39-686: The Corringham Light Railway (CLR) in Corringham, Essex , England was incorporated on 10 July 1899 and opened to freight on 1 January 1901, to passengers on 22 June 1901. It closed to passengers on 1 March 1952 and was absorbed into the Mobil Oil Company on 20 September 1971. The railway itself went from an end on junction with the London Tilbury and Southend Railway at Thames Haven to both Corringham and Kynochtown (later Coryton). The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LTSR) had
78-424: A Registered Museum in 1995. Since 2005, the museum has had a greater emphasis on interpretation and display facilities, a large variety of events take place each year to raise funds to support the museum's activities. The museum has a collection of industrial steam locomotives, in various states of repair. The museum has a collection of industrial diesel locomotives. Two Class 101 DMU cars are in operation at
117-672: A branch from Thames Haven Junction, near Stanford-le-Hope , to Thames Haven on the Thames Estuary . It was some 2 + 3 ⁄ 4 miles (4.4 km) long. There was a passenger station at Thames Haven but it closed before the CLR opened. The CLR ran from a junction with the LTSR near Thames Haven to the Kynoch explosives works at Shell Haven , with branches east to Kynochtown (later Coryton) and west to Corringham . Corringham Station on
156-514: A church here. The last Saxon Lord of Corringham was known as Sigar in 1066, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as holding 1 manor, 4 hides and 10 acres. The place-name 'Corringham' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Currincham . It appears as Curingeham in the Feet of Fines for 1204. The name means 'the village of Curra's people'. St Mary
195-545: A handbrake at one end acting on one wheel set. During the First World War three bogie carriages of Midland Railway origin were acquired due to a further influx in staff to Thames works, In addition several more four wheel carriages where acquired from the LTSR. From the 1920s the passenger stock was reduced with the scrapping of many of the carriages acquired during the World War I, It was noted that at least one of
234-493: A workshop being set up in the goods shed to enable maintenance and restoration work to be undertaken on the rolling stock. The Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society was renamed to The East Anglian Railway Museum in 1986 to confirm its focus on representing railway history of the Eastern Counties rather than just operating trains. The museum gained charitable status in 1991 (Registered Charity No. 1001579) and became
273-592: Is also a Church of England parish stretching from Horseshoe Bay in the Thames Estuary to Dry Street, south of Langdon Hills. St Mary the Virgin Church is the first of its two parish churches, and originated in the Saxon period from the time of St Cedd in the 7th century. Corringham was formerly served by the Corringham Light Railway which connected the Kynoch munitions factory with
312-576: Is likely that where the church stands today, Curra the Tribal Chief of the Saxons came with mercenaries following and replacing Roman soldiers of the 1st and 2nd centuries, who then over the following centuries settled as permanent residents of Corringham. By the 7th century Corringham would have had a Saxon community, and it is thought that St Cedd , who established Tilbury Monastery in AD 653, established
351-475: Is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury . Services on the Sudbury Branch Line are operated by Abellio Greater Anglia . The museum has a wide collection of locomotives and rolling stock, some of which are fully restored, three are converted into Thomas, Percy and Toby replicas while others are undergoing repair and restoration. The Restoration Shed
390-500: The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway . The small historic heart is one of the seven conservation areas in the borough, which is for local government matters a unitary authority. Today, the town is located close to the A13 . In 1970 excavations took place at the site of the old railway terminus, south of Fobbing Road, revealing the remains of Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) tools. It
429-663: The Milestones Museum in Basingstoke . This, as CLR No 1, has a military origin, having run on the Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire. For the opening two "toastrack" carriages were supplied by Kerr Stuart , a 1st/3rd composite with the 1st class area enclosed and a 3rd class all open, described as very modern and akin to the trams on Southend pier at the time. Initially only one carriage
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#1732794522364468-452: The 1970s while leaving the station as intact as it was when the last trains ran. Various items have survived in private hands, mainly tickets and photographs. A brick from Corringham station was rescued by an enthusiast and was subsequently incorporated into the wall of his home office. A fishplate was discovered in June 2013 after recent ploughing had uncovered it . One piece of rolling stock
507-465: The 9th century Viking raids on Corringham meant that the church was reinforced by building 3' thick walls around the structure, With the Norman invasion of England in 1066, Corringham came under Norman rule, and was owned and administered by Bishop Odo who was bishop of London. The church underwent a building programme around the year 1100, with the west tower being built around this time. Inside St Mary
