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The first post from another Steam Railway Forum with Chasewater Connections – Spring, Summer 1976

Posted on March 12, 2018 by John D | Leave a comment

The first post from another Steam Railway Forum With Chasewater Connections

Spring, Summer 1976

The signals are set to go on the Chasewater Light Railway in Staffordshire. Members have just launched a big recruiting campaign to get a larger labour force together for working on the picturesque railway around Chasewater Pool, near Brownhills. Throughout the winter, work has taken place in the compound and on the track.

The Society was heartened when their Maryport and Carlisle Railway coach of 1875 was accepted for the S&D Rail 150 Exhibition. It is believed to be the sole surviving stock from that company.

The Society has just re-vamped its own magazine to produce an unusual, yet chatty, style which should go down well with supporters!

Invicta – pic Mike Wood

Chasewater’s Barclay 0-4-0ST No.2220 of 1946, on which members have been working this winter.

Maryport and Carlisle Railway six-wheel third (No.11 of 1875), pride of the Chasewater Collection, before its journey to the S&D Rail 150 exhibition at Shildon. Pic – Mike Wood

Rylands

One of Chasewater Railway’s unusual shunters is this tiny 0-4-0 diesel with spartan conditions for its driver.

A rare LNWR slotted post signal from the National Coal Board’s Cannock Wood Colliery, Rawnsley, now preserved on the Chasewater Light Railway. Pic: Mike Wood

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Tagged Barclay 'Invicta', Brownhills, Burntwood, Chasewater Railway Museum, LNWR slotted signal post, Maryport and Carlisle Coach, Old Railway Lines, Rylands shunter, Steam Trains

Chasewater Railway Museum – Newsletter, February and March 2018

Posted on March 2, 2018 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Newsletter, February and March 2018

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Posted in News 2, Publications

Tagged Chasewater Railway Museum, Coal Mining, Coppice Colliery, Fair Lady, Heath Hayes, Littleton Colliery, Mining Heritage, P186-1899, Peckett

More Photographs from Steve Organ’s Collection.

Posted on January 10, 2018 by John D | Leave a comment

More Photographs from Steve Organ’s Collection.

We have received a number of photographs from Steve’s collection and are sorting out those which will be added to our collection. There are also photos on other subjects which we may well post over time.

Click on a pic for a larger version and use the side arrows to move on.

: Transport Scene, early 1980s

: Sentinel & Asbestos at Silver Birch Crossing

: BHW Station with scaffold

: BHW Platform – no tarmac

: Looking into BHW through scaffold

: Looking out of Buffet window

: Inside BHW Station

: View of incomplete BHW Station

: BHW Platfrom – no tarmac

: 22-5-2001 Sans Pareil BHW Station – A.Hall

: 22-5-2001 BHW Station with Sans Pareil – A.Hall

: 22-5-2001 BHW Station with Sans Pareil, new tarmac – A. Hall

: BHW Engine Shed & Yard

: D.Bathurst in carriage ticket office

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Posted in Old Chasewater Railway Photographs, Photograph Collection

Tagged Brownhills, Burntwood, Chasewater, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, Museum Collection, New Brownhills West Station, Norton Canes, Old Railway Lines

A New Year – New Items in the Museum

Posted on January 8, 2018 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

New Year – New Items

Three very nice items in the museum to start the New Year.

They are the cabside numbers from nos. 1, 5 and 8 from local colliery locos.

Number 1 is from the Cannock & Rugeley loco – ‘Marquis’

The name originates from the first Marquis of Anglesey, a title awarded to the Earl of Uxbridge who fought along side Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo. Carried by the Lilleshall Company built 0-6-0 saddle tank new to the Cannock and Rugeley Collieries as their first loco in 1867, she or is it he lasted until cut up at the NCB Cannock Central Workshops during May 1964.

No.5 is from Cannock & Rugeley loco ‘Beaudesert’

Beaudesert from the little 0-6-0 saddle tank built by Fox Walker, works number 266 of 1875 supplied new to Cannock and Rugeley Collieries as their number 5. Beaudesert was the ancestral home of the Paget family who became Earls of Uxbridge before being given the title and Estate Marquis of Anglesey. Finally cut up in 1964 the other nameplate of the loco survives and is on display in Kidderminster Railway Museum.

No.8 is from Cannock & Rugeley loco ‘Harrison’

No.8 Harrison 0-6-0 T Built by the Yorkshire Engine Company, 186/1872 as a 2-4-0 T, rebuilt to 0-6-0T 1916. Bought from B.P.Blockley of Bloxwich in 1905. It had originally been Potteries, Shrewsbury and North Wales Railway ‘Hope’ and later No.1 on the East and West Junction Railway. Sold to Stanton Ironworks, Stanton, Notts., 1950. Since scrapped.

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Posted in Museum Exhibits

Tagged Cannock & Rugeley Colliery, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Hednesford, Loco Beaudesert, Loco Harrison, Loco Marquis, Locomotive cabside numberplates, Mining Heritage, Museum Collection, Numberplates, Steam Locomotives

Chasewater Railway Museum – January 2018 Newsletter

Posted on January 1, 2018 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

January 2018 Newsletter

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Posted in Chasewater Railway Publications, News, News 2

Tagged Aldridge, Brownhills, Burntwood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Chasewater Railway Museum January Newsletter, Midland Railway Objects, Museum Collection, Steam Locomotives

Photographs from Steve Organ’s Collection.

Posted on December 30, 2017 by John D | Leave a comment

Photographs from Steve Organ’s Collection.

We have received a number of photographs from Steve’s collection and are sorting out those which will be added to our collection. There are also photos on other subjects which we may well post over time.

Click on a pic for a larger version and use the side arrows to move on.

: Invicta and Nigel Canning

: Neilson – Alfred Paget

: Invicta in old BHW station

: Invicta entering old BHW station with Gloucester coach

: Invicta with Glouceser coach

: Sentinel on train.

: Lion with Gloucester coach passing engine shed.

: Aveling Porter Roller at Chasewater

: McClaren Agricultural 1881 ‘Little Wonder’ Chasewater 1982

: Oct 1982 Joint 100th B-day

: Museum Interior LNWR 50 ft Brake

: Ruston Hornsby 0-4-0DE ‘DL7’ & MR 4w passenger brake

: Asbestos – blue, Colin Marklew on footplate

: Aveling Porter roller at Chasewater

: Chasewater Causeway – No Rails

: Asbestos – Blue

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Posted in Old Chasewater Railway Photographs, Photograph Collection, Uncategorized

Tagged Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Chasewater, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, DL7, Museum Collection, Norton Canes, Old Chasewater Railway Photographs, Old Railway Lines, Staffordshire, Steam Locomotives, Steam Trains, Steve Organ's Collection, Traction Engines

Chasewater Railway Museum – Nice New Acquisition

Posted on December 8, 2017 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Nice New Acquisition

This latest acquisition is a very welcome addition to the Museum’s collection of local Cannock Chase items.

Nameplate: Foggo, 1946, from a standard gauge 0-4-2ST built at the Chasetown workshops of the Cannock Chase Colliery Co.Ltd. in 1946, using parts supplied by Beyer Peacock, together with spare parts accumulated over the years from similar locomotives already at work at the colliery. The name derives from Mr. Foggo, the General Manager of the company at the time and the nameplate incorporates the year of build. It became National Coal Board property on 1^st January, 1947. Transferred to Coppice Colliery in early 1954 and to Brereton Colliery later the year. Scrapped by W.H.Arnott Young in January 1961. Cast Brass, 21½”x 8¾”, the front repainted.