Locomotives at Foxfield Railway

By contrast Foxfield is arguably the only preserved railway where the WW2 Austerity saddle tank is truly at home, because two were used on the original colliery railway before closure in 1965. Although neither could eventually be preserved, the Foxfield collection would not be complete or authentic without a couple of Austerity saddle tanks, for which we have "Whiston" and "Wimblebury".

The collection spans all the main local locomotive builders: Bagnall, Kerr Stuart and Robert Heath, plus examples of many other makes which worked in the North Staffordshire area, and a selection of fascinating machines that worked further afield.

The old, the new, the graceful curves of Victorian designs, and the powerful angles of the post-war workhorses, plus of course the wierd and wonderful: crane tanks, fireless locos, even a steamer converted to a diesel - take a look at the collection at Foxfield in these pages:

Click on each to see a full list of details and photographs:

Steam Locomotives

Diesel and Electric Locomotives