnel the line finally reaches Miller's Dale Junction, where the trains for Manchester leave the line.
Blackwell Mill
Site of the junction, and also the smallest station in the UK, with platforms 12' long, built to serve a number of local railwaymen's cottages. In 1927 two trains called weekly, the 9am Millers Dale to Buxton, and the 11.40am return, on Fridays only. The Missus would have to be sharp with her shopping! After Blackwell Mill, the junction at the other side of the triangle, the trains were now into Ashwood Dale, for the final stretches of the line to Buxton. Here a freight - hauled by a 3F? comes off Blackwell Mills Curve from Manchester and Peak Forest heading for Buxton Junction.