 Last additions - Leek & Rudyard Lake Autumn Steam Gala - 2023 |
"Rudyard Lady"52 viewsNot running on this date - Rudyard Lady is a Bo-Bo type diesel engined locomotive. It has a Perkins 3 cylinder diesel engine linked by a four speed gearbox to the wheels.Sep 18, 2023
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"Nelly"47 views"Nelly arriving back at Rudyard sttion.Sep 18, 2023
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"Lady Jane Grey" 47 views"Lady Jane Grey" capured in the station loop"
Lady Jane Grey" was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray EngineeringSep 18, 2023
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No 8 "King Arthur" 49 viewsNo 8 "King Arthur" arriving back at Rudyard station with a maintence train.Sep 18, 2023
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No 8 "King Arthur"41 viewsNo 8 "King Arthur" arriving back at Rudyard station with a maintence train.Sep 18, 2023
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"Lady Jane Grey"48 views"Lady Jane Grey" was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray Engineering Sep 18, 2023
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"Lady Jane Grey"50 viewsLady Jane Gray was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray Engineering .Sep 18, 2023
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No.6 -"Excaliber"49 viewsSeen here with its boiler in front of it having a boiler refit and rebuild outside the engine shed
Excalibur is a coal fired 2-4-2 tank engine. Works No. 293 it was built in 1993 by Exmoor Steam RailwaySep 18, 2023
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No.7 - "Merlin"43 viewsNo.7 Merlin is a coal fired 2-4-2 tank engine. Works No. 296 it was built in 1998 by Exmoor Steam Railway.Sep 18, 2023
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"Merlin" & "Lady Jane Grey" 46 views"Merlin" & "Lady Jane Grey" out side the engine shedsSep 18, 2023
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4-4-2" - Waverley"49 viewsWaverley is a 4-4-2 tender engine No. 196 built by David Curwen of Devizes in 1948 and called Black Prince.
She is a 4-4-2 “Atlantic” locomotive and originally had an American appearance with a high footplate around the boiler. Sep 18, 2023
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Scale working engine of a LMS 3f "Coffee pot"55 viewsMinature railway running along a small length of trackSep 18, 2023
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"Victoria"48 viewsWaits in the loop at Rudyard Station to take out the next sercive.Sep 18, 2023
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"King Arthur"46 viewsing Arthur has run every year since its arrival in 2005. It has needed very little other repair work. A complete overhaul was undertaken in 2015. The main improvement to the engine was the fitting of a new fire hole door and a special steel firebox arch. This greatly improved coal consumption. A major overhaul was completed in 2019 together with a repaint, and the boiler was re-tubed in 2020.Sep 18, 2023
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"King Arthur"53 viewsKing Arthur has 2 cylinders 4.75 inch bore X 7.5inch stroke. The boiler pressure is 150 Pounds per square inch and it has 13 inch diameter driving wheels. The valve gear has roller bearings throughout as do the axle boxes. It was built to be re-gaugeable to 12.25 inch gauge if required.Sep 18, 2023
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"King Arthur"50 viewsThis engine is one of the most powerful conventional steam engines of this track gauge in the World.Sep 18, 2023
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