Foxfield Railway Victorian Theme Day June 2009
13th June 2009
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Foxfield Light Railway is a heritage railway in Staffordshire which was built in 1892-93 to provide a link to the Foxfield Colliery. After its closure in 1965 it was preserved by the Foxfield Light Railway Society, and now in 2009 boasts a very good collection of industrial steam and diesel locos.

Running from the station at Caverswall Road near to Blythe Bridge, the line runs through some beautiful countryside, and up through a number of gradients to the current termination point for passenger coaches at Dilhorne Park.

During our visit there on the 13th of June 2009 (and my first ever to a railway in Staffordshire) we were treated to a trip on some original Victorian coaches, which were on hire from the Tanfield Railway, and due to be returned the following week, these were pulled by the Victorian locomotive Beyer Peacock 0-4-0ST No 1827, which was built in 1879.

The reason for the coach hire was due to the line having been used the previous week for the filming of a new two-part Christmas Special of the BBC Victorian based costume drama 'Cranford', which starred dame Judy Dench, and after riding the line several times it was easy to see why they'd chosen this beautiful location, it was easy to imagine what it would have felt like for folks in those days as we rode in Victorian coaches drawn by a Victorian loco.

Another small but very friendly heritage railway, and it was a pleasure to visit there and meet with and speak to so many of its volunteers who were only too happy to show us around their workshops and railway. I'm looking forward very much to a return visit when the line is shortly extended down that very sharp incline to the old Colliery at Dilhorne.

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Related Links: [ Foxfield Railway Website | BBC Drama 'Cranford' ]