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Chasewater Railway Museum – Cannock Wood Nameplate

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

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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.

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, National Coal Board (NCB), Neilson, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Steam Trains, Walsall Wood, Worksplate

Chasewater Railway Museum – a few old signs

Posted on August 31, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

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A few warning signs from our collectioN

The first one is made from wood with cast iron lettering. We do not know which railway it came from.

Next is an LNWR cast iron notice

Now a London & South Western Railway Notice – cast iron.

A Midland Railway cast iron sign

Ex NCB line between Cannock Wood and Chase Terrace. Location: Ironstone Road, up from the ‘Rag’, seen in the photo below.

Two photos of a sign, before restoration and nearing completion.

This was found in the mid 1960s in the Wyrley Branch of the Wyrley & Essington Canal which is now under Vernon Way, in the New Invention, Essington area. The railway crossing of the A4124 Lichfield Road from Holly Bank Colliery to the canal basin at Short heath was about 150 yards away on the other side of the M6. It seems logical to assume that this was where the sign was originally placed.

Finally, one of the Railway’s own signs, from the early days at Chasewater.

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Wood, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, L&SWR, Lichfield, LNWR, Midland Railway Objects, NCB, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Staffordshire, The Rag, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Warning Notices, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum Early Posts – One new and a few old Museum Pieces

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

Next weekend – open on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September for the Industrial Gala – Come and see the visiting loco, Hunslet 3890-1964, the last standard gauge steam loco built for the UK Until Tornado, and 3 other locos in steam

Chasewater Railway Museum Early Posts

The following was first published on 16th November 2011

One new and a few old Museum Pieces

The Cannock Station signal box nameboard was delivered to the museum on Tuesday Nov. 14th by Stan, a good friend of the Curator and the museum. Its final resting place has yet to be decided but it is on show in the museum.

Elsewhere on Tuesday, the photographing of the museum collection continued in the stores, and I thought I might publish a few pictures of some of the station furniture which the museum has tucked away, as do many other museums, in store.This item is a roll-fronted ticket rack from about 1938.This is a wooden chair with a Staffordshire Knot carved in the back, formerly of the North Staffs Railway.Finally for this time, another wooden chair, with a cut-out letter ‘M’ in the back, from the Midland Railway.

While it is good that the museum has these and more items in store, it would be nice to think that sometime in the future (probably distant) the museum could be extended and these items could be restored to their former glory and put on show.

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Station, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Hunslet 3890-1964, Lichfield, Midland Railway Objects, North Staffs Railway, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Station Furniture, Steam Trains, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Some fire-related items from the Museum collection from various railways

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

Some fire-related items from the Museum collection from various railways

Starting with a chimney from the furnace in the tin-smith’s shop at Stafford Road , Wolverhampton. GWR dated 1900.

Three fireplace fenders from various offices:

Cambrian Railway

This one is from the Great Eastern Railway

The third fender is from the station fireplace at Stowe by Chartley, Great Northern Railway

Another item from Stowe by Chartley on the Great Northern Railway is this stove door.

Another stove door – from the North Staffs Railway

And finally, This North Staffs Railway stove – complete with kettle (very heavy!!)

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Burntwood, Cambrian Railway, Cannock, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Fireplace Fenders, Great Eastern Railway, Great Northern Railway, Great Wyrley, GWR, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, North Staffs Railway, Norton Canes, NSR, Pelsall, Stafford Road Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Stowe by Chartley, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Some more photos have come to light – leaving the old Brownhills West Yard

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

Some more photos have come to light:

Leaving the old Brownhills West Yard

To get from the first two photos, taken in 1978 and 1992, to the third, taken in 2007, a considerable amount of stock had to be moved.

Autumn 1992. Brownhills West Station with a DMU waiting

Brownhills West Station in 1978, including the signal with the slotted post.

New Brownhills West Station at Easter, 2007.

The following photos capture the tail end of the move:

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Brownhills West Station, Burntwood, Cannock, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Lichfield, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Staffordshire, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum – our latest book

Posted on August 23, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum – our latest book

This book of photographs, by J.B.Bucknall, includes many pictures of local interest, and it was thought it would be a good addition to our collection.

One photo is of particular interest to Chasewater Railway members as it shows a coal train leaving West Cannock 5s pit, heading for the Hednesford Yard, and in front of the engine can be seen the first headquarters of the Railway Preservation Society (West Midlands Division), where the Society stayed rent-free for 10 years Courtesy of Charles Ives, Penkridge Engineering) before moving to Chasewater, and changing its name to the Chasewater Light Railway Society and later to the Chasewater Light Railway and Museum Company.

The building (between the 2 telegraph poles), which is still standing, consisted of brick pillars and a roof, but now the spaces between the pillars have been bricked up.

