Chasewater Railway celebrated, with a gala, 60 years since the first meeting in Stafford of the interested parties in forming a heritage railway. Although modest by Chasewater's recent events it was nevertheless most entertaining. The weather was not brilliant on the Sunday morning but the Met Office promised better during the afternoon. As I hadn't been able to visit recent galas I decided to brave the early rain...the fact that I live only ten minutes away helped in making that decision. As it happened the Met Office forecast was correct. I followed my usual practice of putting £8-50 in the kitty and rode the train from Brownhills West to Chasewater Heaths before walking the length of the line back to Brownhills.
Locomotives in service were: 2842 Kent No2, 2648 Dunlop No6, 3211 Myfanwy & 27876 North British, the former two being steam and the latter diesel.
As I have commented before the railway is known as The Colliery Line but equally appropriate would be The Friendly Line such is the attitude of the staff.
26 май 2019
