USA Transportation Corps (USATC) Archives

Phase 1 of Churnet Valley’s Leek extension opens for passengers

3rd December 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Steam

THE initial 659ft of the Churnet Valley Railway’s (CVR) £1million extension to Leek carried its first passengers on October 11, just 48 hours after the first track panels went down. Greg Wilson’s USATC ‘S160’ 2-8-0

Maroon ‘S160’ returns to NYMR after overhaul

13th March 2019 Sam Hewitt News, Standard Gauge, Steam

BALDWIN ‘S160’ 2-8-0 No. 2253 has returned to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) after a major 2½-year rebuild by Northern Steam Engineering at Stockton. It arrived at New Bridge Yard on February 13 sporting an