546-586: The CLR. Like many aspects of the CLR, not much has been recorded of them. Later staff were direct employees of Mobil. The Corringham Light Railway Project was founded in 2013 by a group of local people attempting to save the remaining trackbed of the Corringham Light Railway. Unfortunately time has not been kind to what remains of the Corringham Light Railway. In December 2014 the Corringham Light Railway Society
585-491: The Carriage and Wagon display. Scrapped by 1935 Waterloo class Scrapped 1952 Huxley class Scrapped 1954 (known as the 1917 loco) B3 class Later scarlet Scrapped 1957 (known as the 1914 loco) B3 class Scrapped 1957 After the steam locomotives were scrapped the line was worked with diesel locomotives owned by Mobil Oil. However, there is no evidence that internal combustion locomotives ever ventured on to
624-761: The Corringham branch before it was taken up in the 1950s. Kynite was scrapped by T Ward and sons of Grays and the two Avonside locomotives were scrapped by Ray of Southend. Although no steam locomotive that ran on the Corringham Light railway was preserved, the National Railway Museum has the works plate from Kynite on display in the works display and also owns a fine example of the Avonside B4 class (same as locomotives 2 and 1) in "Woolmer" Works No 1572 of 1910, currently on display at
663-527: The Fobbing Road was a substantial brick-built structure providing both male and female toilets, a bicycle shed and a small loading platform. Although the Light Railway order included a siding this was never laid. From the station the line headed down hill past two sidings, The first branched off towards a small brickworks and the second to a sewage works. Both were closed and removed before 1923. At
702-602: The Marks Tey to Sudbury Line until 1993 when all 1st generation units were withdrawn in East Anglia and were transferred to Manchester, both withdrawn from service in 2001, then stored at MOD Shoeburyness before being purchased in 2003. They represented the Class 101 DMU class at Railcar50. The unit is mainly used on Day Out with Thomas Events where it runs as Daisy The Diesel Multiple Unit. British Rail Class 306 unit 017
741-559: The Stour Valley Railway Preservation Society on 24 September 1968. The SVRPS was established at Chappel & Wakes Colne Station in December 1969 after a lease was obtained from British Rail to use the vacant goods yard and railway buildings, including the station building. The first public steam day took place three months later. The goods shed and station buildings were quickly restored; with
780-531: The Thames, has always had a connection to the movement of goods and shipping. One ancient pathway which still exists passes from the coast, through the cemetery and to the side of the Bull Inn, and then continues on to Hadleigh Castle and South Benfleet . In terms of electoral wards (areas of boroughs drawn to contain equal-sized electorates), the town is part of Stanford East and Corringham Town. On 1 April 1936
819-454: The Virgin Church is of Saxon origin, exterior herringbone stonework in both the nave and the chancel. can be seen. There are other Saxon features inside the church. The tower is also likely to be Saxon. From the 7th century a wooden structure was erected here where the nave is situated today, this would have been similar in construction to that of Greensted Church near Ongar in Essex, around
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#1732794522364858-471: The Virgin Church, at the arched entrance to the west tower, a Norman carving of a Norman complete with moustache can be seen; it is possible this depicts Bishop Odo. The Baud Family originally from Germany came over with William the Conqueror in 1066, and became landowners in Corringham, mentioned in 1210, soon after gaining hunting rights. Corringham, being situated in close proximity to the marshes and
897-612: The band played to around 150 people in a goods shed. This concert was their first since 2001 and the first show of their 2009 mini-tour, which was followed by the band headlining at the Glastonbury Festival and performing two concerts in Hyde Park . In November 2009, a plaque was erected on the East Anglian Railway Museum by PRS for Music . The Heritage Award was a celebration of Blur and
936-463: The bogie carriages continued to be used past this time. Towards the end of the passenger service on the railway one or two ex-LTSR four-wheel carriages continued to be used, as noted on a Stephenson Locomotive Society visit in 1948. Freight stock varied between two and 14 wagons. Little is known about them, but there is photographic evidence of two four-wheel wagons, one regularly at Corringham and an ex LBSCR open wagon. There are many photographs from
975-466: The bottom of the incline the line crossed a bridge before heading across the marshes towards the works/LTSR it crossed the A1014 Manorway for the first time at Ironlatch crossing before heading straight for around a mile. At this point the line divided into a triangular junction with the LTSR and to Kynochtown/Coryton. The station at Kynochtown/Coryton was built in a similar style to Corringham but
1014-443: The later years of the CLR that show wagons belonging to Cory Brothers in use or dumped in derelict condition. However these do not appear to have ever been owned by the railway itself. Although the CLR had directors and several secretaries over the years, it listed very few staff on its books. Kynochs (and later Cory's) kept costs down to a minimum by counting only the locomotive crews (ie the drivers and firemen) as actual employees of
