NARROW GAUGE NEWS PUBLISHED BY

The Narrow Gauge Railway Society EDITOR : E. K. STRETCH, 1, LANCASTER VILLAS,

108, LANCASTER ROAD, NEWCASTLE, STAFFS.

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EDITOR:

The Lnr'eu s i.ng anourrt of nens corrlrig in has nccees i.trrtcd an extra two pages. This is vGry gratifying, but 12 pages ~7ill r-enrd.n the ncr'nal. size. I an very gmutcful to correspondents. for continuing to send news, oven though souc of them r-ar-c Iy sec ,::any of their contributions in print!

One request, however: every issue so far has been nor-e or less couplete when up-to-do.to news or urgent notices ho.ve arrived rrell after press date. Soru t i.aes I have Lio.nased to squeeze then in; on other occasions I have wr:ii:tton to the contributor explaining why his Lt en could not be included. I can It c on­ tinue to do this a.l L tho tir.,e. Henceforth, abso Lut.c Iy NO N-::TION rri.Ll. be taken about anything which arrives late. In any c a se , tvro or threo c1:-w s after press elate no c,dc:±ions or o.ltcrdions ~ be co.de - typing of tne stencils is usua'l ly corrp.Lc t ed by then. lt8,.~s rec,,,ivec. in plenty of ti:-,e nake it nuch easier tc plan ahcad , too, so don It evm vmit until the l['_,st .rinut.e if you can avoid. it,

ITEl\iS FOR THE 1\PllIL 0If.&JS" LUST BE RECJ1IV1:!D BY TIIB EDITOR BY PHIDAY, 25th }i.L\Ii.CH,

A lcnr,;thy and a.rus Ing r-epor+ of this Lnpor-tnnt event ha s be en r-cc e'i ved f'r on John Towns· encl, but unf or-tunatc ly there. is nb soLut.e.Ly no roan to print it. Kt se(,DS, however, to have been enjoyed by o..11 who were present, and it woulcl. be q1 i te unf'ad.r' to lot it pass: without any nontri on at a Ll , for gr['_,td'ul t.hanks ar e ,~ue to Air & l.Irs Skilton zn d tl--e ir helpers for orgc.nising the event and provic1ir.g a venue. 25 ;::c, burs, fi0,ncecs, and "friends" were present. And, by the rmy, t ho Danner' raisoc'.. £8-10 s-Oc, for Euseu1-, f'und s , though this was not the r'ce.son for ho Ld irig it.

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E U S E U E & Fi.i.ESJiiNL.'I'IOl'T : . N E W S ! B R{J ( /f ff A ,i\A, (I1luseu:1 Secretary: John 'I'ownaend , 52 Bc..ri1:.on ll.OO..c1.., Cocl villo,Leic;;,

BY Nli.RROU-GAUG:S DOWN THE N.1 -~J?t_I!_.L by .1'..r1drev1 Neale. (coDpleting the story begun in the lnst issue, of the ronoval of PETER to Brockhan nu seun on 21st August)

Volunteers had been arrivinc at Brockhar.1 since 10.30 a cn , on d .the uorning· was spert clearing the unlill:ading bank built in 1963 in the. anticipation of' the oarly nrrival of' the Eye arid Cacb er coach, arid nov rather overgrovm. Th0 lorry carrying P1~T1'Til was backed up to the bank when it arri ved , and. the rails rm the bank spikii:l. down in line with those on the lorry. Ui th 'the a i.d of block and tackle at t.ached to a tree, PETER rras slowly hau.. ed off the lorry, which vras then free to return to Leicester.

