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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. ...
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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. ...
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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
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- 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.
Hunslet is a working class area of inner-city south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. ...
rsh (remote shell) is a command line computer program which can execute shell commands as another user, and on another computer across a computer network. ...
W.G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. ...
Sir Robert Heath served King Charles I of England as Attorney General. ...
Beyer-Peacock Locomotive manufacturer with factory in Manchester from 1854 untill 1966. ...
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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List of railway museums in the United Kingdom is a list of railway museums in the United Kingdom. ...
This list of British heritage and private railways is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain. ...
Kerr Stuart Tatoo locomotive with passenger train. ...
The Appleby Frodingham Railway preservation society based at Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. ...
Bitton railway station and yards. ...
The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire, England. ...
The Bideford & Instow Railway Group in Devon are âcommitted to the reopening of the Barnstaple to Bideford branch of the old London and South Western Railway. ...
Sheffield Park Station Exterior The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. ...
GWR 0-6-0PT 5700 Class, no. ...
The Bowes Railway built by Robert Stephenson is the worlds only preserved rope-hauled railway system in the world, according the note below. ...
The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway is located near Sittingbourne in Kent. ...
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The *Bure Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park. ...
The Cambrian Railway Society (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Trust) is located in Oswestry, Shropshire, England, and plans to restore the branch line from Blodwel to Nantmawr as a heritage railway. ...
The Cambrian Railways Trust (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Society) is a heritage railway based at Llynclys near Oswestry, Shropshire. ...
Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. ...
The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is located to the east of Oxford, England. ...
The current Wallingford end of the line, with locomotive 701 The Cholsey end of the line, with main line platforms to left and the Wallingford platform to right The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in the English county of Oxfordshire. ...
Winston Churchill at the popular 1940s weekend Steam in the Churnet valley The Churnet Valley Railway is a 5 and 1/4 mile long standard gauge heritage railway based at Cheddleton station to the East of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. ...
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a 15 (0. ...
Description The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham station, near Halstead in Essex, United Kingdom. ...
Description The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Meldon, near Okehampton in Devon. ...
The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. ...
The Derwent Valley Light Railway is a heritage railway link based at Murton to the east of the city of York. ...
// Description The East Kent Railway (EKR) is a microscopic heritage railway in Kent, England. ...
LMS Class 3F Jinty 0-6-0T No. ...
The East Somerset Railway operates a 2. ...
Stations Wirksworth Idridgehay (proposed) Shottle (proposed) Duffield (proposed) - Transfer to main line services. ...
The Eden Valley Railway is located near Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria. ...
The Elsecar Steam Railway is located on the old Great Central Railway freight-only branch from a junction near Mexborough in Barnsley, Yorkshire, built to serve collieries and ironworks. ...
The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ...
The Epping Ongar Railway operates on a preserved railway along the final section of the old Great Eastern Railway and London Underground Central Line branch line between Epping and Ongar, with an intermediate station at North Weald. ...
GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class no. ...
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The Great Whipsnade Railway is a 2ft 6in (762mm) gauge narrow gauge heritage railway that operates within the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park. ...
The Helston Railway Preservation Company is a heritage railway trying to rebuild part of the branch line linking Gwinear Road (on the Cornish Main Line) to Helston, in Cornwall, England. ...
Hythe Pier from the Hythe shore The pier with the pier train The landward station, with depot and spare locomotive More detail on the spare locomotive The pier head station Contrasting forms of the two ferries Hythe Pier, the Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry together provide a transport...
Vintage carriage and O2 Class 0-4-4T no. ...
Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41241 at Haworth station The Platform, Oxenhope Railway Station, terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (photo by Nigel Homer, 2006) Damems Junction signal box The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a five-mile (eight-km) long heritage railway line in West Yorkshire...
The Norwegian climbing into Tenterden Town Station The Kent & East Sussex Railway was opened by Colonel H.F. Stephens, the railway engineer, in 1900. ...
Kirklees light railway is a Narrow gauge railway in Kirklees, consisting of 8 miles (13 km) of 15 inch (381 mm) gauge line running along an old branch line which used to connect Clayton West and Skelmanthorpe with the main Sheffield-Huddersfield line. ...
Fairburn tank 42085 at Lakeside station. ...
The Lappa Valley Steam Railway is of 15 (375mm) gauge. ...
The Launceston Steam Railway in Cornwall operates for 2 miles, on a 2ft (600mm) gauge. ...
The Lavender Line is a heritage railway based at Isfield station, near Uckfield in East Sussex. ...
The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (LBLR) is a narrow-gauge light railway in the town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England It operates on a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge, and is just under 3mi (4. ...
The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a heritage railway based at Ludborough station, near Grimsby in Lincolnshire. ...
The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B) was a narrow-gauge railway running through the rugged and picturesque countryside of Exmoor in North Devon, England. ...
It has been suggested that Mid Hants Railway be merged into this article or section. ...
Class 101 DMU at Dereham. ...
The Middy in summer. ...
The Middleton Railway is the worlds oldest working railway. ...
Midland Railway 156 Class 158A in the museum amongst other exhibits. ...
The station viewed from the road A view of the station on the platform The Nene Valley Railway (NVR) is a preserved railway in Cambridgeshire, England, running between Peterborough Nene Valley and Yarwell Junction. ...
The North Gloucestershire Railway (NGR) is a narrow gauge railway running alongside the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at Toddington. ...
