2023

SK0247 : Kingsley & Froghall Station - running in board

taken 10 months ago, near to Froghall, Staffordshire, England

Kingsley & Froghall Station - running in board
Kingsley & Froghall Station - running in board
Interestingly, the Churnet Valley Railway has chosen to use replica LMS signs for the running in boards (the larger signs used at the ends of the platforms, a practice largely discontinued on the modern railway) rather than the later British Railways style. The LMS usually angled these slightly outwards and that has been done at the other end of the platform.
Churnet Valley Railway

A preserved railway line near Leek in Staffordshire, running from Froghall up the valley to Cheddleton with one intermediate stop at Consall, and (since 2011) on an extension to a former quarry at Cauldon Low, where as of 2012 there is no station. The society has plans to connect to the national network at Stoke-on-Trent.

The lines were originally constructed by the North Staffordshire Railway (the "Knotty"). According to one writer, "the buildings on the Churnet Valley line are of local stone, straightforwardly neo-Tudor, and effective" [Lloyd & Insall, "Railway Station Architecture", David & Charles 1978, p.17].


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SK0247, 296 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 16 May, 2023   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 21 May, 2023
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 0249 4713 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:1.2876N 1:57.8598W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 0248 4712
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Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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