Tag Archives: Old Railway Lines

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue – Great Western Railway Archives

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue 

Great Western Railway Archives

There is a considerable number of paper items, invoices, reports in the museum collection, this is a list of items from the Great Western Railway.

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GWR Archives 2020 XL Files

 Caption text – object number, name, description and location in the museum.

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The original ‘Alfred Paget’ – Newspaper cutting from Sue & Diana Windsor

The original ‘Alfred Paget’

Newspaper cutting from Sue & Diana Windsor

The original ‘Alfred Paget’  0-4-2ST No.204/1861, acquired new by the Cannock Chase Colliery Company, scrapped by NCB at Chasetown circa 1952.  ‘Paget’ was the family name of the Marquis of Anglesey, one of the major land-owners in the district, and Chasewater Railway has kept the name – now on a Neilson engine.

‘Alfred Paget’ – the Neilson version.- 2937-1882 0-4-0ST, 

 

 

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue – Uniform

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue

Uniform

These items are not the actual uniform items, but items attached to the uniform.

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Uniform 2020 XL Files

Caption text –  Object number, name, description, maker, location.

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Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue – Track & Track Components

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue 

Track & Track Components

The photographs of the objects in this category were a little difficult to take, due to the size and the weight of many of them – and the fact that the museum staff is older than most of them didn’t help either!

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Track & Track Components 2020 XL Files

Caption text – Object number, name, description, maker, location.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – May Newsletter

Chasewater Railway Museum

May Newsletter

The latest newsletter from Chasewater Railway Museum, showing excellent visitor numbers for April.

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Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue – Station Furniture

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue

Station Furniture

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Station Furniture 2020 XL Files

Caption text – Object number, name, description, maker, location.

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Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue – Signage

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue

Signage

Information signs, Warning signs, etc. from various companies, and our Signal Box Nameboards.

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All Signage – XL Files

Caption text – Object number,  name, description, maker, location’

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Also From our ‘Signage’ Category

Signal Box Nameboards

This is our collection of Signal Box Nameboards, some came to the museum many years ago and some since we have been housed in the Heritage Centre.

The Brereton Sidings bx nameboard is in the museum until it is required to be put back onto the box when it is sited at Chasewater Heaths.

10959

This is one of our later nameboards, purchased by our Curator.

The branch was two miles in length and connected the railway to Newdigate Colliery which had commenced sinking its shaft in 1898. The exchange sidings was comprised of two sets of sidings; a set of three sidings of considerable length for stabling fully laden wagons and two reception sidings.

10958

The Signal Box was situated down the line from the Cross Keys pub towards the canal and Cannock.

10791

Situated 150 yards from Stafford Station

2126

One of a pair of Nameboards taken on loan.

1733

Another local board, from Cannock on the old LNWR line.

1585

If you’ve got Cannock, you must have Hednesford!

1362-1

Over to the Coventry area for Coundon Road.

1361

Another from Coventry, Hawkesbury Lane Board.

586A GWR Nameboard from Buildwas –  a village in Shropshire, England, on the north bank of the River Severn.

339

From the Great Barr signal box, Birmingham.  Given to the museum by Frank Jennings, a long-time supporter of ours.

10960

Dunstall Park on the GWR outside Wolverhampton.  Not a good picture, but, like the following board, very heavy!

10962

Lower Yard Shed Box Cannock Road, Wolverhampton, GWR.

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Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue – Reference Library

         Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue

Reference Library

The Museum is building a collection of books, booklets and information sheets which in the future may be used for reference purposes.  These are being selected by the curator from amongst the many books which are kindly donated to the museum, either for resale or retention.

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Reference Library 2020 XL Files

Caption text – Object number, name, description, creator and location.

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Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue – Railway Heraldry

Chasewater Railway Museum Catalogue

Railway Heraldry

Coats of Arms of some of the Railway Companies in our Museum

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Railway Heraldry 2020 XL Files

Caption text – Object number, name, description, maker, location.

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