A great day out on the narrow gauge
Ten in steam at Statfold
28 March 2009
Another trip to the Statfold Barn Railway - it
needs no introduction (see previous visits /
links at foot of page). Another day of
wonderful narrow gauge steam action (great
light early in the day; sunshine and hailstorms
later...), and on this occasion, no fewer than
ten locomotives in steam (they kept moving
around - very difficult to count...). In no
particular order, they were
•
Trangkil No. 4 - "old-build" Hunslet 3902 of 1971
•
"Statfold" - new-build Hunslet 3903 of 2005
•
"Jack Lane" - 3904 of 2006 ("who was he?", my wife asked,
bless her)
•
"Jennie" Wren 3905 of 2007 (formerly "Howard" of
Amerton?)
•
Wren 3906 of 2009 (still partly in undercoat!) - destined
for Kew Bridge?
•
"Harrogate" Peckett 2050 of 1944
•
Sragi No.1 - Krauss 4045 of 1899
•
Pakis Baru 1 - O&K 614 of 1900
•
Pakis Baru 5 - O&K 1473 of 1905
•
"Emmett" - the 1995 loco built on the frames of a 1938
O&K diesel...
...and of course countless other delights, one or two of which
are illustrated below.
Links:
Industrial Railway Society
Statfold Barn Railway
official website
Geoff’s Rail Diaries
