25.01.10 August 2009 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated August 2009. It contains highlights on:- Permanent way realignment
- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel reassembly (photo of re-lining);
Henschel progress;
Paddy inspection passed 13.06.09 (photos at Amerton Station, and on the 1 in 75 upgrade towards Two Trees)
Jennie new set of tyres 22.06.09 - Carriage cleaning (photo)
- New indicator signal on the platform end of the running shed
- Windows replaced in the front of the Waterhouses Signal Box (photo)
- Gala 2009 photos
18.12.09 Isabel Recommissioned
Isabel has now returned into traffic after her two year overhaul. This included major repairs to the boiler, rebore of the cylinders with new pistons and rings and new slippers fitted to the crossheads. She has also been repainted and relined. However, after the first steaming some rivets in the boiler unfortunately started to leak slightly. The boiler cladding has now been removed for evaluation and the advice from our boilermaker and boiler inspector is that there is nothing seriously wrong, but the recommendation is that she remains without the cladding as long as there are leaks. She has now passed all the safety inspections but it is expected that she will be running without the cladding for a large proportion of the coming season.
Videos of Isabel with the Santa Specials in December 2009. To see these you will need a suitable Media Player:
Isabel arriving at Amerton Station with a Santa Special
Isabel departing from Amerton Station with a Santa Special
15.08.09 Visit of Nonuyuki Murayama from Japan with his model of Bagnall Isabel
A highlight of the summer was the visit of Nonuyuki Murayama and his daughter Kaoru to Amerton. Nonuyuki was visiting the UK to see his daughter graduate from her piano studies in London. He is an orthopaedic surgeon, and a member of the International Horn Society with whom he was playing in London. His reason for visiting Amerton was to demonstrate his 00 model of Isabel.
Some of the model was assembled from a kit for a similar loco, but most of the parts were made from scratch using the Amerton publication on Isabel and information gleaned from the website. The model took two years to construct, and is an exact working replica, down to the valve gear.
Unfortunately we were not able to give Nonuyuki a footplate ride on the real Isabel since she was undergoing a major refit. However, he ran the model in the workshop using track brought with him.
Nonuyuki Murayama with his model of Isabel
Close-up of the model of Isabel in Nonuyuki's hands
Photographs by Malcolm Garner
Mugs with pictures of Isabel were presented, and Nonuyuki went away with enough paint of the correct colour to paint about 100 models of Isabel!
27.05.09 April 2009 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated April 2009. It contains highlights on:- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel rebuild (photo);
Henschel progress;
Paddy steam tested 18.03.09;
Emett left for Statfold 20.03.09;
Bagnall No. 1 stored on the Allens flat in the running shed;
Howard renamed Jennie (photo) and was at Statfold for the Open Day on 28.03.09. She returned to Amerton on 01.04.09 ready to start services over the Easter weekend;
Baguley Dreadnought is used for the odd Saturday service;
Hunslet Gordon sees regular use on all duties;
The Littleton Ruston sees a lot of use on shunting duties. - Completed compressor in the running shed (photo).
- Ticket Office repainted in Monarch and Cream colours (photo).
21.02.09 January 2009 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated January 2009. It contains highlights on:- Summer Steam Gala 20-21.06.09 with newly rebuilt Isabel, Paddy, Jennie, Peter Pan and Statfold Krauss 0-4-2T Sragi No. 1.
- Hunslet Wren 3905 re-named Jennie on Boxing Day 2008 when she first steamed several passenger and goods trains (photos).
- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel rebuild (photos);
Henschel cab, smokebox, front rail fender, brake blocks and boiler - completion promised for 2009!;
Emett used for Santa Specials, but will probably leave for Hayling in the spring;
Baguley 774 left Amerton on 21.11.08 for temporary storage at Statfold prior to return to Tywyn. - Machine Shop largely complete (photos).
- New Workshop: Dexion racking and electrics installed (photos).
