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©Ian Calderwood
Dist:0.3km<br/>Shown as Whiston Bridge and a public footpath on the 1:25000 OS map, presumably there used to be a bridge here?
©Graham Hogg
Dist:0.3km<br/>Great Marquess steam locomotive on the Churnet Valley Railway approaching Froghall and Kingsley Station.
©Chris Farman
Dist:0.4km<br/>During early 2009, the section of the Churnet Valley Railway between Froghall and the sand quarry at Oakamoor was made accessible by "lightweight diesel railcar" but was in too poor a condition for heavy steam locos.
©Ian Calderwood
Dist:0.5km<br/>Loco No 5199 takes on water at Kingsley and Froghall Station, on the Churnet Valley railway. The locomotive is a Great Western Railway Large Prairie 2-6-2 tank engine, built in 1934 at Swindon works (despite the British Railways livery).
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.5km<br/>Kingsley Holt Methodist Church is part of the Cheadle Circuit.
©Ian Calderwood
Dist:0.5km<br/>Locomotive No 5199 takes on water at Froghall and Kingsley Station, on the Churnet Valley railway. The engine spent the day hauling a passenger train between here and Leekbrook Junction.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.5km<br/>Steam locomotive No 5199 is about to take on water at Froghall and Kingsley Station, on the Churnet Valley railway.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.6km<br/>At present the services run from here to Cheddleton via Leekbrook Junction. A lease has bee signed for the rest of the track to Caldon Low Quarry (in the direction faced in the picture) and back almost as far as Stoke-on- Trent centre, so a lot of hard work will now be forthcoming to extend the extremely scenic route, gradually. A lot of very serious overgrowth clearance will be necessary from some parts of the totally overgrown track, photographed in several places and shown on this website. The locomotive is a Great Western Railway Large Prairie 2-6-2 tank engine, built in 1934 at Swindon works.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.6km<br/>Further proof that steam locomotives fascinate young and old alike as Stanier Class 8F 8624 waits to depart from Kingsley and Froghall station on the Churnet Valley Railway.
©Roger Lombard
Dist:0.6km<br/>Churnet Valley Heritage railway
©John Proctor
Dist:0.6km<br/>80098 is a standard Class 4 2-6-4 tank engine and was in service today between Cheddleton, and Kingsley and Froghall. Here it is about to be decoupled and will change ends in order to return the next service to Cheddleton. More information:- http://www.steamtraingalleries.co.uk/pic_churnet_valley_005.html http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.6km<br/>This is at Kingsley and Froghall station on the Churnet Valley Railway. http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/main/index.php The locomotive has hauled the train from Cheddleton and Leekbrook, and is about to detach itself to go to the other end to re-attach, ready for the next service. 80098 is a British Rail Standard Class 4 2-6-4 tank engine built in 1954.
©Roger Kidd
Dist:0.6km<br/>The Churnet Valley Railway operates on a 5.25 mile section of the former North Staffordshire Railway between Froghall & Kingsley and Cheddleton. The company has ambitious plans in collaboration with Moorland Rail to extend the service to the main line at Stoke-on-Trent and Alton Towers. A recent share offer in Moorland Rail saw subsribers queueing up to buy shares at the station. GWR No 5199 was built in 1934 and initially saw service based at Tyseley on local stopping passenger services in the Birmingham area. The engine was withdrawn from service in 1963. Restoration was completed by a group of enthusiasts in 2003 and it saw service on the Llangollen Railway. The Churnet Valley Railway has hired 5199 until December 2011 to cover a shortfall in engines in steam.
©John M
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©Raymond Knapman

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