After a gap of two and a half years, we were finally back together again for a lads’ train day. We met up at Wirksworth on the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway for a return trip to Duffield. Motive power was provided by the Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust’s BR Standard 2-6-4 tank No. 80080, which is on loan from the Midland Railway at Butterley. The Bridge Inn next to the River Derwent outside Duffield provided us with an excellent lunch, taken outside on the terrace, before we strolled back to the station via the footbridge over the Derby to Sheffield main line. We were back on track, at last.
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