Tuesday 24th August 2010
THIRD LOCO FOR NOVEMBER STEAM GALA ANNOUNCED

The CVR and Moorland & City Railways (MCR) are pleased to announce that the 3rd visiting loco for the November Gala is the unique Ex LMS 5MT No. 44767 George Stephenson.

The loco list for the steam gala on 13/14 November 2010 is now:-
Ex BR 8P No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester
Ex SR West Country No. 34028 Eddystone
Ex LMS 5MT No. 44767 George Stephenson
Ex LMS 8F No. 8624
Ex GWR Large Prairie No. 5199

All subject to availability.

Monday 5th July 2010
FIRST PASSENGER TRAINS TO CALDON LOW IN 75 YEARS………..

The CVR and Moorland & City Railways (MCR) is pleased to announce that subject to inspection by the Office of Rail Regulation that it should be in a position to return the Leekbrook to Caldon Low line to passenger traffic for a celebration event on the 13th November 2010.
An intensive 3 train service is planned for the weekend of the 13/14 November 2010 featuring some interesting steam motive power. The weekend of the 20/21 November 2010 will see a repeat of this using diesel locomotives to recreate a 1960's theme. This new section of line will see the CVR expand operations from an 11 mile round trip to a 27 mile round trip.

Saturday 12th June 2010
Wickham Trolley Test Run

Sunday 11th July 2010
Basil Jeuda Book Launch

To see a video of the test run click here

Please note the Wickham trolley will not now be running during the Velocipede rally, due to operational difficulties for the Velocipedes

THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
RAILWAY IN LMS DAYS VOLUME 1

Thursday 3rd June 2010
Stanier 8F 8624 arrives at the CVR

On 3rd June ex LMS 8F 2-8-0 No. 8624 arrived at the CVR by road from the East Lancashire Railway.

The engine is expected to be running on 5th & 6th June. It is also planned to run at the November 2010 Steam Gala as well as the February 2011 Steam Gala. It had been at East Lanc's Railway for their annual 1940 Wartime Weekend.

8624 is the Only surviving Southern-built example, withdrawn in the 1960s and stored at Barry Scrap Yard. It was brought back in to service in spring 2009 at Peak Rail. It carries a fictional LMS Crimson Lake livery.

Monday 10th May 2010
CVR metals reconnected to Leekbrook Junction!

On the 10th May the CVR was reconnected with Leekbrook Junction and the lines to Stoke and Caldon Low. Pictured left is Steve Woolliscroft tightening the last bolt in what was a historic "Golden Spike" moment witnessed by the CVR PW Group and the other CVR Volunteers involved in the work. Reconnection to the junction is the first step towards allowing works trains onto the Caldon Low line to be operated by Moorland and City Railways (MCR).

Line clearance work is now in hand using a Road/Rail Flail Machine (pictured right). MCR Commercial Director David Kemp said that the line between Leekbrook and Caldon Low was recently inspected and they had been "pleasantly surprised" by the condition of the track and infrastructure.

More photographs here

Saturday 17th April 2010
Moorlander Wine & Dine train in New Livery

Wednesday 14th April 2010
Stanier 8F 48624 to visit the CVR

We are pleased to announce that ex LMS 8F 2-8-0 No. 8624 will be visiting the railway from June 2010 until February 2011. The engine is expected to go straight into traffic upon its arrival and should also run at the November 2010 Steam Gala as well as the February 2011 Steam Gala as usual subject to availability.

Visitors to the railway will be able to compare the restored and working version with 8F No. 48173 currently waiting restoration at the CVR.

We are also pleased to announce that BR Class 8 Pacific locomotive No 71000 Duke of Gloucester which was due to take part in February's Winter Gala will now be running at our Steam Gala planned for November 13th & 14th 2010.

Friday 5th February 2010
New Souvenir Shop to open Saturday

The CVR Souvenir Shop has been moved to Kingsley & Froghall Station. Its new refurbished premises are 60% larger than the shop at Cheddleton, enabling more stock to be held and to be better displayed.

The refurbishment has been carried out by the Civil's team and funded by the NSRC. During the last week shop volunteers, under the guidance of Shop Manager Linda Westerman, have been working flat out to clean up the shop fittings and put out all the stock in time for this weekends Steam Gala.

Being located at Froghall takes better advantage of the operational timetable, allowing all passengers at least fifteen minutes to visit the shop and make purchases from its wide range of souvenirs, gifts and toys.

Thursday 21st January 2010
All Change at Cheddleton

To make way for the rebuilding of Whitebridge Crossing Cottage from Stone, the very familiar Portacabins at Cheddleton Station have been removed.

The Souvenir Shop is to be reused as the MPD Office and the Cafe has been moved to Kingsley & Froghall Station and will be refurbished to become the new Souvenir Shop.

For more information regarding the Civil's Whitebridge Crossing Cottage Project click here.

Sunday 10th January 2010
New Administration Offices & CVR Headquarters

On Monday 11th January the CVR's new administration offices will open at Kingsley & Froghall Station. The new offices will be on the first floor of the station building.

The first floor was initially let as a holiday flat but was found not to be economically viable. Now the former main bedroom will be the main office, the small bedroom will be the accounts office and the lounge will continue to be used as a board room, making full use of this excellent and modern facility.

The CVR will be using Froghall as its official address from now on whilst the NSRC will continue to be based at Cheddleton Station. Phone numbers remain unchanged for the present. The former office at Cheddleton will now be refurbished and brought back into use as authentic waiting room facility.

The 2010 Timetable Cover Competition was won by David Gibson despite close competition from fourteen other photographers. David's photograph which now appears on the 2010 Timetable cover, was chosen anonymously by three judges from the commercial team.

David met all the challenging criteria set down for the cover photograph. The competition will be run again for the 2011 Timetable and will be open to everyone, full details to follow.