TRIP 492 |
North West Minatures |
09/08/14 |
Photos by Roy Morris
Stoke
Gifford Yard (View)
66621.
Cockshute Garden, Newport, near Berkeley (view)
GWR 1620, 6 Wheel 5 Compartment 3rd of 1884 (Body only).
GWR
1558, 6 Wheel 5 Compartment 3rd of 1884 (Body only). *
Note:
The body marked with * is located
behind 1620, but due to the amount of undergrowth it was difficult for the party
to see anything of it that made any sense. However the Events Secretary visited
the location in August 2012 and can confirm that both bodies are still in situ,
as nothing has changed apart from the undergrowth becoming too thick to see
through.
Tata Steel, Round Oak Terminal Brierley Hill (View)
Loco
(4’ 8.5” Gauge) TH 293v/80
Preserved.
Bescot Civil Engineers Yard (Viewed from M6)
08580/709/907.
66016/058/746, 70802.
WESTON
PARK RAILWAY, WESTON-UNDER-LIZARD, Nr SHIFNAL (VISIT) :
The
park was holding a visiting loco weekend at the time of our visit.
Loco
(10.25” GAUGE) ; JOHN REMY = 0-6-2T – Exmoor Steam Railway 191/1991 (Ex-
Beale Park Railway, Pangbourne) ^^ $.
Locos
(7.25” Gauge) ; Unnumbered = 4wBE – J.B. Smith 7/1994 ** (Visiting Loco),
Unnumbered = 4wBE – Michael
Llewellyn/???? ** (Visiting Loco), 346
KENOSHA PASS = 2-8-0 – G.Davies/2002 *** (Visiting Loco), 486
QUEEN OF CAROLINA = 2-8-2 – Paul Edmunds & M.Herbert/2002 *** (Visiting
Loco), GLOIN = 0-4-0ST – Graham Harris/2003 *** (Visiting Loco), 188 LEW =
2-4-2T – Western Narrow Gauge/2010 ^^, RIVER ELLEN = 2-6-2 – L.Smith/2005
^^, SAMUEL WHITBREAD = 0-4-2 – J.Forshaw & D.Roberts/1986, Re-built TMA
Engineering 1308/1997 ^^, DORADA = 4-4-0 – Tom Snoxell/???? Rebuilt Faarub
& Bruce Whalley/2014 ^^, MOLLY = 0-4-0 – J.Stubbs/2000 ^^, BLANCHE = 0-4-0
– John Green/2008 ++ (Visiting Loco), MERLIN = 4w-4wDH – Bruce Whalley/2000
^^, Unnumbered = 0-4-0PH – Bruce Whalley/2013^^ $, 61033 DIBATAG = 4-6-0 –
Peter Rimmel/2000 & 4 x Bogie Sit Astride Carriages ## (Visiting Loco &
Stock), 5928 MOUNT KILIMANJARO 19340FT = 4-8-2+2-8-4 – ColebySimkins 4/1973
^^, IDRIS = 0-4-2 – Unknown Builder/2000 ^^.
Coaches
; 6 x Unnumbered Bogie Opens, 6 x Unnumbered Bogie Covered Opens, 1 x Unnumbered
Sit Astride.
Notes
Thanks
go to Bruce Whalley for organising & hosting our visit.
Thanks
also go to the various owners for providing us with the relevant information
regarding their locos.
Locos
marked with **, are normally based at the Broomfield Garden Railway in
Shrewsbury.
Locos
marked with ***, are normally based at the Surrey Water Co Ltd in Leatherhead,
which is the home of the Surrey Society of Model Engineers.
Loco
marked with ##, is normally based at the Echills Wood Railway in Kingsbury Water
Park.
Loco
marked with ++, is normally based at the Sandiway Wood Miniature Railway in
Blakemere, which is the home of the Mid Cheshire Society of Model Engineers.
Locos
marked with ^^, normally operate at the park but are based somewhere else
locally nearby.
Locos
marked with $, are for sale and prospective buyers should contact Bruce Whalley
at Westonrail Ltd (www.westonrail.co.uk).
WOODSEAVES
MINIATURE RAILWAY, MARKET DRAYTON (VISIT) :
Locos
(7.25” Gauge) ;SYDNEY = 0-4-0PH – Roanoke 0310012RS2/2003, JEAN
= 0-4-0T – R.Bennett/1994.
Coaches
;14 = Bogie Covered Open, 1 x Unnumbered Bogie Enclosed, 1 x Unnumbered Bogie
Open.
LEXI
LOU – Under Construction = Bogie Enclosed with Guards Look Out Duckets.
Wagons
; 4 x Unnumbered Ridge Roofed.
NOTES
:
Thanks
go to Bill Haywood for organising & hosting our visit. Thanks also go to
Bill’s wife Jean for the rather excellent specially made for our visit
refreshments that were enjoyed by the party.
The
party enjoyed a ride behind SYDNEY.
CAFÉ
NEXT TO SKI CENTRE, HALTON PARK, RUNCORN (VISIT) :
Wagon
(10.25” Gauge) ;
ICI
756 = 4w Tank – BREL Apprentices/c1980’s (with hole cut in side to show
executives of ICI the internal workings of a caustic soda tank that BREL were
building for them at the time).