The next step was to bu i.L] a r-anp of ro.ils and sleepers fron the bank to gr ound level. PETER was slovJly let clown the r arrp , but towadrcl.s the end of the opor a tion the cha.in ccnn · cc bed to the bloc arid tackle broke under PETER' s weight and the engine r'an down the Las'. few feet of the slope arid off tho encl of tho r-ai.Ls , bury mg its wheels in the ear-bh , However, jacking up t.ho engine on to the ro.ils ago.in was not too c1ifficult a job, us in., a steel sheet as a ba se , Fin:J.lly, PETJ<ll WQS pushed. acr-cs s the clearing on o. t.enpor-ar-y track, and on to the pernancrrt 2ft go.uc;o trc:.ck out side the shed , and there it now stands: together v;ith the RL..J!' Pau.L l cc anh ,

Since then':", p.Lan s for the rcstoro.tion of PETER to full ·working order have gono stea.d·­ ily ah ead .• Druvrings have been pr-cpar cI for the now sad.d.le-tn.nk and bunkcr s , rrrnangencn ts have been uac1e to have the whe o Ls turnocl, and so no of the n±Bing par-t a ( injector and gc:.uc· glasses) have been ob ta.mcd by the gcnevosity of the I~cv E.~1.Boston. The LCLR, too,

are keeping D. nunb er- of spar'c par-t s for us and vie have al r-cady ob'tu ined the bua.Lder s I

plate f'r on ther:,.

(*Note: This ar-t Lc Le w2,s written ear-Iy in Doccnbe'r - Ed)

BROCKH!Jd L.l'Tt 'ULL D INI:T.rm:

THE CTUHIT-IBSS LOCOI10TIVG i:,J?PEM., • Dy John 'I'own send ,

Sooe nenbers have n.skcI for further infiorno..tion on the Loo ouo td.vc c.ncl_ converter bo[;ie in question and the reasons for the proposecl pr-e ser-vu t i.or, of these two Lt.ens , It was not possible to give this inforno..tion in f'u Ll, in the II Stop Press" supp.Lenerrt to the Decenber 111Tews11, t hough a nunb or of uenb er e ha s a Ir eady sent in dona tion for which we ar'e neat gro.teful.

!1 visit to t.he Brewery in Dublin on 4-th Doconber- by the Euseuu1 s Locouotive Engineer

?ago 2 F<.,brua.ry 1966 No .59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Br ockharu G-uinno ss loco. appea.L, cont I d ,

and the Hon. Socretnry enab Lod a ·full inspection to be :-:.[l,c:.o of the vehicles to check thn,t they are in a suitable nec haru.o dl condition to nar-rarrt preservo.tion as envisaged by the Huseun. The locouoti ve: is no. 25 (built :1$!20) ,'.U1C1.. the "hau Lage truck'1 is no.5

Bone nenber s have pointec.l ou thnt Loc or.o td.ve no.15 is already preserved at Towyn, and have naked why wo seek to n.c1.c1.. yet c.nother (luplic<'.'.tc to the pres.,rvation list in thif: country. One nenber has noted tha gauge of lft 10in Mc'l re s asked how this will fit into the schone for a working 2ft gauf";o lino at Br-ockhan , To tnke the latter point first, we are aiuing to biri.Ld up a L).1:_?~, not a =~ci lvSf • The:ref'ore, the gauge doe s not i:n tter providing the veh'i.c Lcs fit tho gonc..rr:l po.ttern of the Iiu seun , It is true that we hope to have a 111Iain 1ine11 of 2f't gauge upon wh i.ch scne exhibits will bo run, and on which po asenger-s wi.L'l. bo cn.rri0c:'., but it is c:.lsG hoped. to have shorter Leng ths of track on which other gauges nay be c:.o:.10nstr0,tec1,cnc1. honc e our interest in the nec harri.cn.L oond.Lt Lo» of both the units - in fact, both ar e excellent. J\To.,3 wc.s only recently conpletely over-hau.Led cm? r epcdn ted , wha.Le no .25 vms the Las.t but one loco +o be built and was r-e tubed in 1963. The La s t boiler exna'i.nat Lon was uost satisfactory and the full v;orkint, pressure of 180lbs p.s.i. was pornittcd by the Inspector

