The Cromford & High Peak Railway was a small independent company built to carry goods and minerals across the Derbyshire Pennines between Nottingham and Manchester by means of several rope-worked inclines. It continued through LNWR and LMS ownership until closure in 1968. It is now open as High Peak Junction for cyclists and walkers and is situated 2 miles south of Matlock on the A6 trunk road. Cromford Wharf represents a 1930s view of the start of the C&HPR at the foot of Sheep Pasture Incline.

Baseboards are build of plywood with track from stripped and re-built Peco Streamline and C&L components for turnouts. Ballast is dyed beach sand at Cromford and limestone chippings being used on the Midland Main Line below. Scenery is from chicken wire and papier mache with surface work and surface treatment materials from our friends at Green Scene. Buildings were measured from site visits and constructed from large sheets of plasticard.

All locomotives and rolling stock are scratch-built, carefully selecting appropriate vehicles for the area - with thanks to Bill Hudson! All research, painting and letters of the vehicles has become Jackie's pet subject as well as all the coaching stock on the main line. The road vehicles are scale models powered by Tomy systems while the canal boats are accurate copies of working boats from the area and are powered by re-chargeable batteries and Mashima motors.