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Wednesday 18th January 2012
Latest News: Ex-Shelton Steel Works Steam Engines posed together for the first time in 40 years! Sunday 25th September saw ex-Shelton steel works steam engines Hawarden and the Dubs Crane Tank together again after 40 years during the Foxfield Railways annual Traction Engine Steam Party. |
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The Foxfield Light Railway is one of the UK’s earliest heritage railways. The line was built in the 1890’s and unlike many lines which follow valleys, the Foxfield Railway maintains a 5½ mile round journey which boldly crosses open moorland, hills and woodland. This results in spectacular sounds and sights as the locomotives climb the steepest gradients as trains steam through Scenic North Staffordshire to terminate in the remote woodland halt of Dilhorne Park which offers one of the finest unspoilt views across the open moorlands where very little modern life can be seen... |
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