To return to the question of duplicc.tion: ue nu sf c"':.0cic1c oxc ct.Iy what is int er e sb .. ing about this c La s s of Locouot ive., The riai.n f\C:e,turc +ha't nakcs it unique is surcll.y i);s ability to be convertecl into a 5ft 3in ge'.'.rec1-. Locono t i.ve by the u se of the haulage wngc.,1 As far as is known, this is the only exaup.Le of this re thod in tl·1e vror-Ld , t11ilst no .13 1 •. t T0vzyn has bconc-L'..Diro..1Uy rostoreci. it gives no hint to the avcrnge ncnb er- of the pub l.i.c, oi' I suspect to nany enthusinsts, of this point of design which nakes it st an.l out f' ro n other snall in:1.ustr-inl Loc ono+Lve s, In cppearrmce it is unusual, but how nany people realise f'r on its cr-anpeIpos t tion thnt the cu l i.n-l cr-s ar'e above the boiler and the,t the wheels are supportecI. by whet is virtuc.lly c. separ c te bogie ( or flexible f'r-ane , as it is knovm ) in.l...:pen:'..1:::nt of the: rest of the engine ? . .

We feel +hat the only wo.y to ncko the preservation of one of those 1ft 1 Oin gnu:.,c locos fully worth-while is to clor.10nstrd0 it working an d preferably with the converter bogio, an; on occasions, on it. It is hope cl +ha t short lGngths of 1ft 10 in anfl 5ft 3in gauge t.raok ccuL:" bo Lad.d , and negotiations ere a Lr-e ady in hand for t he acquisition ott a sut.tnb Ic g'.lnt"'.'"J to nake the conversion possible.

Neither the I:useun rnr- the Society will be pLac cd un il.ebt as a result of the acqtr­ isition of' these ve hd.c Le s , for if tho nec.es ser'y £200 (possibly slighfi.ly nore}; is not :,: ..'. sed by the end of February no shall reluct.-:),tly ,:loclin0 t.ha s generous d onatd.on by l.~01:s 3-c·s

Guinness and the units will be cut up. Your d ona t i.on shoull b e se·T;1t to J.L.Tovmaencl , 52 BarJ.on Rcad , Con Lv i.Ll.e , Le Lc s , nade payab Lc to "Br-okchrr: Huseur: Func"'..n, and enc Lo s i.nz an s .a ;e , if you woul.Uilw a receipt. P'Ler.se say whet.har you wou Ld like your c'..onc.. tic;:, returneJ. if the roq_uirell tota.J. is not r eached , If nct , :it rzi Ll, be put t owar-ds the ~ebuilding of PET:Kil. BROCKE-IAn: SITE iWORT. By J oh .. '1 Tmmsenrl.

· ---Since t he lo.Gtsito report, the appen.rancc of +ho site has b egun to change , The c-.rri0::, of t:w two cocchcs un.I PETEf{ has po sod ccr+r.i n prob l.ens as to their tc~poro.ry siting wnero they will b:., h.st in the 11ey until r-e sbcr-a t i.on YJOr k on thee. can begin. For- sore tiu'; t nere has boon a 60ft leng_th of 2ft gc.uco trc..ck running frou the shed behirl.1 GoulcJ.'" store an.! this forus tho beginning of' the dencnabr-at i.on trnck the± vtlll be built. On t!:'.: h.is 'be en pl'.'.ceJ .PE'l'Ell, c.~1.jo.cent to the she.t , the C':C'.UL':. c o ach next to it, whilst just in·· sicl..e the sheI is EOHTY tucked behind. TO:.,JNSfilID HOOK an.I next to SClJJ)TI/ELL and THE HAJOH.