25.11.08 October 2008 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated October 2008. It contains highlights on:- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel modifications to regulator, drain cocks and slidebars (photos);
Bagnall No. 1 (1889 of 1911) displayed on flat wagon, original works plate acquired (photos), and now moved into main running shed;
Jennie, the new Hunslet Wren arrived 29.09.08 (photo). - The front window sashes of the Waterhouses Signal Box have been removed and are under repair. Some thought will be required, and a time slot arranged, for the repositioning of the box on its final foundations.
- Work has continued on the New Workshop, with all electrics, hand dryers, shower, drawing chest, wash basins, toilets, personnel lockers and living quarters installed.
29.07.08 July 2008 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated July 2008. It contains highlights on:- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel boiler passed steam test on Friday 13.06.08 (photo)
Paddy passed all steam tests and entered service on goods trains at the June 2008 Gala (photo) - The window sashes on the north gable of the Waterhouses Signal Box have been replaced after overhaul together with the matchboarding (photo)
- Successful June 2008 Gala (photos of Kerr Stuart Wrens line-up and new-build Hunslet Howard)
30.04.08 April 2008 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated April 2008. It contains highlights on:- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel cylinders re-bore (photos of surface grinding of slidebars; new slipper for crosshead; new boiler)
Henschel Brigadelokomotiv cylinders re-bore (photo comparing the sizes of cylinders for Isabel and Henschel)
Paddy valve gear and reversing gear (photo) - Coach No. 1 roof re-construction (photo)
18.03.08 Bagnall No. 1 arrives at Amerton
New locomotive addition Bagnall No. 1 was collected from Cambridgeshire on 18th March 2008, and remains stored in Peter's lorry. Some minor parts have already arrived and will be stored in the crates obtained for the purpose. A more detailed description is given in Bagnall No. 1 by John Strike. This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.
29.01.08 January 2008 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated January 2008. It contains highlights on:- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel new boiler and pistons (2 photos of stages of dismantling in the new workshop)
Emmet regular steam service very successful (photo), and it is hoped that she can stay for a while, courtesy of owner Jim Haylock - Plant and equipment: 1940s Archdale Milling Machine (photo)
- Building and civil engineering: 60 Kw Diesel-powered space heater for the new workshop
- Gardening at Amerton Station, courtesy of Peter Booth (photo)
06.11.07 October 2007 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated October 2007. It contains highlights on:- Locomotive progress, notably:
Isabel boiler removal
Paddy arrived 18.07.07, prepared for the Lea Line Open Day on 20.08.07 and returned to Amerton on 17.09.07 (photo)
Emmet replacement for Isabel in regular steam service (photo) - Plant and equipment: Riveting gear, band saw, drill stand and Myford woodworking lathe acquired. Fork Lift Truck refurbished
- Building and civil engineering for the new workshop
- New sill for the north end window of the Signal Box
- Photos of Isabel at Statfold Barn Railway on 22.09.07, and in process of dismantling in the workshop, with the boiler as removed
05.10.07 Isabel replaced by Emmet for normal steam service
The Amerton Railway is pleased to announce that the steam locomotive Emmet has passed all her tests for running on the line at Amerton - even the air brake pipes on the coaches are compatible with her - so she should be running for the rest of the season and for the early Santa Specials. The picture below shows her resting at Statfold recently.
Isabel has been withdrawn from service, and her boiler has been removed for rebuilding, see below. She will be replaced by Emmet for all steam services until further notice.
13.09.07 July 2007 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated July 2007. It contains highlights on:- Permanent way storage
- Locomotive progress
- Building and civil engineering for the new workshop
- Gala 2007 photos
23.05.07 April 2007 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated April 2007. It contains highlights on:- Locomotive progress
- Building and civil engineering for the new workshop
- Isabel on display at the Stafford Railway Circle 50th Anniversary Exhibition in February 2007
- Progress with leg no. 3 and the porch of the Waterhouses Signal Box
23.01.07 January 2007 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated January 2007. It contains highlights on:- Building and civil engineering for the new workshop
- Jung 5869 of 1934. This is a new arrival at Amerton acquired by the FB4 Group as a "support loco" and is an EL105 type, supplied through Standard Steel in 1934 to a British customer, though now missing its original Jung single cylinder engine and all the bodywork.
