The Railway Magazine – August 2019

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■VOLUNTEERS have

expended9 00 hoursof

work restoring ManxElectric

Railway’s (MER) 1893-built

trailer No.54, andcompleted

theirtaskonJune8.MER

staffwereduetofinish

the mechanical and wiring

aspects of theproject with a

viewtothetrailerappearing

during Isle ofManRailway’s

July HeritageTransport

Festival; it last ranin

passengerserviceonAugust

16, 1971.Thetrailerhas been

completedinred,white and

teak livery.

■THETalyllynRailway has

raised sufficient financeto

progressreplication of the

oldlocomotivewatering

pointatTyDŵr, on the

‘mineralexte nsion’between

Abergynolwynand Nant

Gwernol (RMJan). More

than £1,200wasraised

from its appeal, with the

railwayholidaycompany

PTGToursofferinga£4,000

sponsorshipfor th eproject,

enablingit to move forward.

■THEreplicaSandyRiver

&Rangeley Lakes Railway

parlour carCarrabassetthas

beenboughtbyStatf old

NarrowGaug eTrust.Itw as

built at BostonLodge15

yearsagoforAdrianShooter.

■DONATIONSby The

ColonelStephensSociety

for2018/19include £500

to FfestiniogRailway to

assistrestor ation of Kerr,

Stuart 4 wDM 44 15/ 192 8,the

oldest purpose-builtdiesel

locomotive in Britain.

SIDELINES

August

9-11TalyllynRailway,young

members’gala

15-16Laun ceston Steam

Railway,Darjeeling gala

17 Richmond LightRailway,

Kentsteam fair

26 Westonzoyland Pumping

Station, railway gala

30-Sept 1Welshpool &

Llanfair LightRailway,steam

gala

September

7 Statfold BarnRailway,

enthusiasts’day

14-15KirkleesLightRailway,

steam and diesel gala

14-15Vale of Rheidol

Railway,forgotten engines

steamfestival

20-22PerrygroveRailway,

gala

21-22ApedaleValley Light

Railway,MoseleyRailway

Trust 50th anniversary

28-29Lynton &Barnstaple

Railway,gala

October

4-6FfestiniogRailway,

Victorianweekend

5/6LeightonBuzzard

Railway (LBR),cent enary

steam gala

19-20Toddington NG

Railway,steam up

26 RHDR,end-of-season

parade

27 Bredgar &Wormshill

LightRailw ay,end-of-season

steam-up

DIARY

LEIGHTON BuzzardRailway’s Baguley0-4-0TRishra,making its

first visittoAmerton, and home-basedKerr,Stuart0-4-0ST‘Wren’

LornaDoonepictured duringAmertonRailway’s June 29-30

StaffordshireEnginesSummer SteamGala.Otherhome-based

locos in steamwere Kerr,Stuart0-4-0TDiana,Bagnall 0-4-0ST

IsabelandKerr,Stuart0-4-0ST‘Wren’Jennie.MARK SMITHERS

Grantboost forCrowleand

Peatland Railwayvisitor cent re

THE Crowle &PeatlandRailway

Societyhas landeda£107,000

awardfromNorth Lincolnshire

Councilto developavisitor and

educationcentre.

This will includeacafe,

shop,toilets and information

boardscovering the social and

industrial heritage of the moors,

supplementing the train ride

on a500-metrelineonCrowle

Moors utilising threeSchöma

dieselhydraulic locomotives

thatonceworked on peat

extraction from

Crowle,Hatfiel dand Thorne

Moors.

Schöma dieselTheThomas

Buck(works number 5220),

the first of the locosto be

refurbished,has run out of the

workshop shed along the initial

section of trackto be la id.

On June 5,Schömaworks

number 5130wasmoved

to the workshop aftermany

years asa‘gate guard’at

HatfieldPeatworks, following

its donationto thesocietyby

Evergreen Horticulture.