The upper ha.If' of LONTY has been rrount cd on sleepers for sonc tL10 nhilst the engine Qilrl ge,xbox were over-hau Ledj and now this has boon oar r-i.cd out all that r-ena ins is for the f'runes to be apinted before lowering onto the wheels. Dnf'or tunat e'Iy the changeable ':!

weather oua so s n. sreat c1.ee,1 of conclesnntion which ha s ~"'..elnyc,l painting. Serious work has also begun on PEI'fil anI during Dcccnber- the boiler wc.s jacked up

and uourrte.l on ::.:. pile of sleepers, the unrlerfrc.ne run out and the wheels and be ar Lngs dr-opped wh i.Lc the f'r anc itself was :-.:ounte:J. on sloopers. Our good. friend 1.lr Butler, ovmE,:::: of COVI'.itTCOAT, 'ilc,s kincUy able to b.ke t.he wheels O.c!F.lY in his tic.1.iler to a works whs r e - they will be re-turnc.c. l'..."1.::. the bcarinr::;s built up. On a return journey Hr Butler co Ll.ec t c-I a, conp Ie t e set of new tubes which have been ob trri nel by Tony Deller. The o Ld tubes w iU be r eroved shortly n:nc1• it is hope: tb.c.t th'--' nevr ones rill be fitted. by a tIUalified bo i.Ler naker , In the ,1'.',<:mti:::e, acne of the s:.1011 fittings hnve :illr::::oJ:.y been obtained an 1.. clenn::-,·1 up end. cpotation ar-e b e i.ng r-c ce LveI for the construction of t: nerr sadd.Le tank which will probably be the ::'ost expensive part of the r est orut i.on , Cle0,ning of the francs prior tc, repainting vrill e.Lso co rmonc e e1.n2 the ve.Lve gear ,;ill recei v e the nece s aary attention.

Uork on the :;_·a.uL"'.. c oach will also be.:;in shortly nith refitting of the roof and re­ p'Lac encrrt of tl:...c suttcring o.Long both e · bCS. Three bocr ds in the enc1. of the vehicle IJuGt a.Lso be r-ep.Lac ed c.n::. tenpornry c1oors ar e boini:; cons+r-uc t c.I to slot into place while the coach hr.a to be kept in the open. SancJ.ing clown of the in:s:iido of the coach for rcpaint:l:-;:.:. ccn then begin, r.n.l it - :o.y be thn,t n sna.Ll, group of ue.iber-s vmulr:1. Li.ke to t.ackl.e the restoro.tion of th0 conch as a group peo joc t , for no s t of the vtrk roquircc1 no previous experience an.' c an be (lon0 o.t little cost.

BrockJ10..·1, s ito report, c out 1?. OU• • ~ • 0 0 ~ • ~ •" ~ ~ " -· o ,. • •· ~ c • ~ • • • e • • • • ,o • o ~ • o ~ • " o o • • • ,o ~ o o

-Je ,2r0 hoping to sec bo th ; :O;;;~_iy an," t: c Fc;ul~: coach pc.int::~:. c..:."'1::. in ,-10:c·: ing ori'.er by t.he spring o an '1. pos s ib Lo to 11.~ve the 2ft getu.g,:.,; tx·-~~cl~ e~,..t,~ ··}.:~.e -~. ri;b.t r.cro ss +he c:L;~;.'.:":.ri11.G.,:

100 full-szic ex-Bl; sL;C:;J,TS 11.'<..V_; b ccn '.'.vliverc:"_ r-ec orrt Iy , '.'..i1 ·~ nor. :,cquirG SJ.r;inc :i ·1 ha Lf ( 0-n•r off·"rs'?) (..,.J, j .- v • •