01.11.06 September 2006 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated September 2006. It contains items on:- Permanent Way: turnout to workshop and ex-GWR 48lb rail from store at Aberystwyth
- Isabel gauges refurbished
- Montalban weeping tubes now OK but life expired; left the railway on 23.09.06
- Lorna Doone on display
- Henschel Brigadelokomotiv Klein-Lindner axles, rod brasses and sand domes
- 746 in use on engineering trains
- 7471 and Dreadnought in full working order
- Ruston Yard 70 further dismantling
- Gordon sees a lot of use on all non-steam passenger trains and general shunting
- Littleton Ruston running well on shunting duties
- Baguley Golspie remains in store in the carriage shed
- Paintwork on Baguley 774 completed to second top coat of gloss green and is now ready for return to the Talyllyn Museum
- All wagons greased and running well; Allens flats proving very useful; water sprays successful
- McKenzie and Holland signal received adjustment
- A second-hand 6.5 KVA arc welder purchased
- External concrete apron cast to workshop
- New workshop road completed
- Cooling unit for ticket office
- Repairs to second new signal box leg begun
06.08.06 July 2006 Newsletter
This is in .pdf format, and so to read it you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. It is dated July 2006. It contains items on:- Permanent Way work on the Amerton loop and headshunt point blades; packing at Bridge 2, the bank through the hedge and near the ford
- Isabel reassembled and steam tested
- Lorna Doone on display
- Henschel Brigadelokomotiv awaiting boiler
- 746 in use with its generator on the front footplating for a variety of engineering uses
- 7471 and Dreadnought in full working order
- Ruston Yard 70 radiator removed
- Gordon sees a lot of use for general shunting on Saturday, and for all mid-week trains
- Paintwork on Baguley 774 completed to one gloss coat
- New coupling spring arrangements installed on coaches 1, 2 & 4
- Foul drain from the new ablution block to the septic tank
- A new 18V cordless drill purchased
- New windows, counter and till installed in the ticket office
- Design for the new workshop road completed
- Windows, cladding boards and second leg for the Waterhouses Signal Box
- Hoses and tap for the butt of Coach 1 and general loco tank use
- Chartley Road sign replaced after damage by cows
17-18.06.06 The Amerton Gala 2006
Following the huge success of previous events, The Amerton Railway held its 2006 Summer Steam Gala on 17th/18th June 2006.Resident Bagnall Isabel was joined by visiting steam locos, including the new Quarry Hunslet Statfold HE 3903 of 2005, Kerr Stuart Peter Pan, and Orenstein & Koppel Montalban 6641 of 1913, visiting from the West Lancs Railway. All the Amerton Railway stock was also on display, including the newly restored Baguley 774 and Kerr Stuart Lorna Doone (both static). A variety of goods and passenger trains were run.
Statfold HE 3903 of 2005
Baguley 774 is on loan from NGRM Trust at Tywyn, and after the cosmetic restoration is completed she will be returned to Tywyn for display in the new museum building. See restoration history for a narrative of the restoration.
