Research

At the Colne Valley Railway we have three big projects ongoing with which you may be able to help:

1. We are trying to obtain copies of all known photographs of the original Colne Valley & Halstead Railway (1860 - 1965) which we are scanning and
holding on a computer in the exhibition centre at the Railway. Once scanned, photographs are returned.

2. We are trying to record the numbers of all locomotives which have worked across the line. We gain the information from photographs (item 1 above) and from personal written records.

3. Finally, we are building a database of all staff who have worked on the original CV&HR. Whilst we have many records already, we have some major gaps as well.

If anyone can provide any information, we would be pleased to hear from them. I can be contacted as follows:

Paul Lemon
01376-550472 (evenings)
416 Coggeshall Road
Braintree
Essex
CM7 9EG