What Remains of the Ashover Light Railway? Part 1

We're in Derbyshire to visit a former narrow gauge railway - the Ashover Light Railway. We'll see what remains of the lost railway line.
Starting at the western end at the site of the former Ashover Butts station and quarry. Little remains of actual railway relics, but we can trace evidence of the trackbed and several remains of the bridges as it crossed the River Amber numerous times. In this video we will pass through Salters Lane halt and end at Fallgate. But not before seeing evidence of the quarrying in the area.
The line was built by George Stephensons Clay Cross Company in the 1920s to access it's quarries in the Amber Valley at Ashover, Milltown and Fallgate.
It carried passengers between 1925 and 1936 to it's idylic terminus deep in the tranquil Amber Valley at Ashover Butts.There were several "halts" along the line that served the various settlements.
The railway was relatively short lived and closed in 1950.
It was built in 1ft 11 1/2 inch gauge as opposed to standard railway gauge due to the availability of surpless World War I infrastructure and trains.
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