The cache is a camo'd tobacco tin hidden near the start of the old railway, and contains a logbook and pencil and a few swaps. Also under the lid and on the log-sheet you will find half the co-ords for Agenoria #3 (bonus). Don’t forget to note these down! Nearest parking is in Honeysuckle Avenue. Please re-hide well!
AGENORIA
The "AGENORIA" was built by 'Rastrick and Foster' in Stourbridge and was designed by the line's engineer, John Rastrick. Their second locomotive, the Stourbridge Lion, became the first locomotive to run on rails in the United States on the 8th of August 1829.
The "AGENORIA"was named after the goddess of courage and industry.
In 1827 James Foster of' John Bradley & Co', the Iron-masters from Stourbridge, and Lord Dudley, (The Fourth Viscount Dudley & Ward) agreed to build a railway from Ashwood Basin, on the Staffs & Worcs Canal to Shut End on Pensnett Chase. Unlike the earlier tramroads the line was of standard gauge and much of it steam drawn. A new canal basin was built at Ashwood for the railway, with facilities for outgoing coal.
In 1829 on the 2nd of June the line opened, large crowds saw "AGENORIA" haul eight carriages with 364 passengers and four carriages with three and half tons of coal along the two mile level stretch. On the second run even more coal wagons were added, but on the third run with only a few passengers a speed of eleven miles per hour was obtained.
The Agenoria worked for many years carrying coal and bricks from the Pensnett area down to the canal at Ashwood Basin and on the Earl of Dudley’s Pensnett Railway until it was withdrawn from service in 1864 when it was presented to the Science Museum London and can now be seen at the National Railway Museum in York
"AGENORIA" is said to be the oldest preserved railway locomotive in the world. Congratulations Tandis FTF K'ford Cachers STF