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Chasewater Railway Museum – for train and beer fans

Posted on June 15, 2017 by | Leave a comment

Coming soon to Chasewater Railway 

for train and beer fans!

Next event – July 9th Burton Breweries Locomotives Day 2017

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Chasewater Railway Museum – May Newsletter

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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 – One from the Canal

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Chasewater Railway Museum 

One from the Canal

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This Birmingham Canal Navigations weigh plate, approximately 14″ in length, from a narrowboat has been in the museum for some years now, having been purchased by our curator, but we didn’t know much about it until we had a canal enthusiast visit the museum, who made a search and found the following details for us:

‘As regards the BCN plate 478 this boat was gauged at Smethwick on 2nd November 1922 it was a 71’1” long open wooden boat (I.e. it did not have a cabin) and was owned by Stewarts and Lloyds Ltd at Coombs Wood Tube Works at Halesowen and was their No.3.’

Our thanks to our visitor, canal enthusiast –   Martin O’Keeffe

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Chasewater Railway Museum – February Newsletter

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Chasewater Railway Museum 

February Newsletter

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Busy Day!

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Busy Day!

Considering that no trains were running yesterday (22-1-2017) we had quite a few items come into the museum, including this Rugley Powere Station nameplate from a Class 58 diesel locomotive.  This is with us on loan for 12 months.

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Other items included a Hornby ‘0’gauge clockwork model train set, 3 books on Walsall and another LNWR coal invoice, the coal coming from the Coppice Colliery, Norton Canes in 1892.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Harry Hartill’s Country

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Chasewater Railway Museum

Harry Hartill’s Country

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The Museum has been lucky enough to borrow, for a short time, a copy of this book by Harry Hartill.  This book has a passage of particular interest to us as it describes in some detail who drove the local engines of the Cannock Chase Colliery Company and where they travelled to around the local coalfields.  It is written in a sort of ‘chatty’ style which is very easy to read.

The Chasewater Railway Museum would dearly like a copy of this book for our own collection, so if anyone should have a copy which they would like to donate to the Museum, please get in touch.  email j.tisdale45@yahoo.com or phone 07786 323311.

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Chasewater Railway Museum – January 2017 Newsletter

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Chasewater Railway Museum

January 2017 Newsletter

A very busy time for the railway and the museum as far as visitors go, but not that much behind-the-scenes museum work during December.

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Chasewater Railway Museum wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas

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Chasewater Railway Museum wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas

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Chasewater Railway Museum – December Newsletter

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Chasewater Railway Museum

December Newsletter

The latest news from the museum – not as many visitors as normal months due to the perparations for Santa’s visit, when the Heritage Centre is closed.

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A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone

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Chasewater Railway Museum – Coming Soon!

Posted on November 4, 2016 by | 2 comments

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Chasewater Railway Museum 

Coming Soon!

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Come to Chasewater Railway this Christmas and join in the festivities with our ever popular Santa specials throughout December. With a steam train ride, a visit to Santa in his grotto, age appropriate wrapped gifts, light refreshments for adults and kids all included in the price of the ticket! If you are still feeling peckish our cafe The Sidings Tea Room will be open each day to providing hot and cold drinks, food and treats.

Santa’s grotto is located in our Heritage Centre so there is plenty to see and do!

Tickets are selling extremely fast with some of our trains already fully booked!!! Be quick and book now with our online booking system, follow the link to our Santa special page and click on book tickets

http://www.chasewaterrailway.co.uk/events/santa-specials/

You MUST pre book for our Santa specials as selling tickets on the day is not always possible.

There are no trains running and the Museum will not be open on November 20th or 27th due to preparations in the Heritage Centre…….

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