Bradford Bristol serving the south west

Up express approaching Chesterfield (Midland) Station

View northward, towards Sheffield, Leeds etc., from just north of Chesterfield Midland Station, with LMS 'Jubilee' 6P 4-6-0 No. 45651 'Shovell' on the 16.45 Bradford (

Forster Square

) to Bristol express. This four-track section of the Midland Main Line between Tapton Junction and Clay Cross was immensely busy, as all north-south main line passenger and freight traffic was funnelled through. Goods and mineral trains ran under Permissive Block on the two tracks behind the station: here can be seen a Down iron-ore train, following a light engine following another Down freight.