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Chasewater Railway Museum – Cuttings wanted!

Posted on September 15, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Still in need of newspaper cuttings – please.

This 1999 cutting is one of our last.

Anything you have to do with the Railway or Chasewater district would be much appreciated.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Another Nameplate

Posted on September 14, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Another Nameplate

Carol Ann No.1

or, as she started out in life,

Carol Ann No.5

0-6-0ST Hunslet 1821/1936. Bought new. Still at Holly Bank 1957 – since scrapped.
Robert Nelson No.4 and Carol Ann No.5 (Hunslet 0-6-0ST 1800 and 1821 respectively, built 1936) were named after the Colliery Manager’s two children.
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On transfer to Littleton Colliery in NCB days – November 1959 – Carol Ann was renumbered ‘1’ by grinding the ‘5’ off the nameplate and screwing in a ‘1’. This was because Littleton already had a loco ‘Littleton No.5’

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Chasewater Railway Museum – newspaper cuttings wanted

Posted on September 10, 2015 by John D | 1 comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Newspaper cuttings wanted

Joan Lent has been beavering away in the Museum recently getting our collection of Chasewater Railway related newspaper cuttings in some sort of order.

Should anyone have any pieces relevant to Chasewater or its environs please bring them along to the Museum – they may fill a gap in our collection.

Thank you.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – a small addition

Posted on September 9, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

A small addition

A small addition to the Chasewater Railway Museum collection is a nickel button of slightly unusual origin being of both military and railway interest.

The 2nd Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway) Volunteer Corps was formed in 1887 of employeesof the locomotive department of the London and North Western Railway and who became involved in active service during the Boer War up until 1901. The Corps was disbanded in 1912.

The button bears the script initials VR with Volunteer Engineers in a garter surround with a crown above.

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3 Photos – New to us

Posted on September 7, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

3 Photos – New to us

3 photographs came into the museum over the weekend, I think from the bric-a-brac on Brownhills West Station.

The first one is the Peckett loco ‘Hanbury’ of the West Cannock No. 5 Colliery, No.587 of 1894, looking cool!

Next is the Hunslet, ‘Wimblebury’ pictured on the Rawnsley Road on the way to Cannock Wood. No.3839 of 1956. Note the ‘frog-eye’ Austin Healey Sprite coming through on the inside!

Finally, another study of ‘Wimblebury’ – hope nobody’s got their washing out!

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Cannock Wood Paddy Train Starting Board

Posted on September 4, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum –

Cannock Wood Paddy Train Starting Board

It’s a bit faded but well worth keeping – another item in the Chasewater Railway Museum. From the platform at Cannock Wood.

It says ‘The Paddy Leaves This Station at 4.30’

The platform it departed from.

The original 3-coach Paddy – later it changed to 1 large coach.

Getting off at the corner of Rugeley Road and Rawnsley Road, Bates’ Bridge is to the left of the photo.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Cannock Wood Nameplate

Posted on September 3, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Cannock Wood Nameplate

One of the early, local, nameplates in the collection. Part of the history of the loco follows.

No.9 Cannock Wood (The third and best-known ‘Cannock Wood’) 0-6-0T Built by the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway at Brighton in 1877 (LBSCR 110). Bought from the Southern Railway (SR 110) in 1927. Still working at Rawnsley in 1957, continued to work for the NCB into the mid 1960s then preserved by the Railway Preservation Society, originally at Hednesford and later at Chasewater. Subsequently sold to members of the East Somerset Railway at Cranmore. Was steamed there, but is now homed on the Isle of Wight for further renovation work.

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This was new to the Museum – in 2012

Posted on September 2, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

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This was new to the Museum – in 2012

A locomotive worksplate, Neilson, 2937, 1882, from a 0-4-0ST O/C new to William Baird & Co (Ltd from 1893) at Bedlay Colliery near Glenboig, their No 11, becoming part of the Scottish Iron & Steel Co Ltd in January 1939, Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd six months later and the National Coal Board in January 1947. It returned to Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd at Gartsherrie Ironworks, Coatbridge, in about 1950 and following withdrawal, was acquired in June 1968 by Railway Preservation Society, Hednesford, Staffordshire and later went to the Chasewater Light Railway. Cast brass 10″x 6¼”, the front of the plate has been repainted.

The Neilson loco pre-Chasewater days.