Glyder

returns

to steam

GRAHAMMorris’Andrew Barclay
0-4-0WTGlyder(1994/1931)
steamedforthe first time since
1965 on June 19at Beamish.
It wasoriginally supplied
to Durham CountyWater
Board(DCWB)to work onthe
dam contra ct at Burn hope in
Weardale in the early-1930s,
whereitwas namedGrey.
At the end of thecontra ct
it wassold to thePenrhyn
slate quarryand storedat Port
Penrhyn until 1952 when itwas
brou ghtintouse,and renamed
Glyder,following anoverhaulat
Coed-y-Parc.

Repatriation

GlyderwasexportedtoUSA

in July 1965, whereitr emained

stored untilrepatr iation in

April 2012 withformerDCWB

Avonside 0-4-0WTDurham

(206 6/1933), boughtbyPenrhyn

in 1936 andrenamedOgwen,

and ex-Penrhyn Hunslet 0-4-0ST

Winifred.

Glyderarrivedat Beamish in

May2012. Following display

in theCollieryEngineWorksin

September2015 itwasmoved

to Beamish’s workshopsforthe

startofwork to return it to steam.

Thewheelsets,re-gaugedto

Penrhyn’s 1ft10¾in-gauge,were

reve rted to original 2ftgauge

and the boiler dispatched to

Severn Valley Railway fo rrepairs

to the fireboxand smokebox,

replacementofs ome stays and

fitting new tubes.

Refurbishmenthas aimed

at retaining as far as possible

Glyder’sappearancewhen it last

worked at Penrhyn.

NewlyrestoredAndrewBarclay0-4-0WTGlydermade its public debut during theBeamish’s OldKing

Coal event, and is seen haulingrestored FfestiniogRailwaywagons on June 28.DAVE HEWITT

Statfold’s

‘Tamar ’will

be testbed

fororganic

oilfiring

STATFOLDBarnRailway Trust’s

Hunslet-built (Kerr,Stuart

design)‘Tamar’class 0-4-2T

3756/1952 will burn oil on

completion of itsrestor ation

(RMJuly).

Asimilar‘Tamar’class (works

number 4483)wasbuilt to

burn oil when new,sot hereisa

precedent.

However, rather than burning

conventional heavy fuel oil

Statfold in tends to use the loco

forexperiments with alternative

types of organic oils aimedat

limiting the carbonfootprintof

steam locomotives.

Varietyiss pice of life at Talyllyn...

Talyllyn engineering manager Chris Smith sits in the driving

seatofhis Mini asitcrosses theroadat Brynglas–at90° from

whatone mightnormallyexpect!Thetrain is being hauledby

Ruston&Hornsby4wDM No.5Midlander.CLIFF THOMAS

TALYLLYN Railway’s (TR) June

15 AnythingGoes gala lived

up to its billing withavariety

of operations encompassing

steam-hauled freighttrains,

diesel-hauled passenger

operations,and acar tr avelling

up the line aboardawagon!

Highlights amidconventional

servicetrains includedworks

diesel Hunslet 0-4-0DM No.9

Alfhaulingavintage train of

three originalTR carriages and

brakevan.

Later, the same vintage

carriage setwasdouble-

headedby ex-RNADTrecwn

99hp Baguley Drewrydiesels

No.12St.Cadfanand No.11

Trecwn–TR’soldest carriages

behind its newest locos –

and afreighttrain withaMini

car aboardabogie flatwagon

hauled up the lineby Ruston &

Hornsby4wDM No.5Midlander.

Afinal surprisewasthe

unveiling at Wharf, following

off-siterestor ation by

volunteers,oft he platelayer’s

trolley originally builtby John

Bate in 1954, which had been

unused sincea2008 accident.

Fitting ofacanopyin1 960

led to the trolley being

affectionately knownasToby,

aname nowrecognisedby an

appropriate nameplate.

John Bate then drovethe

trolley betweenTywynWharf

and Pendre.

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