1053-615: The museum. The units are owned by Diesel Unit Preservation Associates Ltd. DUPA own one other Class 101 unit (E51505 at Ecclesbourne Valley Railway) and two Class 108 units (E50599 at Ecclesbourne Valley Railway and M56223 at Llangollen Railway). Car number E56358 is painted in BR Blue with full yellow ends while E51213 is painted in BR Blue Grey with full yellow ends. Both cars have had their original pattern tungsten lighting reinstated. No. E56358 and No. E51213 were regular performers on
1092-480: The parish was abolished to form Thurrock; part also went to Bowers Gifford . In 1931 the parish had a population of 1,897. Corringham had a non-League football club, East Thurrock United F.C. who played at Rookery Hill but went into liquidation in 2023 East Anglian Railway Museum The East Anglian Railway Museum is a museum located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex , England, which
1131-415: The refinery. The last passenger train ran from Corringham station on Saturday 1 March 1952 at 12.20pm. By 12 April of that year, Corringham station and branch were noted as having been demolished. The site of the station on Fobbing Road is apparent from the satellite view of postcode SS17 9DB. The trees that lined the track as it ran north and curved westward into the station are still present. The top end of
1170-410: The remains of Brickfield Bridge over Fobbing Creek. At the site of Coryton Station the 1919 brick platform extension survives within the refinery and was restored cosmetically by BP in 1985 however the wooden waiting shelter/toilets have long since disappeared . Coryton station is an anomaly as usually a station is demolished when its railway closes, however the whole village of Coryton was demolished in
1209-481: The station is still there, just across the road from Kynoch Villas and Digby Road. Along the track bed there are various earth works and remaining structures, the first of which is the sewage works that once served the works colony (originally served by its own siding), The second of which are the large ponds in the grounds of the Pegasus club, these are the remains of the once rail served brick works. Finally there are
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1248-410: The trackbed up to public footpath 22 including the platform and loop was sold to a housing developer in 1986 The rear of the station site (Behind the platform) became The Hawthorns estate: the rear of the brick platform is visible from The Hawthorns, behind "Station House" on the right. A series of fishponds now lie on the trackbed through the station site. The gate post on Fobbing Road at the entrance to
1287-485: The unitary authority area of Thurrock , in the ceremonial county of Essex , England, located directly next to the town of Stanford-le-Hope , about 24 miles (39 km) east of London and 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Basildon . Corringham lies on a hill overlooking the Thames between Canvey Island and Tilbury Fort . It is 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Grays, the administrative centre of Thurrock. Corringham
1326-556: Was also almost preserved: the final LTSR carriage was donated in the 1970s to Railway Vehicle Preservations, who are now based on the Great Central Railway . Unfortunately it was later destroyed by fire, though one door survived in a private collection. The door was restored as far as was practical and in 2012 was donated to the East Anglian Railway Museum (www.earm.co.uk) where it now features in
1365-415: Was built from wood. Originally the station was on a dead-end siding meaning that a train, once loaded, would have to reverse out to allow the locomotive pass to the front of the train. On 20 September 1971 the CLR company became part of the Mobil Oil Company, serving its Coryton Refinery . After the refinery transferred to Vacuum Oil Company, later Mobil, improvements were made to the branch that entered
1404-615: Was built in 1983–4, before which most work had to take place in the Goods Shed or in the open. On event days, steam or diesel train rides are operated over a short demonstration track. The museum hosts two annual events: the Winter Beer Festival held in late February / early March (timing depends on UK school holidays), and the Summer Beer Festival held each September. The museum was originally formed as
1443-465: Was formed by former members of the project it now aims to research and discover as much as possible about the old line and if possible assist in the preservation of any remaining artifacts. The Society's secondary aims are to preserve the general railway History of the Thurrock Area in conjunction with other groups. Corringham, Essex Corringham is a town and former civil parish in
1482-554: Was transferred to the museum in mid-2011 for a four-year loan period from the National Railway Museum. The unit left the museum in October 2018. In 2021, the museum acquired a driving vehicle from British Rail Class 317 unit 317345. It was donated by Angel Trains . On 13 June 2009, alternative rock band Blur performed a concert at the museum, where they had performed their first concert in 1988. As in 1988,
1521-466: Was used at a time as the Kitson locomotive was unable to draw two loaded carriages up the incline to Corringham. Later the composite carriage was fully enclosed and curtains were added to the 3rd class carriage because of the harsh weather on the marshes. By 1905 by a four-wheel 3rd class carriage of LTSR origin was added. They were modified by the removal of the compartment partitions and the addition of
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