The Churnet Valley Railway

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7821 'Ditcheat Manor' in Consall Station

The Churnet Valley Railway runs steam and historic diesel trains between Leekbrook Junction and Froghall. It is a remnant of the North Staffordshire Railway, built through the valley in the 1840s. Currently, it has stations at Cheddleton, Consall and Froghall but it will, eventually, extend to Alton, Oakamoor and Leek. It also connects with and sometimes runs on Moorland & City Railways' Cauldon Lowe Branch, which reopened in November 2010, and the line to Stoke, due to reopen in 2012.

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Video Collections

Residents

G.W.R. Large Prairie 5199 'Large Prairie' 5199 (New 10/11)
5199 was originally built in Swindon in 1934. Restored in 2003, it was on hire from the Llangollen Railway in 2011.

Diesel multiple Unit Videos Diesel Multiple Unit 50455/50517
Class 104 DMUs were a 1950s design, withdrawn from service in the early 1990s.

S160 Class 5197 Videos S160 Class 5197
5197 was built in the U.S.A. and sent to Britain during WWII. It's in 1944/45 US Army Transportation Corps colours. It's currently out of service awaiting an overhaul.

Galas and Specials

Galas and Specials Videos Steam
As well as the regular residents, the C.V.R. welcomes visitors, especially for galas and other special events.

Diesel Videos Diesel
The railway has an assortment of historic diesels and occasionally holds diesel galas.

Former Residents

Stanier 8F 8624 Stanier 8F 8624
Stanier 8F 8624 was on loan to the C.V.R. in 2010. The red livery is not original: as a freight loco. it would have been black.

3F Jinty 47279 3F 'Jinty' 47279
47279 was hired from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 2008.

7821 'Ditcheat Manor' Videos 7821 'Ditcheat Manor'
'Ditcheat Manor' is an ex-British Rail engine, built to a Great Western Railway design in 1950, and was on loan to the railway in 2006.

BR Standard Tank 80098 BR Standard 4MT Tank 80098
80098 was built in 1954 and, like many locos of that era, it was retired while still relatively new. It was on long-term loan at the C.V.R. until mid-2008.

Fowler 4F 44422 Fowler 4F 44422
4F 44422 came to the C.V.R. as a full-time resident for the 2009 season but had to be returned to Crewe in August, after developing "excessive knocking noises".

D1842 D1842
D1842, a.k.a. 47192, was a C.V.R. resident when this video was taken in 2007. Subsequently, it left the C.V.R. and returned to Crewe, where it was built.

Photo Collections

Steam and Diesel

Steam Gallery Steam Gallery (Upd 02/12)
This gallery contains an assortment of the permanent and loaned steam engines that have run on the C.V.R. in recent times.

Diesel Gallery Diesel Gallery (Upd 02/12)
The C.V.R. has also run an assortment of permanent and loaned diesels.

Structures and Stations

Structures Gallery Structures and Stations Gallery
This gallery contains an assortment of the quirky restorations and survivors from the old North Staffordshire Railway.


The official railway website is at www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk