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This time the Neilson – 2937/1882 carrying the ‘Alfred Paget ‘ nameplates – heading a freight train of wagons in various liveries (including rust!), with the Cannock Chase Colliery brake van – affectionally known as the ‘slum’ bringing up the rear.

CCCC Brake Van

This brake van has now fallen into major disrepair, with the chassis collapsing and breaking the sole bars. The interior of the van still remains dry. It has had a few coats of paint over the years, but, as the last known item of rolling stock which actually ran on the line in the mine-working years, it seems a shame that more cannot be done to restore it.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – A locally built loco.

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

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A locally built loco.

A photograph from our collection of one of the locomotives which worked in the area and was actually built here!

No.7 Birch 2-4-0T Built at Rawnsley in 1888 but not put to work till 1890. Worked at Brereton 1949/50. Scrapped at Brereton circa 1956.

This next picture shows the loco well past its best – very sad.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – A long time ago on the Causeway!

Posted on November 1, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

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A long time ago on the Causeway!

Asbestos with the Maryport & Carlisle Coach and GW brake van

I think that it could have been taken from the path from Norton East Road, or is it at the other end of the causeway? Looking on the right-hand side over the causeway, a sailing boat can be seen, so that can’t be Jeffrey’s Swag.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Chasewater Wastelands!

Posted on October 31, 2015 by John D | 2 comments

Chasewater Railway Museum

Chasewater Wastelands!

An early photograph of Chasewater Railway – a lot of work has been done since!!

We think that this is the area approaching what is now Chasewater Heaths Station – it’s changed a bit!! Probably taken in the late 60s/early 70s.

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Tagged Aldridge, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, Norton Canes, Old Railway Lines, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum – Photo info please?

Posted on October 30, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Photo info please?

This is a photo in our collection but we don’t know anything about it except what it says underneath. Does anyone have any idea where on the Chase this 2 ft. gauge railway was? Or the identity of Colonel Wilson?

When the ground was being prepared for the Chasewater Heaths Station, rails of different gauges were uncovered, but we don’t know any more than that.

Latest information, from Phillip Halfpenny: It’s a Manning Wardle, No. 1371/1897. At Great Wyrley Colliery, rebuilt in 1911, scrapped in 1944. Thanks to Phillip.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – The Eric Tonks Collection

Posted on October 29, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

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The Eric Tonks Collection

Belonging to the Industrial Railway Society

This was first posted in June, 2009. Since then, the Industrial Railway Society has renewed the loan on 2 occasions.

The collection has been on display in one of the museum cases for some time, so if anyone would like to see it, pop into the museum, open every Sunday and Bank Holiday and now also on most Saturdays when the Railway is running trains.

Ironstone cropped

Chasewater Railway Museum is delighted to announce that the Industrial Railway Society has loaned the Eric Tonks Collection of nameplates and worksplates to the Museum for at least the next two years.

The collection comprises examples of plates from both standard and narrow gauge locomotiveswhich worked in collieries and ironstone quarries, principally in the East Midlands.

A small number of these items will be on show this coming weekend, Asbestos’ Birthday, and more in another couple of weeks at the 50th Anniversary Celebrations. We hope to have the entire collection on display in the Autumn.

2 worksplates cropped

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Chasewater Railway Museum – A photo from abroad.

Posted on October 28, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

A photo from abroad.

In 2012 the museum received a photograph with a note from Tony Potter in Canada. These are reproduced below:

Many thanks to Tony Potter.

The Cannock Chase Colliery Co. bought 5 engines from the Beyer Peacock Company between 1856 and 1872. These were all saddle tanks with an 0-4-2 wheel arrangement favoured by the CCCC.

McClean
The first loco was named ‘McClean’ after the founder of the company and was number 28 of 1856, acquired new. Worked at the Coppice Colliery in 1949 and finally scrapped by the NCB at Chasetown in 1956 – 100 years old.

The others were : Chawner’, McClean’s partner, ‘Alfred Paget’ (Paget was the family name of the Marquis of Anglesey. This was not the Neilson at Chasewater Railway, but the name was saved), ‘Brown’ – named after the Manager and Chief Engineer around the late 1860s, and ‘Anglesey’

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Chasewater Railway Museum – First published June 26th 2009

Posted on October 26, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

First published June 26th 2009 – There’s been a lot of comings and goings since then, so Maybe have another look!!

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At last it’s happened – all the cases have lighting.

No more watching our visitors pressing their noses to the glass to see what we have in our collection. What a relief!

Our latest addition is a model of a locomotive boiler, based on a Royal Scot class loco. 849

Another of our newer items is a local warning sign, originally from the top of Ironstone Road, from the level crossing above the ‘Rag’ public house. 652

One other local item is the train staff for the single line from Walsall Wood colliery to Norton Junction on the LNWR. It’s the black one at the front.

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