Chasewater’s half a century of operation
ON June 29, 1968 the first steam open day was held at the Chasewater Railway, the railway’s roots having started years earlier with the formation of the Railway Preservation Society in 1959. The idea was to form the society into districts and each district would establish its own depot. The West Midlands branch was the first such district formed.
By June 1960, a depot had been established at Hednesford in Staffordshire with two
