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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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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It says ‘The Paddy Leaves This Station at 4.30’
The platform it departed from.
The original 3-coach Paddy – later it changed to 1 large coach.
Getting off at the corner of Rugeley Road and Rawnsley Road, Bates’ Bridge is to the left of the photo.
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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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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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.
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.
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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
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
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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Not quite the size of the item on the previous post but we like them anyway!
The first one is an NUR badge, 0.75″ round from about 1940. It is made from tin with plastic covering.
This one is a Great Central Railway badge, 1″ diameter, for Railway Service during World War 1
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