The Railway Magazine – August 2019

94 •TheRailway Magazine•August2019

August

10-11EcclesbourneValley

Railway,diesel gala

10-11Peak Rail,mixed

traffic gala

17-18Caledonian Railway,

dieselweekend

17-181:1 Collection,

Margate openweekend

24 Chinnor&Princes

RisboroughRailway,diesel

railcar rambler

24-26LincolnshireWolds

Railway,anything goes

24-26MangappsRailway,

30th anniversaryweekend

31 Llanelli&MynyddMawr

Railway,enthusiast day

September

6-8Grea tCentralRailway,

diesel gala

7-8Peak Rail,shuntergala

13-15Dean Forest Railway,

diesel gala

13-15Isle ofWightSteam

Railway,mixed traction event

14-15Epping Ongar

Railway,diesel gala

14-15GCR(N), diesel gala

14-15LlangollenRailway,

heritagerailcar gala

DIARY

Ex-GWR dieselrailcar No.20(BR No.W20W)iss een in an advanced

stage ofrestor ation inTenterden carriageshed ,Kent&East

SussexRailway,onJune 16.Twoother GWRrailcars survive: No.22

(Swindon 1940)at Didcot Railway Centre and No.4(Park Royal

1934)at NRM, York.Although in theSouth East,there is astrong

GWR biasat theKESR, which is hometo four GWR/BR(W) steam

locos.PHIL BARNES

THE East AnglianRailway

Museum’s Class 04 No.D2279

has beenrepaintedinBRgreen

withwasp stripes each end,and

nowsees regular useat Chappel

&Wakes Colne.

It wasawayfor some time

whilereceivingatte ntionby

PeterBriddonat Darley Dale,

returning in July 2018.

TheDrewryshunterwill soon

be joinedby under-restoration

Germanrailbus No.E79963,

providing an early-BR lookto

the museum’s diesel fleet.

The0-6-0Dwasproviding

‘driver-for-a-tenner’experiences

up and down the shortrunning

line on June 16, as seen here.

STUART CHAPMAN

GreatWestern railcar

progresses at KESR

GWRdieselrailcar No.W20W is

receivingathoroughoverhaul

atTenterde nonthe Kent&East

Sussex Railway (KESR).

No.20was builtat Swindon in

1940, withdrawnin1962, and after

four years of storagewasbought

by the KESR.

It arri vedbyrail as an‘out-of-

gauge load’inApril 1966.Years

of restor ation followed,before

entering servicebyChristmas

1972.It had the dutyofhauling

the KESR’s first reve nue-earning

train inFebruary1974.

It waswithdrawnafter six years

of regular use because of severe

body panelcorrosionand general

rot. Some restor ation took place

during the 1980s and ’90s,but

No.W20W really needed major

surgery.

A‘wheels-up’restoration has

been slowly taking placeinr ecent

years.

Work has includedreplacing

most metal body panels and

renewal ofrotted bodyframework.

Theoriginal windowtop-light

ventilators,set in thewooden

structure, will have modern safety

glass fitted.

Seat frames arestoredbut will

needrecovering.Anew wiring

loom isrequired,but most of

the instruments andcontrol

systemcomponents just need

refurbishing.

Thetwo AEC 105hp engines

have beenreconditioned and

run, gearboxesrefurbished,and

the propshafts and differential

units checked and passedfor

use.The brakesystemhas been

overhauled.

Theinterior side panelling has

beenrenewed and undercoated,

while the majorityoft he outside is

nowinprimer,with the final livery

to be decided.

Funding of this projecthas

alwaysbeen tight, anddonations

to completethe job can be made

to:GWR Railca rAppeal,c/o Kent

&East SussexRailw ay Co Ltd,

TenterdenTown Station,Tenterden,

KentTN30 6HE, or donate online

at:https://tinyurl.com/y4uff6a9

FORMERBR 0-6-0DM No.D2511(Hudswell,

Clark eNo. D1202of1961)–the onlysurvivor

of aclass of 10–servesast he yard pilot at

Oxenhope,whereitiss een on June16.

It waswithdr awnfromBarrow-in-Furness

(12C)inD ecember1967 and passed to the

NationalCoalBoard’sBrodsworthCollier y,

Doncaster thefollowing year.

No.D2511 is powere dbyaGardner 8L3

204hp engine,and wasacquiredby the

Keighley&WorthValley Railway(KWVR) in

October 1977.

TheKWVRalso acquired No.D2519inApril

1982, butafterstrippingforspares itwassold

forscrap threeyears later.

BEN BUCKI

EARM

Drewry

restoration

completed

Rare ex-BRshunter stillworking at WorthValley

THE MangappsRailway in
Essexisholdingagalaoverthe
August bank holidayweekend,
using the largest number of
locos operatedatasingle
even t.
An intensivetrain service
will be run with diesels on all
three days.
Theroster is Class 47
No.47679James Nightall
G.C.,Class 31s Nos.31105 and
31233, Class 33 No.33202
Dennis G. Robinson,Class 03s

Nos.03089, 03197 and 03399,

and Class 04 No.D2325.

Thelatte rworked the first

trainat Mangapps on the

openingweekend in 1989.

Steam locos BR No.80078

and Peckett 0-4-0STAchilles

will also be running on the

Sundayand Monday.

Seewebsitewww.mangapps.

co.uk formoredetails.

Mangappswascreatedby

John Jolly and family on their

farmat Burnham-on-Crouch.

Mangapps 30th anniversarygala

will be railway’sbiggestevent

THE Llanelli&MynyddMawr
Railway is holdingarunning
dayonAugust 31 aimedat
enthusiasts.
Theevent starts with a
demonstration freightat10.15
followedbybrakevanrides
behind theSentinel 4wDH
(Rolls-RoyceNo. 10222 of 1965).
Train rides will be headedby
Dutch350hp Class 600 0-6-0DE
No.625.
Recently arrived localcelebrity
Class 08 No.08795 will be posed
forphotos,but it is plannedto
startitupfor the first time in
preservation during the day.
Therailway’s new running line
extension isexpectedtobein
use.The stock shed will be open
to visitors,aswill the buffet car,
picnic areas andanaturewalk.
Therailway aimsto grow
into amajor tourist attrac tion
forwhich morevolunteers are
needed.
Formoredetails,including
pre-bookingforthe open day,
see website:www.llanellirailway.
co.uk

Enthusiastday

at Cynheidre

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