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The station from the road overbridge, looking south-east in 2010 Plaque marking the re-opening of Kingsley and Froghall railway station. During the 1970s, a railway preservation base was set up at nearby Cheddleton station; later, this was to become the base of the Churnet Valley Railway (CVR). The CVR had been progressing slowly in preserving ...
In 1983, an 11-mile (18 km) section of the line was purchased by the Boone Railroad Historical Society, and its 2254 charter members, for $50,000. The stretch of track winds through the Des Moines River Valley and across a 156-foot (47.5 m) tall bridge spanning Bass Point Creek, a tributary of the Des Moines River.
The Churnet Valley Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway in the Staffordshire Moorlands of Staffordshire, England. It operates along part of the former Churnet Valley Line which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1849.
Cheddleton Station later became the base of the Churnet Valley Railway and has a commemorative plaque dedicated to Hancock on the wall. Initially, there was a railway museum displaying artefacts relating to the North Staffordshire Railway. In 1978 the NSRS became the North Staffordshire Railway Co. (1978) Ltd, and it became a charity in 1983.
Consall station, situated on the Churnet Valley Line of the NSR, was opened to both passengers and goods on 3 March 1902. The station was a quiet country station serving the needs of workers involved in the forge and nearby lime kilns.
Webcam views from Maggie Valley, Sugar Mountain, Waynesville, and Beech Mountain on Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, 2024 show freshly fallen snow in the mountai Snow falls on North Carolina's ...
Her bravery was heralded in many newspapers. Kate's lantern is housed at the Boone County Historical Society Museum in Boone, IA [2] [3] The bridge was designed by George S. Morison for the Chicago and North Western Railway and was constructed from 1899 to 1901. [4] It stands 185 feet (56 m) above the Des Moines River and is 2,685 feet (818 m ...
It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) in 1905 and closed to passenger use in 1935, [3] but remained open to freight traffic until 1964. [ 2 ] The station site today is used as a run-around loop for trains on the heritage Churnet Valley Railway with plans to reopen a station on the site.