A few more from a while ago of Ivatt Tank 41241

I have come across them whilst searching for some

old ones of the WSR. As 41241 geberated a good

deal of interest from some of you, here that are 

 

 

Now in major Overhaul

 

41241 has the power for the line and of course was

one of the first locomotives on the KWVR

West Somerset Railway 2010/2011

The 3850 looked very good in black that year

 

 

Number 5553 below was the last steam engine to leave

Woodham Brothers scrapyard in Barry, Vale of

Glamorgan, South Wales, in January 1990.

 

 I believe 5553 is now at the Crewe heritage centre

for overhaul.

 

They were an extended version of the 45XXclass

with larger side tanks increasing their water capacity

West Somerset Railway ten years ago

They call them small Prairies but it has six on.

Plenty of pulling power there

 

 

Closer view of 5542

 

7828 'Odney Manor' under overhaul

I think it is rated the longest platform

in preservation

 

 

Minehead station

Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80136 at Minehead ten years ago

Standard 4MT 2-6-4T No. 80136 at Minehead

 I believe it was later used for Engineman's Course,

in late 2004.

 

 

It looked quite splendid though a little out of place

on such a GWR line

 

The Standard class 4 tanks built at Brighton have

been the mainstay of many preserved lines

 

Being relatively young engines they should be

with us for some time to come

 

Undoubtedly one of BR's very successful designs

The engine is presently undergoing heavy overhaul

at the Crew. It has been there for some time so we

 can but hope it will soon be back in steam

A few old ones from the West Somerset at Minehead

They were taken about ten years ago

on my old 35mm and just got them

scanned in 

 

 

 Class 2-6-2T "small prairie" tank engine

 which was built in 1928

 

5542 is now back in service after a major ten year

boiler overhaul. Needless to say this was taken ten

years ago so was long before that

 

Mogul 9351 the locomotive that never was. Rebuilt

from a large prairie here we see the work nearing

completion ten years ago at Minehead

 

Large Prairie 5224

 

7828 Odney Manor is a Great Western Railway locomotive

part of the Manor Class. It is one of 9 locomotives preserved

from the class which originally had 30.

Hughes Crab for the LMS No 13065

On platform 4 to take water

 

 

The detail of the cab and backplate controls

 

These were a few weeks before the

Steam Gala

 

The bunting made it a very evocative scene

 

Matches the station to a tee and just as it would

have been in LMS days

The Crab 13065

 

The Crab is now in superb form, though the driver

said it was the wrong red. He thought it should be

black but I like it in crimson lake as it is

 

 

Bury Bolton St station was the location

 

The autumn stem gala the event

 

So much better than the other one which is static

at the NRM

 

I got some pictures up at Ramsbottom and from the

front its obvious why they called them crabs

 

Needless to say it gleams

Howarth yard Keighley Worth Valley Railway

A very well photographed yard I know

 

 

Below the scene is timeless. Midland Derby 4F

simmers in the winter day

 

The new engine shed gives it away of course.

 

http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

LMS Jubilee 'Bahamas' before she left us

Now undergoing a very major overhaul

 

 

Just a few I got before she went on her travels

 

This should give us four Jubiliee's when Bahamas is

completed

 

Again for the modeller the valve gear.

 

http://ingrowlocomuseum.com/

Keighley Worth Valley Railway, great weekend again

Just doing a little plugging for the

KWVR. Once again there was lots

going on with the beer festival this

weekend. Lots of engines and stock

 

 

Some older pictures

 

Some of the engines now in workshops

 

41241 undergoing very heavy overhaul

 

80002 now on display at Oxenhope

 

78022 now in workshops. I could just see it down the

far end of Howarth shop

 

A bit more detail for the modelers

 

Be grand to see it back in steam

 

That's a better one of the Running and valve gear

 

Darlington built

 

http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

Keighley Worth Valley Railway

City of Wells 34092 and S160 5820

 

 

They were quite a sight coupled

 

Having collected its train 5820 backs out of the

carriage sidings.

 

Wells simmers waiting her turn.

 

http://www.kwvr.co.uk/

 

'WELLS' Looking magnificent

Having parted company with 'Big Jim'

 

 

'Wells' runs into the spare shed road to let 'Big Jim'

collect its train

 

A very BIG 'Big Jim'

Howarth Yard yesterday morning

City of Wells or should we simply call it 'WELLS'

 

 

Moves of to cross over and couple up to the S160

 

'Big Jim' USATC S160 alongside the Type 37