An early arrival at Barrow Hill
meant I could get photo's without loads of people about. In this clip
diesel class 20 No 121 and 'Teddy Bear' D9520 take there turn on the passenger
train shuttle. Barrow Hill is a great day out and it's wonderful to see so
many engines in steam (or even diesel!) This link will take you to the
preserved diesels website
A stray photographer, and another
passenger train shuttle, This time, complete with a vintage carriage.
In charge are Peckett 0-6-0 Saddle Tank No 2000, and Beattie Well Tank 30587,
both of whom are making light work of the task. For a brief history of the
Beattie engine 30587
please click on the link.
BR Standard 2-6-0 7801 looking well
preserved! The engine is usually based on the Great Central Railway but is
owned by the Loughborough Standard Locomotives Group. 78019 is a classic
example BR Standard Classes short working life, being completed in 1954 and
scrapped just 12 years later. For more information on the engine
follow this
link to the GCR.
The slightly murky Barrow Hill Round
House with 41709 in the foreground, and probably feeling quite at home, as the
shed was its home for a number of years. The second engine is the GWR 0-6-0
Pannier Tank No 6430, and the Saddle Tank in the background is 0-4-0 'Henry'.
6430's well documented history can be found on the
Llangollen Railway site by following the link
At some stage in the morning 41709 obviously got towed outside and put on
display, as it wasn't in steam. Nothing like some fresh air to perk up a
sleeping engine!
Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail 0-6-0
Engine No 1300 also sits in the yard on display. its amazing how all the
major railway companies were using 0-6-0's on freight when they were building
Pacifics for there passenger traffic. It's also apparent that when this
engine was built in 1896 nobody was too concerned about protecting the crew from
the elements!
Part of the Southern Region after
the 1923 regrouping this LBSC Terrier 0-6-0 No 662 'Martello' Tank Engine is
restored to its original livery. For more information on the Terriers
follow this link to the
Terrier Trust. No 662 is based at the
Bressingham Steam Museum and the
link will take you there.
The 'Catch me if you can' engine
doesn't need much catching today! Another first for me. I've never
seen a replica engine in steam before, although I have seen video's of various
others. Unfortunately for me it wasn't going anywhere in the morning.
A general view of the yard with
London Transport 0-4-4 No 1 in the foreground.
Diesel Class 26 No 007 sits on
display looking absolutely immaculate. Formerly No D5300 before the TOPS
renumbering that gem of information was gleaned from the
wnxx web site which contains comprehensive
information on withdrawn and stored locomotives on the above link.
D9009 'Alycidon' also looking
immaculate sits outside in the designated the Barrow Hill 'diesel and electric
display area'.
D1023 'Western Fusilier' sets of
with its turn on the passenger shuttle. The engine is part of the
National Railway
Museum's stock and brief details are available on the link.
