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This is unrelated to the Foxfield railway station in Cumbria. For that and other uses see Foxfield

Kerr Stuart Works No. 4388 standard gauge Witch Class 0-4-0ST at Caverswall Road.

The Foxfield Steam Railway is a preserved standard gauge line located south east of Stoke-on-Trent. The line was built in 1893 to serve the colliery at Dilhorne. It joined the North Staffordshire Railway line near Blythe Bridge.

When the colliery closed in 1965, local volunteers formed the Foxfield Light Railway Society to preserve the line. At first, passengers were taken in open trucks up the formidable 1 in 25 gradient out of the colliery site up to Dilhorne, accompanied by a tiny tank engine.

Eventually, new coaches were purchased and a station was built at Caverswall Road, around half a mile from Blythe Bridge station. The service runs for 2.5 miles from there to the colliery.

The connection to the Crewe to Derby Line has been disused for many years, but several abandoned wagons can be seen in the old sidings from passing trains.

The Foxfield Railway has the largest collection of Steam engines in Staffordshire, all are industrial.

• Operational Steam Locomotives

• • Hunslet 0-6-0ST No 3839 "Wimblebury" built in 1956. In regular service, restored to NCB dark blue livery, boiler ticket expires in 2014.
  • RSH 0-6-0T No 7684 "Meaford No 2" built in 1951. In regular operation, painted in Meaford power station lined green, boiler ticket expires in 2013.
  • Bagnall 0-4-0ST No 2623 "Hawarden" built in 1940. In regular traffic on passenger trains, painted in unlined dark green with black and yellow striped buffer beams, boiler ticket expires in 2008.
  • Robert Heath 0-4-0ST No 6 built in 1885, rebuilt in 1934. In service and used occasionally on passenger trains, painted in lined black livery, boiler ticket expires in 2009. On loan to Lincolnshire Wolds Railway.
  • Beyer Peacock 0-4-0ST No 1827, built in 1879. In service with occasional passenger use, painted in Black lined out in red and white, boiler ticket expires in 2009, currently on loan to the Shildon Locomotion Museum until steam becomes available.

• Steam Locomotives undergoing overhaul or restoration
  • Haydock Foundry 0-6-0WT No C "Bellerophon" built in 1874. The oldest Locomotive in the collection, undergoing a ten yearly overhaul with the boiler now being retubed for a steam test, planned to be in service by 2007/2008.
  • Hunslet 0-6-0ST No. 3694 "Whiston". Undergoing a ten yearly overhaul, the boiler is currently being retubed and could return to traffic later in 2007.
  • W.G. Bagnall 0-6-0ST No. 2 "Florence". Nearing the end of restoration, the boiler has been successfully steam tested and has been lifted in the frames. Planned to be in service later this year.
  • Dubs Crane Tank 0-4-0T No. 4101 "Dubs". Undergoing restoration with attention foccused on the boiler, planned to be in service in 2007, when overhauled it will not be used on passenger trains.
  • Avonside 0-6-0ST No. 3 "Cranford". Undergoing boiler work with the frames, cab and saddle tank completed and planned to be in service in 2008.
  • Brandon PeQueen 0-6-OST No. 069 "Unga-Bunga" Undergoing undercarriage restoration.

• Stored Steam Locomotives
  • Peckett and Sons 0-4-0ST No. 933 "Henry Cort". On static display in the Museum building awaiting overhaul.
  • Avonside 0-4-0ST No. 1563 "Millon". Partly dismantled, will be one of the next to be overhauled.
  • Kerr Stuart 0-4-0ST No. 4127 "Moss Bay". On static display in the museum building.
  • Hawthorne Leslie 0-4-0ST No. 3. Stored in the yard with the boiler removed.
  • Kerr Stuart 0-4-0ST No. 4388. Stored in the yard awaiting overhaul.
  • W.G. Bagnall 0-6-0ST No. 2221 "Lewisham". Stored awaiting overhaul after its boiler ticket expired in 2007.
  • Andrew Barclay 0-4-0F No. 1. Awaiting a cosmetic restoration for display in the museum.
  • Peckett and Sons 0-4-0ST No. 1803 "Ironbridge No. 1". Awaiting overhaul and is on display in the museum.
  • RSH 0-4-0CT No. 7006 "Roker". On static display in the museum building awaiting overhaul.
  • W.G. Bagnall 0-4-0ST No. 2. Stored in the yard with the boiler removed.
  • Peckett and Sons OY Class 0-4-0ST No. 11. Awaiting overhaul, is hopefully going to be overhauled once "Florence" is steaming again.
  • Sentinel 4w No. 9535. On static display in the yard.

• The Railway website
• Foxfield Virtual Stock List
• BBC Staffordshire - Out & About: Foxfield Railway
• Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is a heritage steam railway nearby

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