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Encyclopedia > Foxfield Light Railway

This is unrelated to the Foxfield railway station in Cumbria. For that and other uses see Foxfield This is not linked to the Foxfield Steam Railway, a heritage railway in Staffordshire. ... Cumbria (IPA: ), is a shire county in the extreme North West of England. ... Foxfield could refer to: Foxfield, Colorado, United States Foxfield, Cumbria, United Kingdom Foxfield, County Leitrim, Ireland A railway station: Foxfield railway station And an unconnected heritage railway: Foxfield Steam Railway, Staffordshire Category: ...

Kerr Stuart Works No. 4388 standard gauge Witch Class 0-4-0ST at Caverswall Road.

The Foxfield Steam Railway is a preserved standard gauge line located south east of Stoke-on-Trent. The line was built in 1893 to serve the colliery at Dilhorne. It joined the North Staffordshire Railway line near Blythe Bridge. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ... This page is about Stoke-on-Trent in England. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Wyoming coal mine Coal mining is the mining of coal. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The North Staffordshire Railway was a British railway company which had its roots in an early scheme to build a small plateway from the base of the Cauldon canal up to Cauldon quarries. ... Blythe Bridge Village in Staffordshire, England Blythe Bridge is a village situated in the South-Eastern suburbs of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. ...


When the colliery closed in 1965, local volunteers formed the Foxfield Light Railway Society to preserve the line. At first, passengers were taken in open trucks up the formidable 1 in 25 gradient out of the colliery site up to Dilhorne, accompanied by a tiny tank engine. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... For other uses, see Gradient (disambiguation). ... A tank engine (occasionally tank locomotive, especially in England, notably used in reference to Thomas the Tank Engine) is a steam locomotive that carries its own fuel and water on it, instead of pulling it behind it in a tender. ...


Eventually, new coaches were purchased and a station was built at Caverswall Road, around half a mile from Blythe Bridge station. The service runs for 2.5 miles from there to the colliery. Blythe Bridge railway station is a railway station in the United Kingdom at Blythe Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent. ...


The connection to the Crewe to Derby Line has been disused for many years, but several abandoned wagons can be seen in the old sidings from passing trains. The Crewe to Derby Line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe south east to Derby. ...


Steam Locomotives

The Foxfield Railway has the largest collection of Steam engines in Staffordshire, all are industrial.

  • Operational Steam Locomotives
    • Hunslet 0-6-0ST No 3839 "Wimblebury" built in 1956. In regular service, restored to NCB dark blue livery, boiler ticket expires in 2014.
    • RSH 0-6-0T No 7684 "Meaford No 2" built in 1951. In regular operation, painted in Meaford power station lined green.
    • Bagnall 0-4-0ST No 2623 "Hawarden" built in 1940. In regular traffic on passenger trains.
    • Robert Heath 0-4-0ST No 6 built in 1885, rebuilt in 1934. In service but rarely used on passenger trains due to its small size.
    • Beyer Peacock 0-4-0ST No 1827, built in 1879. In service but rarely used on passenger trains due to its small size.
  • Steam Locomotives undergoing overhaul or restoration
    • Haydock Foundry 0-6-0WT No C "Bellerophon" built in 1874. The oldest Locomotive in the collection, undergoing a ten yearly overhaul, planned to be in service by 2007/2008.

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External links

  • The Railway website
  • Foxfield Virtual Stock List
  • BBC Staffordshire - Out & About: Foxfield Railway
  • Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is a heritage steam railway nearby


 

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