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Scale working engine of a LMS 3f "Coffee pot"18 viewsScale working engine of a LMS 3f "Coffee pot"
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"Merlin"18 viewsNo.7 Merlin is a coal fired 2-4-2 tank engine. Works No. 296 it was built in 1998 by Exmoor Steam Railway.
Merlin engine has cylinders 4 inch bore X 5inch stroke. The boiler pressure is 150 Pounds per square inch and it has 11 inch diameter driving wheels.
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"Waverley"& "Merlin" 16 views"Waverley"& "Merlin" set off from Rudyard Station on a double header down the line.
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No.6 - "King Arthur"8 viewsStill waiting in a loop, No.6 - "King Arthur"passes by with the next service train.
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"Victoria"7 viewsThe engine has a boiler pressure of 150 psi, 14 inch diameter driving wheels, is 36 inches wide and 141 inches long. With a weight of 2.5 tons. Currently painted an aircraft blue livery and with a very nice chime whistle. Featuring an enclosed cab the engine is popular in view of the weather which can be very wet.
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"Rudyard Lady"7 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.
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"Merlin"7 views"Merlin" at the end of the line at Hunthouse Wood with a maintence train.
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"Merlin"7 views"Merlin" in a passing loop
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Scale working engine of a LMS 3f "Coffee pot"6 viewsMinature railway running along a small length of track
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Rudyard Kake6 viewsView of the lake from the train.
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"Lady Jane Grey"6 views"Lady Jane Grey" discharges its passengers at the end of the line at "Hunthouse Wood"
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"Lady Jane Grey"6 views"Lady Jane Grey" waiting to return at Huntshouse wood.
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"Nelly"6 viewswaiting in a loop for "Nelly" to pass-by with a maintence train
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"Waverley"5 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.
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"King Arthur"5 viewsNo.8 King Arthur is a coal fired 0-6-2 tank engine. Works No. 324 it was built in 2005 by Exmoor Steam Railway. It is one two locomotives of this type to have been built at Exmoor. At 41 inches wide and 5 foot high, this is the largest engine that can run on this size of railway.
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"King Arthur"5 viewsThis engine is one of the most powerful conventional steam engines of this track gauge in the World.
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