Photos by Roy Morris

Stoke Gifford Yard (View)

66621.

Cockshute Garden, Newport, near Berkeley (view)

GWR 1620, 6 Wheel 5 Compartment 3^rd of 1884 (Body only). 

GWR 1558, 6 Wheel 5 Compartment 3^rd 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 10^th 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 ;