Churnet Valley Railway News – Events
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Tanks To The Summit
21/03/2019Following a successful hire period, the Churnet Valley is happy to announce that Winter Guest no. 3694 Whiston will now be extending her stay and shall remain on the line until the summer. Hired...
Read more →Missed The Steam Gala? We Have Got You Covered...
27/02/2019Over the weekend of 23/24 February, the Churnet Valley Railway held its annual curtain-raising event – The Winter Steam Gala. For 2019 the guest locomotive was the Scottish Railway Preservation Societ...
Read more →Volunteers At Churnet Valley Railway Burn The Midnight Oil To Keep Launch Event On Track
25/02/2019Volunteers of the Churnet Valley Railway worked through the night on Saturday to ensure the Caledonian Tank Locomotive No. 419 was in service on Sunday. Star of the opening event of 2019 at Churnet V...
Read more →Excitement Builds For Winter Steam Gala 2019
11/02/2019The Churnet Valley Railway is gearing up for its season opening event once more, and the excitement is starting to build as the star guest has now arrived in Staffordshire ahead of its CVR debut. Form...
Read more →Class 31 Power Returns To The Preserved Churnet Valley
01/02/2019We are delighted to announce that the former British Railways Brush Type 2 class 31 locomotive No. 31271 “Stratford 1840-2001” will be visiting us at the Churnet Valley Railway this spring time for a...
Read more →Winter Steam Gala Timetable Updated
31/01/2019Following on from the news that former Caledonian Tank locomotive no. 419 will now be visiting for our Winter Steam Gala 2019, replacing the unavailable 7827 Lydham Manor, we have been forced to alter...
Read more →The Scottish Railway Preservation Society And Bo’ness And Kinneil Railway To The Rescue
24/01/2019After over 30 years Caledonian Tank Engine No.419 is to return to England to Star at the Churnet Valley Railways Winter Steam Gala, following the unavailability No. 7827 Lydham Manor. We are very...
Read more →Guest Steam Locomotive Footplate Experiences
05/10/2018This will be the first visit time that the locomotive has worked north of Somerset since it first ran in preservation in 1973. As part of its visit we have two Top Link Footplate Experience days avail...
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