'I'hcr-e are, tf.:.ereforc, o.. ::.TL1-:-1bc1'"' of jobs tl:~t c ou I," be t.~cl:::lv(~ b.:-' v.i.Lunt eer-s 1ri th no special pr ac t i.crd. qu2,li±'ic,1.':ions, -'.'..n' if c, pc,1,::."tic-c.1:Lc.r job '.';-:•per.ls to y ou , 17}1- not ,·r1·ito to the ;:/orlcinc; 15::rty Of'f i.cc i, C-or".on _r110 -_c;S:..t. ,.1..-09 n~,7:i ~sc1. :, '._, 1_)~c:.st C:t'O~{_'.on, Surrey, v:1110 Yli11 tie plce:.so-:1. to g:i_vc: you .:l·~~tr.ils of t ho 11t:;}ct; -,70}2:~ inG par-cy • Cc~r::.s ar c now 1)eing pr i.nt c .. 1.. Y~~l1icl1 r.iill be s errt r-o .. :~ul~r~!.r to c.11 in.t rc-stc::l ~~e~:.:b(~rs r;i\ring f'u I L Jctf\ils of f'or-t.hcorririg •,7orlci11g p[1..rtiG s 0..11.:J. of' tl1c; vlorJ.c i11 l1c .. :r1·:1..

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FESTINIOG RAILWAY The final pas;enger total for 1965 was 150, 502, compared with

128, 5°.~3 in, 1963.

G-auc;e :J_ft 11{in 14il.-, 100 in :1.964 and

( "Ti' "R "i'Ta0·azi·n"'n) ...I. ·-'" D _,.- b ..._,

ISLE OF Mfu"\I. Rf"i._II,ViTf,.Y, Caugc 3ft. • All 'services were suspended "f'or the winter" as from 15th November , However, just as this • issue of the "News" closes for press, comes the bad news that a letter has been sent out 'i

to all the shareholders announc i.ng t.he company's intention to abandon its railway un:1 er­ taking. An Abanclonment Bill is being prepared for submission to 'Iynwa.l d ,

It; is difficult to foresee what Hill happen: the threat of ab andonmerrt by the Manx Elec ...•• trio Railway ten years ago led to its being talfen over by the Lla.,.'1.X Government_, but, faced • with continuing heav:yi. expenditure on the Manx .t:;lectric, and ,;ith a cleclinins population, it seems rather Lmpnobab Le that 'Iynwa.Ld will also t ake on the burden of the Isle of Man Railway, however much it may cons i.de.r it important to th-2 Ls Land ' s main Lnrlus t ry , tourism. The Chairman of the company, it must be remembered, is a Hon::ber of the House of Keys, which enables: him to put the case fer abandonment in person. ,

(Your Editor's personal opinion is that as many members as possible should wr i t.e 11.o the Isle of Man Tourist Board, 15 Victoria St., Douglas, I.o.M (L.Bonc1., L;a11ager & Secretar.y) pointing out their opinion of the importance of the I.H.R. to the t.our-i at industry. Get as many ent.huaf.c st.s as possible to write, too, who are not members of the N.G-.R.S.- owing to the date of publication of this news, the delay before it appears in other magazines is likely to be fatal. But members must of course. write as J.nc1i virluals, not in the name of the N.G-.R.S •• The .Tourist Board pr obab Iy realises the importance of the I.M.R. to the tourist trade, though little has been clone to publicise it as an o.ttraction in itselr, but only .a f'Lnod of letters is likely to bear any vrnight, and even this· is probably hope- less. But the matter is urgent.)

SNOWDON MOUNTAIN Rl..ILWAY Gauge 80cm P.S.Excell -reports that on two visits in August, on the 11th & 13th, he observed :IY_eI][_ engine aperating,and wonder's how many years it is s'rnce this happened before. SNeJllin)0l'J carries a plate reading "Rebu i.L t Huns let Engine Co .Ltc1, no 590Ll.c2, 196U'

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Plans for the rebuilt SIR HAYDN unfortunately s hou cl.rQstic alterations. It had been known for a long time that the plans involved cutting an entrance on the left-hand s i.dc of t:-0.e cab, there having previously been a doorway on ono s ide only. It is also realised that th':::' cab roof was incoveniently low @d macle the engine very awkward to vror-k • Never-trd.ess it seems a pity that the plans involve a cab utterly cl.ifferont in appear ance from the o Ld, and destroy the whole proportions of the Loc onot.i, ve as it ha s been for many years. It is hoped to have SIR }Ui.YDN r cbu i l. t by July, but various other jobs have priority. ( -Ed)

