Rowsley
Rowsley was formerly a locomotive depot built to provide engines for trains being assembled in the adjacent sidings for the long climb over the hills to Manchester. The first depot was built slightly further north, but was replaced by the LMS due to conjestion in 1926 by a depot just south of the marshalling yard used for preparing trains for the trip up the hill to Manchester, Buxton or wherever. This is the northern base for Peak Rail at present.
Much work has been done by Peak Rail at this site, the former turntable pit has been excavated, and a turntable from Mold Junction has been installed. Ashpits and Inspection pits have been excavated and repaired, and a new shed is now being erected over these inspection pits. A carriage shed has been constructed. Much track has been laid, to recreate some of the original layout, with turntable road, arrival and departure roads, four roads through the shed, and a complex of sidings for carriage storage, carriage repair, and S&T and civil engineering use. A 4 road loco shed nears completion.
The station used to be a mile or so further on, just before the railway crossed the A6 road. Peak Rail's new station is adjacent to the loco depot. There was an older station at Rowsley, this was a terminus until the line was rerouted, and extended further north when the line was built. This older station still exists, and is a restaurant in the 'Peak Village' development.