HALTON
PARK MINIATURE RAILWAY, RUNCORN (VISIT) :
Locos
(7.25” Gauge) ; Unnumbered Class 20 = 4w-4wPH – Unknown Builder/c1980-81. 2
= 4wPH – Holt/1985. 7 = 0-4-0PH – Len Hough/1986 (Tram Loco). 3
BUFFALO BILL = 2-8-0PH – Arnold Bimpson 10/1984. GERALDINE
= 4wPH – ICI Widnes/1984. 1 PIXIE = 0-4-0PM – J.D.Goulden/1976. Unnumbered
HST = 4w-4wPH – Unknown Builder/????. HALTON CASTLE = 4w-4wBE – Unknown
Builder/???? (Ex-Conwy Valley Railway, Bettws-y-Coed). Unnumbered = 4wPH –
Maxitrak/????. 009 LEO = 4wPH – Gordon Hill/c1980’s (This loco is dual
gauged and can run on both 7.25” & 5” Gauge). NORTON PRIORY SCHOOL =
4w-4wPH – Norton Priory School/1980. ANON = 0-4-0PH – Arnold Bimpson/????.
THRUST III = 4wPH = Unknown Builder/c1980’s. 1 = 0-4-0PH – Ian Rough/1980
(Tram Loco).
Coaches
;1 = Bogie Sit Astride. 2 = Bogie Sit Astride. 3 = Bogie Sit Astride. 4 = Bogie
Sit Astride. 5 = Bogie Sit Astride. 6 = Bogie Open. 7 = Bogie Open. 8 = Bogie
Open. 9 = Bogie Open.
10
= Bogie Sit Astride.
Under
Construction 6 x Aluminium Bodied Bogie Sit Astrides.
NOTES
:
Thanks
go to John Doyle for organising and hosting our visit. Thanks also go to the
railway members for providing some of the information about a few of the locos.
The
party enjoyed a ride behind the Class 20. Each member of the party was also
presented with a 10th
Anniversary DVD of the Railway at the end of our visit.
DRAGON
MINIATURE RAILWAY, MARPLE, Nr STOCKPORT (VISIT) :
Locos
(7.25” Gauge) ;
1
TARA THE TRAM = 4wBER – R.Kay/c1990 Rebuilt Stuart Cameron/2007.
JACK
= 0-4-0WT+T – P.Frank/2001.
4
DANNY = 2-4-2 – D&G Sims 4/1992.
PRINCESS
= 0-4-2T – A.Edgerton & J.Horsfield/1989.
D1015
WESTERN CHAMPION = 6-6wPH – Brian Lomas/1993.
47338
FLYING DRAGON = 6-6wPH – Brian Lomas/1997.
2
DAVID = 4-4wPH – N.Pendlebury/1991.
D5903
ANDREW = 4w-4PH – Brian Lomas/1985.
4
GOLIATH = 0-4-0T+T – R.Kay/1979.
DANIEL
ARTHUR = 0-4-0 – Alwyn Kay/???? (Ex-Manor Park Railway, Glossop).
3
LADY PAULINE = 0-4-2T – R.Kay/1982.
2
MARCUS = 0-4-0ST+T – Alwyn Kay/1975.
D8608
= 6-6wPH – Brian Lomas/2010.
DRAGONFLY
= 2-4-0T – P.Frank/2004 (Ex- Conwy Valley Railway, Bettws-y-Coed).
Coaches
;
1
= Bogie Sit Astride.
2
= Bogie Sit Astride.
3
= Bogie Sit Astride.
7
= Bogie Sit Astride.
8
= Bogie Sit Astride.
9
= Bogie Sit Astride.
3
x Unnumbered Bogie Sit Astrides.
3
x Unnumbered Bogie Opens.
There
were also coaches seen in the shed next to the loco shed and further down the
track in another shed, but these were not looked at closely enough by the party
to gain any information on them (Identity/Type/Quantity).
Independent
Snowplough ;
ADB
965309 SNOW QUEEN = Stuart Cameron/2013.
NOTES
:
Thanks
go to Brian Lomas & Les Farmer for organising & hosting our visit.
The
party enjoyed a ride behind 4 DANNY.
BROOKSIDE
GARDEN CENTRE MINIATURE RAILWAY, POYNTON (VISIT) :
Wagons
(7.25” Gauge) ;
1
x Unnumbered Open Coal Wagon.
1
x Unnumbered Well Wagon with a miniature traction engine built by Stuart Cameron
in 2001 sat on top of it.
These
were the only items seem as sadly the miniature railway had stopped running for
the day, by the time the party arrived, and we just missed the operator by about
30 seconds or so, but we were fortunate enough to meet his wife who gave us
their home telephone number so that a visit can be arranged in the future.
Loco
(4’ 8.5” Gauge) ;
KATIE
= 0-4-0ST - AB 2226/46 Plinthed in childrens play area.
STOKE
GIFFORD YARD (VIEW) :
Loco
;
70010.