Chasewater Railway.

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A recent visit to the Chasewater Railway in the West Midlands gave me the opportunity to take some pictures while the rest of the family went on the train...

Awaiting the loco at Brownhills West station. 

As the line was originally a colliery line the railway concentrates on industrial locomotives. 


This is a Simplex petrol shunting loco built for the GER. One of three that railway ordered which eventually became LNER class Y11 and continued in use at engineering sidings until the 1950s.






Some coach restoration was going on in the workshop. 

Class 08 was the motive power in use with two coaches and a SHARK brake van. 


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