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Chasewater Railway Museum – what’s inside the loco…

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

Chasewater Railway Museum

What’s inside the loco…

This model was purchased by the donor, Allan Preston, from the makers in Bury, Lancs in 1979. It was produced along with 3 other models for Bangladesh Railways, but was not sent due to there being no Letter of Credit forthcoming. The other 3 were probably scrapped. It is loosely based on a Royal Scot Class locomotive.

Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, Model, Norton Canes, Royal Scot Class Loco, Staffordshire, Steam Trains, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum – one of many lamps!

Posted on September 20, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

One of many lamps!

This is a level-crossing gate lamp, well restored and painted by Nigel Canning.

After seeing use at Brownhills West when trains were running into the bay platform it was put into stores until it came to light and Nigel got to work on it.

Unfortunately, the origin of the lamp is unknown.

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Brownhills West Station, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Crossing Gate Lamp, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Level Crossing, Lichfield, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum – Signal Lever Frame

Posted on September 19, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Signal Lever Frame

A very nice addition to the Museum collection was this 7-lever signal frame.

The frame came to Chasewater from the National Railway Museum in 2012.

For more details about Hemyock on the Culm Valley Light Railway, Great Western Region, click on the link below.

Some Early Lines – Culm Valley Light Railway

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Cheslyn Hay, Culm Valley Light Railway, Great Wyrley, GWR, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Hemyock Station, Lichfield, Museum Collection, Norton Canes, NRM, Old Railway Lines, Pelsall, Signal Lever Frame, Steam Trains, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum – tea-up!

Posted on September 18, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Tea-up!

Some pictures of part of our collection of railway crockery – this time from the Great Western Railway.

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, GWR, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, Museum Collection, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Railway crockery, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum – Some of our tokens

Posted on September 17, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum

Some of our tokens

There is a steadily increasing collection of tokens in our collection – here are three of them.

The first one is a Midland Railway token from the Harlesden NW Goods Depot, with the name C.Clarke.

Second is a Mount Sorrel Co-op Society coal token to the value of 5/- (5 shillings or 25 pence)

Finally for this time is a token from the Salop Miners Federation, numbered 6 and dated 1919

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Coal Mining, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, Midland Railway Objects, Mining Heritage, Mount Sorrel Co-op Society, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Salop Miners Federation, Tokens, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

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

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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Tagged 0-6-0ST Hunslet, 1821-1936, Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Carol Ann No. 1, Carol Ann No.5, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Holly Bank, Lichfield, Littleton Colliery, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Steam Trains, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

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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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Chase, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, Museum Collection, Newspaper Cuttings, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

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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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Boer War, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, LNWR, London & North Western Railway, Norton Canes, Pelsall, The 2nd Cheshire Royal Engineers (Railway) Volunteer Corps, Volunteer Engineers, VR, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

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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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hanbury, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Hunslet, Lichfield, Norton Canes, Peckett, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Steam Trains, Walsall, Wimblebury, Wolverhampton

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Chasewater Railway Museum

What’s inside the loco…

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Chasewater Railway Museum

One of many lamps!

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Chasewater Railway Museum

Signal Lever Frame

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Chasewater Railway Museum

Tea-up!

Some pictures of part of our collection of railway crockery – this time from the Great Western Railway.

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Chasewater Railway Museum

Some of our tokens

The first one is a Midland Railway token from the Harlesden NW Goods Depot, with the name C.Clarke.

Second is a Mount Sorrel Co-op Society coal token to the value of 5/- (5 shillings or 25 pence)

Finally for this time is a token from the Salop Miners Federation, numbered 6 and dated 1919

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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

Carol Ann No.1

or, as she started out in life,

Carol Ann No.5

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Chasewater Railway Museum

Newspaper cuttings wanted

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Chasewater Railway Museum

A small addition

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Chasewater Railway Museum

3 Photos – New to us

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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