Two of the open carriages are now fitted with frameworks to carry a lightweight wooden roof and it is expected that all three will be fitted w i.th roofs and end screens for t:10 1966 season. The first passenger train of 1966 v112s a s pec i.al, traih for a party, on 6th January, hauled by EDVlfill.D THOMAS. The TR is a.Iway s glc.cl to doa L VJith party bookings especially out of the peak season, anclenquiries shouLd be aC:'.clressed to the Traffic Man ager at W1ne,rf Station, 'I'owyn., The 1966 timetable is gener2.lly similar to last year t s exc opt +hat the norning down train is slightly earlier to provide better connections with B .R., and that two trains are ad­ vertised on Sunclays during the peak season - two have often run in the pe.s t , but only one has been a-Iver-tri sed , Daily operation begins on 23rc1 May. The 11 Spring" services are as follows: :14-th {1.pril, to 19th Hay

G d ,:,, . n t" :i:;, t •.. :a : 'I'ue sday s 6: :oo- .l!~ri ~= Eas. S:;"l Easter :i!.as er 1,ion -~Y : T' 0, Ea st cr Tue.8 t . S ..:i • 11 ..... h lpril . nur scteys - ; a : UDLLay. : L, -1 : ·

VJ'harft, dep •• 1025 151.5 11515 ; 1315 1515; 1025 1315 1515 :. 1515 Abergynolwyn, dep 1140 1615 : 1615 : 14-15 1615: 114-0 H:15 1615 · 1615·

Note also the change in the service between Eo.ster and 23rd h'1Y, from two trains on Fridays to one train on Tuesclays and. 'I'hur sdey s , as ment.Loncd in the: last 11News,11

(Chris White) WELSlIPOOL & LL1G',TJ-<11JR H_;-.ILWJi.Y CTauc;e Long term plans a Tei "being dr-avrn up for the r ccons t. uction of Llcnfair station to a design more sui tec1 to its present purpose as a pa s senger' terminal and the lir:e 's headquarters. • I.ieanwhile, repainting and various minor alterations ar'o schedule a. for bef'o're the 1966 season. In the autunn , the track vtts» liftecl on t.hc tu""'G"n section Between Ba LLar'd s Gar2-ge (Seven Stars) and the Sa Lva t Lon Army hut (near Scr)nchrt Qunrry). Felshpool Counm.L had dec i.ded early in September thnt it nus t be r-enoved vri.t.h i.n eight s.weks. THE EJiRL has re­ ceived a, coat of "Po.l.g.Laze Trspr oved Engine IC.,~ck:" , which Leeks sucp.i.c iously like G, 1{ •• R. green l The follcmin;,; service will opo r-rbe on Goocl :B'rLlay, Ea s t.cr Saturday, Sunday, and Mornlay: from Iil.anf'a i.r- 14-00, 1530; from Cas t Le Cnerci:1ion 1450, 1615.

(W & LLRP Co Newsletter; tiin.etable from BR(LM) tioetable supplement).

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I N D U S T ll I A L

As usual, news.i,n this section, unless othcn.'ise acknowlec1:;eJ, ha s be en serrt in by the Society1 s HON. ff8CO.JJS 0}'1,_,T:--;:I;,(, ~UCI-UJ:D ::o;TcIS, 195 ELIH RD, LONGFTSLD, L\:{J'Ii'O-,tD, Kent, who is always 6lac1 to receive 11G"CJS on inl_ustr:.::tl lines, 2,n,1_ w i Ll. also for'.: ·x,l suitable j_ tens to the "Hews" •