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Tagged Aldridge, An Age of Kings, Bloxwich, Book, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Cannock Chase, Chasewater Railway, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, J.B.Bucknall, Lichfield, National Coal Board (NCB), Norton Canes, Pelsall, Penkridge Engineering, Staffordshire, Steam Trains, Walsall, Walsall Wood, West Cannock Fives, Wolverhampton

Chasewater Railway Museum- more new stuff

Posted on August 21, 2015 by John D | Leave a comment

Chasewater Railway Museum- more new stuff

Three more items for the collection, one in the Commercial Equipment case and the other two, Hornby models.

This first one is an unusually shaped inkwell, brown earthenware marked GER (Great Eastern Railway)

Secondly, a Hornby ‘0’ gauge Junction Signal.

Finally, a Hornby ‘0’ gauge Water Crane. ( In my youthful (!) innocence I have always thought of them as water towers, but people who know about such things tell me that they are water cranes).

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Tagged Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Burntwood, Cannock, Chasewater Railway Museum, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Hazel Slade, Heath Hayes, Hednesford, Hornby, Inkwell, Lichfield, Models, Norton Canes, Pelsall, Signals, Staffordshire, Steam Trains, Walsall, Walsall Wood, Water Crane, Wolverhampton

Recent Colliery related addition to Museum

Posted on August 17, 2015 by oakparkrunner | Leave a comment

Another recent addition to Chasewater Railway Museum, following the local Colliery connection with the Railway, is an old Labour Certificate, which as been framed. This certificate was donated to the Museum by Godfrey Hucker, one of the Museum volunteers. The certificate was issued to his father, also named Godfrey in November 1917, by Staffordshire County Council Education Committee, allowing him to leave school at the age of 13, and commence working at the Grove Colliery in Great Wyrley. The Grove Colliery ceased to mine coal in 1930, following an explosion which killed 14 miners. Following the disaster (a report of this can be found on Brownhills Bob’s Blog) the Grove then used their surface equipment to wash, screen & distribute coal from the adjacent colliery, Wyrley No 3 known as the Sinking. Godfrey worked at the Grove until closure in the 1960’s.

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

Chasewater Railway Museum – New Additions

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

Chasewater Railway Museum

New Additions

Our man has been out and about again and come back with three additions to the collection.

The first is a detonator case, stamped LNWR. This is steel with brass hinges and stands 8″ tall.

Next is a circular, brass, equipment plate, stamped B T-H. As carried by Janus type Yorkshire Engine diesels. 8.5″ diameter.

Finally, a brass repair plate No.6 A C W EMD and stamped Nov 62. Ex NCB Bestwood Workshops, Notts. Oval 12″x 8″

There will be a request for help in the next post.

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Chasewater Railway Museum

Cannock Wood Nameplate

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This was new to the Museum – in 2012

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A few warning signs from our collectioN

The first one is made from wood with cast iron lettering. We do not know which railway it came from.

Next is an LNWR cast iron notice

Now a London & South Western Railway Notice – cast iron.

A Midland Railway cast iron sign

Ex NCB line between Cannock Wood and Chase Terrace. Location: Ironstone Road, up from the ‘Rag’, seen in the photo below.

Two photos of a sign, before restoration and nearing completion.

Finally, one of the Railway’s own signs, from the early days at Chasewater.

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Next weekend – open on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September for the Industrial Gala – Come and see the visiting loco, Hunslet 3890-1964, the last standard gauge steam loco built for the UK Until Tornado, and 3 other locos in steam

Chasewater Railway Museum Early Posts

The following was first published on 16th November 2011

One new and a few old Museum Pieces

The Cannock Station signal box nameboard was delivered to the museum on Tuesday Nov. 14th by Stan, a good friend of the Curator and the museum. Its final resting place has yet to be decided but it is on show in the museum.

While it is good that the museum has these and more items in store, it would be nice to think that sometime in the future (probably distant) the museum could be extended and these items could be restored to their former glory and put on show.

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Some fire-related items from the Museum collection from various railways

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Some more photos have come to light:

Leaving the old Brownhills West Yard

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Chasewater Railway Museum – our latest book

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Chasewater Railway Museum- more new stuff

Three more items for the collection, one in the Commercial Equipment case and the other two, Hornby models.

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Chasewater Railway Museum

New Additions

Our man has been out and about again and come back with three additions to the collection.

The first is a detonator case, stamped LNWR. This is steel with brass hinges and stands 8″ tall.

Next is a circular, brass, equipment plate, stamped B T-H. As carried by Janus type Yorkshire Engine diesels. 8.5″ diameter.

Finally, a brass repair plate No.6 A C W EMD and stamped Nov 62. Ex NCB Bestwood Workshops, Notts. Oval 12″x 8″

There will be a request for help in the next post.

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