The North Norfolk Railway -- also known as the Poppy Line -- is a heritage railway in Norfolk, England, running between the coastal town of Sheringham and Holt which is further inland. ...
The North Tyneside Steam Railway Association operates this 2-mile standard gauge preserved railway between the Stephenson Railway Museum and near to Percy Main metro station in North Shields. ...
A diesel train on the NYMR Goathland station. ...
Steam Locomotive 7646 Northampton officially named by the Mayor of Northampton The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire England, and is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, roughly 5 miles (8 km) north of Northampton. ...
The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a 1½ mile long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, SW of Northampton. ...
A train on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway leaving Kingswear railway station Situated in Devon and arguably one of the most picturesque lines in England, the standard gauge Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway operates from Paignton to Kingswear along the former Great Western Railway line. ...
In 1968 the former Midland Railway main line from London to Manchester (originally built as the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway), was closed between Matlock and Buxton in Derbyshire. ...
The Perrygrove Railway is a Minimum Gauge Railway running on 15 inch gauge track. ...
The Plym Valley Railway is part of the closed Yelverton - Launceston branch line of the Great Western Railway in Cornwall. ...
The terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway at Dalegarth Station near Boot. ...
The Ribble Steam Railway, located on Preston Docks, is a recently formed project, which opened to the public in September 2005. ...
Two 15in trains Preparing train in Hythe The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ...
Excalibur at Rudyard Lake Steam Railway The Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is a superb minimum gauge railway and the third railway of any gauge to run along the side of Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. ...
The Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is the railway section of the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the United Kingdom. ...
Seaton Tramway The Seaton Tramway is a 838 mm (2 ft 9 in) narrow gauge tram line which operates over a former axed British Rail (BR) branch line in Seaton, Devon. ...
LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ...
The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway operates a 2ft (610mm) gauge railway line from Sittingbourne to the banks of the The Swale. ...
The South Devon Railway Trust operates this former Great Western Railway branch line from Totnes to Ashburton in Devon, along the River Dart. ...
Polish locomotive. ...
Jinty 47493. ...
Stainmore Railway Company is a volunteer run non-profit company aiming to restore Kirkby Stephen East railway station in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England. ...
The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow gauge railway near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. ...
Swanage station is decorated with railway memorabilia. ...
The Swindon & Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire operates a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade. ...
The Tanfield Railway is a tourist attraction in County Durham, England, operating preserved steam and diesel industrial locomotives. ...
Map sources for Telford Steam Railway at grid reference SJ676075 The Telford Steam Railway is a small heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford in Shropshire. ...
Half-way station VER Carriages Detail of the tracks in front of the carriage shed showing the electrified third rail. ...
// Line History The Weardale Railway was set up to operate trains along the former North Eastern Railway branch from Bishop Auckland to Eastgate, County Durham. ...
The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10. ...
A ticket issued by the Wensleydale Railway in 2003. ...
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway that runs along the edge of the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, between Bishops Lydeard and Watchet, and then along the coast to Minehead. ...
The Wisbech and March Bramleyline is an embryonic heritage railway that aims to reinstate services over the disused March to Wisbech line. ...
Yaxham Light Railway is a narrow gauge light railway situated adjacent to Yaxham railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. ...
Centres and Museums: Barrow Hill Engine Shed • Birmingham Museum • Bressingham Steam Museum • Buckinghamshire Centre • Coventry Centre • Darlington Centre and Museum • Didcot Centre • East Anglian Railway Museum • Kew Bridge Steam Museum • Mangapps Museum • Moseley Trust • National Museum, York • Rutland Museum • Shildon Museum • Swindon Steam Museum • The Railway Age, Crewe • Walthamstow Pump House The Barrow Hill Engine Shed is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Derbyshire. ...
The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust operates two subsidiaries: Tyseley Locomotive Works and Vintage Trains. ...
70013, Oliver Cromwell, at Bressingham, May 2004 Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and garden centre located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. ...
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. ...
Coventry Railway Centre is located south of the city, near the airport. ...
Darlington Railway Centre and Museum is located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which was the worlds first steam powered passenger railway. ...
General view, including engine sheds, of part of the site on a cold January day The Didcot Railway Centre, located in the Oxfordshire town of Didcot, is a comprehensive exhibition of Great Western Railway rolling stock. ...
The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, situated on the Great Eastern Railway line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. ...
Kew Bridge Steam Museum houses a museum of water delivery and a collection of steam engines including the worlds largest running steam engine. ...
The Mangapps Railway Museum (previously Mangapps Farm Railway Museum) is a heritage railway located near Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. ...
The Moseley Railway Trust is a major British collection of industrial narrow gauge locomotives and other equipment. ...
Locomotives arranged around the turntable in the Great Hall. ...
Steam Hauled passenger train Demonstration of a Goods Train The Rutland Railway Museum occupies an area of nearly 7 acres (28,000 m²) on part of the former Midland Railway mineral branch line in Rutland. ...
Outside the main building at Locomotion, Shildon, County Durham The Locomotion Museum is part of the National Museum of Science and History (NMSI). ...
Steam railway trains are hard to make and and put together some times you can get burnt and hurt that why some works make arms and legs for the people ...
The Railway Age is a Railway Museum in Crewe, England. ...
The Pump House Steam and Transport Museum is a museum in Walthamstow focusing on the pioneering achievements in road, rail, air and sea transport in the River Lea valley from the early 1800s. ...
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