Churnet Valley Railway News – General News
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A Window In Time
11/03/2019[[[[YoutubeVideo=cWHQHzOLQcE]]]]The Churnet Valley Railway is fascinated to have recently been sent footage of a recorded journey along the original Churnet Valley Line in the late 1950s. Taken by the...
Read more →Good Bye And Thank You Caley
07/03/2019Following the locomotive’s hugely successful debut on the Churnet Valley Railway, today we sadly said farewell to former Caledonian Tank no. 419 as she departed Staffordshire for her next stop o...
Read more →Road Closed
04/03/2019For those of you looking to visit the Churnet Valley Railway in the coming weeks, we have been notified by the Council that they will be closing the road bridge over the Cauldon Canal at Basford Bridg...
Read more →Apesford Level Crossing Reopened After 5 Days Of Work
11/02/2019The level crossing at Apesford was unexpectedly shut to road traffic on the 4th February. During a routine line patrol we identified what appeared to be a crack in a running rail. This required furth...
Read more →Churnet Valley Volunteers Work Hard To Bring BIG Changes For 2019
14/01/2019The trains themselves may have fallen silent, but the volunteers of the Churnet Valley Railway are being kept busy as winter maintenance gets into its stride ahead of the new season commencing on Sund...
Read more →Whiston Upon A Star
27/11/2018As Santa season approaches once more, the Churnet Valley Railway is delighted to announce that it is to receive an early Christmas present for 2018! Hunslet Austerity no. 3694 “Whiston” is due to touc...
Read more →33021 Eastleigh Relaunch
17/10/2018The Churnet Valley Railway is delighted to announce that as part of its supporting charity’s 40th Anniversary Gala, the event will see the public relaunch of diesel locomotive no. 33021 following a bo...
Read more →Announcement
13/07/2018We are disappointed to report that some mindless petty thief decided to steal the starter motor from one of our maintenance vehicles overnight. This is particularly frustrating when the vehicle was le...
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