Foxfield Light Railway
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This is unrelated to the Foxfield railway station in Cumbria. For that and other uses see Foxfield
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.
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.
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.
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.
[edit] 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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