We are grateful to Graham Symms for his permission to reproduce the following photos of the event:
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Statfold waits in the passing loop at Amerton Station with a goods train, with the Waterhouses Signal Box in the background
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Brand new Quarry Hunslet Statfold immaculate and gleaming even under an overcast sky
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Statfold waits by the level crossing while Peter Pan runs around a train in Amerton Station
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Kerr Stuart Wren class loco Peter Pan performs shunting duties in Amerton Station while Statfold waits in the background
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Amerton resident loco Isabel hauls a packed train into Amerton Station while Peter Pan waits in the loop with a goods train
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West Lancs Orenstein & Koppel loco Montalban brings a goods train through Amerton Station
03.05.06 The new quarterly Newsletters
It is hoped to issue a series of quarterly Newsletters. These will be in .pdf format, and so to read them you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. The first of these is dated May 2006. It contains items on:- Work on the turnout to Chartley Road Loop
- New isolating valve for Isabel
- Lorna Doone on display
- Progress with the Henschel Brigadelokomotiv
- 746 in use for a variety of engineering trains
- Two complete Ruston 4VRO engines acquired as spares
- Paintwork on Baguley 774 delayed until warmer weather, but it is hoped it will be ready for the Gala 2006
- Four Allen of Tipton heavy duty flat wagons purchased
- New sets of springs designed for the Allens couplings
- A new 18V cordless drill and a new angle grinder purchased
- Gable windows, stove chimney and electrical installation for the Waterhouses Signal Box
- New Workshop Building steel erected
26.04.06 The New Workshop
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The only site available for the new workshop was a wedge shaped bit of ground between the running shed and the carriage shed. This is a view of the site after it was cleared and before we started building. It had been earmarked for a workshop for a long time, but it became a bit of a dumping ground over the years, and it took a long time to raise funds for the new workshop. The usual dedicated team spent the summer of 2005 clearing the site.
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It took ages to get planning and building permission. Because there were many underground services around the site, some holes had to be dug by hand, and this picture shows John Jones happily at work one Sunday afternoon in January 2006.
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Work started in earnest in February 2006 when we used a local contractor, Nigel Hart, to level the site and to dig the holes for the foundations. Some of the excavated holes were quite deep at 2.7m, and were at the limit of the excavator backhoe reach!
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Fortunately the weather remained dry and we were able to get the mixer wagon to reverse up to the holes to discharge its load. This picture shows Nick Curtis and Graham Lees carefully placing the retaining bolts in the fresh concrete before it went off.
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Soon after the concrete had been poured the “Shed makers” (Paul Richmond Construction) came over and took exact measurements of the base, before the frame was constructed. The building is an awkward shape and we all waited to see how the frame construction would work out.
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As soon as the steel erectors arrived on site the weather changed, and they had to contend with hail, sleet, rain and wind, in other words typical spring weather! We were all pleased to see that everything worked out with the frame, and it fitted really accurately on the foundations.
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These shots show the shed on 23.04.06. The roof is on and the block walls have been constructed up to floor level.
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The really big job we need to tackle next is the floor. Before this can be laid, the track needs to be set into the floor; here in late April 2006 John Smee, Malcolm Garner, and Frank Wildner start the excavations for the track, with Derek Luker just appearing around the corner to check progress.
06.04.05 Stanhope arrives for the 2005 Gala
The Tattoo class Kerr Stuart Stanhope arrived at Amerton from the West Lancs Light Railway on the 6th April 2005. She is expected to stay until around August and will be in operation on our regular Sunday steamings as well as at the summer Gala.Unfortunately she could only be loaded onto the trailer facing the rear wheels, which meant that she would be running most of the time backwards at Amerton if she was unloaded directly.
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To get round this a cunning plan was evolved where she was unloaded onto a track panel and then left isolated while the trailer was removed..
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Lots of admiring looks here!.
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Further track panels were then added and she was pushed along to eventually link up with our line where she was hauled onto the system by our trusty Ruston LBT..
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She was quickly steamed, and crew training commenced before she was tried around the circuit. All was found to be well, and she was soon used to haul passenger trains, later easily managing our three carriages and the brake van with compressor that was necessary to provide the air supply for the coach and emergency braking..
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Here she is at work on a Sunday: shame the driver turned round at the last minute!
Report by Peter Bell 6th April 2005
21.03.05 Activities in March 2005
Sunday 20th March was our first day of the new season, a typical cool March day! Thanks to the tremendous efforts from everyone since Christmas we have managed to rebuild and install the point at Stump Siding in time for our opening.This picture taken in early March shows the point with its new blades being worked on by our small band of determined volunteers. The new frog is in centre of the picture.
