‘Instant’ extension launches Churnet Valley push to Leek
Oct 22, 2019
3 minutes
By Robin Jones and Fred Kerr
DAVE GIBSON
FRED KERR
DAVE GIBSON
AFTER years of planning and negotiations, the first 659ft of the Churnet Valley Railway’s (CVR) eagerly-awaited £1 million extension into Leek has carried its first passengers.
On Friday, October 11, USATC S160 2-8-0 No. 5197 hauled a special train carrying invited guests from Cheddleton station to Leek Brook and on to the £40,000 first section of the Leek extension – which had
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