Churnet Valley Railway News – General News
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Carriage & Wagon News
04/09/20142014 has seen the C&W very busy, making significant improvements to our running rake which has deteriorated in recent times due to our requirement to keep vehicles out in the open with the railw...
Read more →Braithwaite Tank
22/07/2014North Staffordshire Railway Company have purchased a Braithwaite galvanised steel water tank from the new owners of Thomas Bolton's Froghall works, Panel Co. The tank will shortl...
Read more →Knotty Coach 28 To Be Restored!
27/05/2014The "North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978)" is pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached with the "Knotty Coach Trust" based at t...
Read more →Leekbrook - Ipstones Track
17/04/2014The Churnet Valley Railway (CVR) is in discussion with Moorland & City Railways (MCR) regarding the medium to long term future of the Leekbrook to Ipstones line. MCR’s potenti...
Read more →Bradnop Station Renamed
26/08/2013Next time you visit the Churnet Valley Railway and take a journey up the Cauldon Branch, keep your eye out for a new sign recently erected by CVR volunteers. At the site of the former Bradnop station,...
Read more →TkH 2944 Progress Report
26/08/2013Work continues a pace on the latest restoration project at Cheddleton MPD. Owned by a group of MPD volunteers Polish built TkH tank locomotive No 2944 is now stripped down to its main components. H...
Read more →Timetable Alteration
05/04/2013Unfortunately due to the extreme weather we've experienced in the last few weeks we're unable to operate our normal Cauldon Lowe Service this Sunday. As you can see from the picture b...
Read more →Volunteers Wedding Funds Go Down The Drain
10/01/2013When CVR volunteers Sheila Bingham and Peter Martin decided to tie the knot after 27 years of being together, the railway was an obvious choice for their wedding. So after months of detailed planning...
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