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Same day but a bit later and we are now using our 1950s rail saw to cut the existing rail in situ to match the length of the new rail before drilling it to take the fishplates.
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Some people seem to have more luck with their jobs though, and they reckoned it was hard work----really!
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On the 20th March Roger Strike and helper Ray were working on the Leek & Manifold Waterhouses signal box and making good progress, although there is a fair way to go before it is finished.
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Steve Bell was working on the brake van improving the fit of the axle boxes in the horn guides. This axle drives the air compressor that supplies the air pressure for the coach braking. The brake van then becomes a very useful accessory, allowing us to run locomotives that do not have a compressor with passenger coaches that of course require brakes. Last year we had Pixie from Leighton Buzzard that was without a compressor and this year's visitor Stanhope (arriving April) from West Lancs Light Railway will also need the use of the brake van compressor. The pit Steve is working on was constructed last year and really helps with jobs like this.
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Nick Curtis and Peter Booth find time for a bit of gardening, stretching mesh over one of the retaining walls to allow the ivy and other creeping plants that Nick planted last year to continue growing to cover the concrete.
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Finally, fireman Pete Smith is topping up the boiler on Isabel with the injector as he and Andrew Gully as Guard wait patiently for me to stop wandering about taking photographs, and they can then come and drive another train!
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Report by Peter Bell 21st March 2005
20.09.04 The Waterhouses Signal Box Restoration
We have commenced the installation of the first new leg to the Signal Box which
we were very lucky to be able to salvage from Waterhouses Station on the former Leek & Manifold Valley Light
Railway/North Staffordshire Railway (The Knotty)/LMS. It had been used as a farm building, and after a tortuous journey
through the very narrow lanes around Wetton, it safely arrived on 8th August 2001. It is positioned at the
rear of the present ground frame, but levers will eventually be placed in the box. The box is in remarkable condition, and it
is gradually being restored, so that it can once again perform its rôle of controlling a Staffordshire Narrow Gauge
Railway! This is a significant and very important addition to our Staffordshire collection. The first leg has gone together
very well, and there are only three more to go!
In August 2003 we had the arrival of a historic petrol loco, Baguley No. 774 of 1919,
which has been loaned by NGRM Trust at Tywyn. The loco will have some cosmetic restoration work carried out by our members
and is expected to be on site for two years before it returns to Tywyn for display in the new museum building.
Allen Civil has decided to re-locate his locomotive Pearl 2, RN van and Fauld wagon
away from The Amerton Railway. Initially they are bound for the Golden Valley Railway, part of the Midland Railway Centre
at Butterley, Derbyshire. Pearl 2 has been at Amerton for almost five years, where she put in regular appearances
until recently pulling passenger trains, and at the times of the galas, freight trains. The removal operation went very smoothly thanks to the GVR crew being well organised and
having access to the right equipment. Pearl 2 was loaded onto a low-loader on 31st July 2003 by our Ruston LBT,
and the van followed, after the front coupling was removed from Pearl 2. Once again our new loading siding speeded
the job considerably, and it was a pleasure to see and hear the 1969 Scammell tractive unit, in the livery of Wrekin
Roadways, powered by a silky smooth Gardener 6LX 150hp engine, lifting the load and then manoeuvering around the site
before departing. Before they left the SNGR chairman Peter Bell thanked Allen for all his hard work at Amerton
and wished him well for the future at his new base.
The Railway is pleased to announce that it has secured Kerr Stuart Wren 4250 of 1922
Lorna Doone on long-term loan from
the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry. Lorna Doone arrived on the Railway on 28th February 2003, returning
to the county an after an 81-year absence!
This very nicely fills a gap in our Staffordshire Collection and we now have items
from all the main railway builders in the county including Bagnall, Baguley, Allens (of Tipton) and now Kerr Stuart.
Lorna Doone will be on display every day the Railway is running. By some good chance, the rail was exactly
the right size, just what we were looking for to complete the final
stage of our extension from the top loop to our first bridge. A quick
visit confirmed that the pile of very greasy rail would be fine for
us, and a deal was quickly struck with Middlesborough Council. I think
we were given about three days to move it, and once again we were
lucky, as another of our members found room at a railway goods yard,
where it could be safely stored awaiting transport to Amerton. The rail eventually arrived at Amerton on
a scorching June day, and we all got well covered in the black bridge
grease unloading it. We eventually managed to straighten enough rail
to complete the line, and the rest, as they say, is history! When you visit Amerton, I hope you enjoy
your ride on our railway, and recognise that part of our line with
rail that spent many years on top of the Middlesborough Transporter
Bridge, almost 200 miles away, before coming back down to earth at
Amerton. Work over the Winter has concentrated on
completing the retaining wall and erecting the 100ft long carriage
shed along the rear boundary of the yard. New points have been
acquired for the yard remodelling, and work is progressing well. The Highland Coach No. 5 has seen a lot
of work on the body, including the formation of a disabled persons
compartment. Work to the bogies and couplings are complete, with the
wheelsets being turned at the moment. The scheme for the side
panelling is also underway and the vehicle needs to be in traffic for
our Wren Gala. The boiler from the Henschel has now been
moved to the boilersmiths and a report on the condition is expected
shortly. The railway has been very fortunate to
acquire the Leek and Manifold/North Staffordshire Railway (The Knotty)
Signal Box from Waterhouses. After a tortuous journey through the very
narrow lanes around Wetton, it safely arrived on 8th August 2001 and
has been temporarily positioned at the rear of the existing ground
frame. The box is in remarkable condition, and will be sympathetically
restored and moved into position after Christmas, so that it can once
again perform its role of controlling a Staffordshire Narrow Gauge
Railway! This is a significant and very important addition to our
Staffordshire collection. Services have been run with Isabel
(WB1491/1897) over the summer whilst Pearl 2 (Civil 1/1997)
has been away at Launceston. The rebuild of Hunslet 8751/1978 is
progressing well with much of the works complete, and we hope that it
will enter traffic next season. The rebuilding of the 4VRO engine in
Ruston 221623/1943 is progressing slowly. The boiler of Brigadelokomotiv Henschel
14019/1916 was despatched for repairs in October 2001, whilst work on
the frames will commence after Christmas 2001.
Picture by Peter Bell
Roger Strike in front of his work so far on the Waterhouses Signal Box
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16.08.03 Baguley No. 774
Baguley No. 774 en-route for the shed behind Ruston LBT 15
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31.07.03 Pearl 2 Leaves Amerton
All photos by Peter Bell
11.03.03 Lorna Doone
Loading Lorna Doone at the Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry
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Last time at Newhall Street!
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Lorna Doone is safely back in Staffordshire
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(All photos by Peter Bell)
24.05.02 Amerton, the Middlesborough
Transporter Bridge, and Auf Wiedersehen Pet
Have you been watching Auf Wiedersehen
Pet on TV recently? If you have, you will have seen the antics of Oz
and Co and also the apparent demise of the Middlesborough Transporter
Bridge.
However, here at the Amerton Railway we have beaten them all to it, as
we already have part of the bridge on site!
At Middlesborough, the gondola car that carries the passengers and
vehicles over the river is suspended by cables from a four-track railway
running the length of the bridge. When the gondola moves, it is pulled
along backwards and forwards over the river by a 30 hp winch controlled
by the driver on the control bridge of the car.
Around three years ago, it was decided by the bridge company that the
line on top of the bridge needed replacing, and a company local to us in
Staffordshire had the contract to supply the new rail. One of our
members heard about this, and a few phone calls confirmed that indeed
the rail had been replaced, and the now defunct rail was lying in a heap
awaiting disposal.
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