The nor-naL abbreviations flor Loc ono t i.vo nanur ao'tur-cr-s .... J?.?J?.?.~Jtt?D: .. ~j1 contributors

in this

i"1 the Deoc::her l~-~~.8.i~~~~G9}~.4?£~.o~1?~f~9~~

The :Schtor D . Q" l pest- ol r,n," cc,l ·°C.,__Al. {• -. i ·-, o .' lt:0e ' _ r '' 't:": __ v_t:: l,_c v -""'·~"'.' ~};1,r1cL _ s o oni t.h i.a is 1\:0T, bect?J . .2s9 01 ~t;.,.1 .. ::0: ,.11:len y;hee s arc o oup l.e.I by cxt.cr na.r

"0-·1-0" • no-6-011 • ct.c , , as f oc

Ai,1.£\.LC-iJ,IA'.rI:::D HOiillSTO'':C COICPOil..t:,'..rIO:J L'l1D. ,_.Ponlee Qua..n_:y-1.._~ormc:c;ll l:-'lr .J olJessenger pai:l a qui.ok visit to tLis busy line OIJ. 7t}1 October. J\.t ting, were 18hp RH .:1-,:.:D Is 221592 & 229656. Th0 uain Li.ne •:as wo rlced ( 200?,±6) , J. TT. JCT,1}ffiT ( 37 5515) and T • .T. Ll~YJI S ( 37 5316) . In the shod vie. s a with centre buffers (can a ny one sey where this c ano fron?) and a Ltrr;er IUI, 2°16793. "Pr-c ser-ved" Koppel 0-,1-0WT Yt~NLI:Z has had its· chrri.ney stolon by children, a nd a has been fitl;ect, painted. bri::;ht o range l It s eeris to taper ouhrn.r:1 nor o thw1 the origin2l, and is ha.lf'way to a "ba.l.l.oon st.ack'", Th3 track is in a very be.,cl_ stc-,te, vrher-e the lorries to tr-10 hoppers cross it near tho shed , \fork iB in han d do ub Li.ng the track between th0 Harbour and the ha If'way passing-loop

2132>1-3, The

BR!JCI-IC,OCH_SLLT:S_ & SLJ.J3 CO.~TD.~ib.ich G-och QuaTI,.u U_:ppyr_Corri~lerionoth. 2ft ,Sin. I.m 8786, cabless, 1.7EJ..'3 Locked in the cutting shed. The lino fro:·:. the quo,rry, which crosses the :1ain ror,,d by a bridge, is &,rld-norkecl, r.'i th a cab.Lo incline ( arrn.nL;e to work one rtn.gon at a ti::10 by nean a of a 1;,ragon half full of stone pc.:r:, nontly 2.ttl..achecl to the other encl. of t the cable, on an isolc:tec1 parellel trc,ck) d own to the cutting-shed level. The Sinplex is used oc c as.i.ona.L'ly to tecko accurru Lated lou~s of wc,ste to the tip.(P.S.Excell,8/65,&

BRITISH INDTJSTLI/L S.t,_;_m LTD., I.Tic1c1lcton Toy:crs, Norfo 1 k , 2ft Several So,).t},,;,_~n area ::e nber s of the NGES joi:1.:;:l wi tl-1 the '\k'.':LLRPS to visit this sy et.en , one of t he lar1;e;st 2ft gauge sy s t.cus in EngL,ncl, on 23r'l October. It consists of c. t,:o--,d.le na.l.n line, double track, c onncc t.Lng the works c.t icEl(;ton '110·'<:T,s r.-ith t}w sidings at G-ayton Ro.21, to2;ether with m ncr-ou s br-anches to s,0,n:t e , Ono unusual foo,turc is a colour-light protecting a on the.: . ain line. lfoot o:r' the locos are Sinlpcx chc sols with Dorru1 2-cyi tln'c0 .:;:.:'.:.::::.::.:':'.::'::.=!,:':::::~

have 3-cyl engines: The s+ock, is es fol1.o,·1s; all are .h7D

1. l.TI.=?. 5901 --~ 8. Lll 59,13 5. MR 7i;:C)t1:- : 9 .~Ii.5696 7. MR 7 4,37 : 10 • : 'I~ 590-1-

11. IIc 5902 13. ?L 7916 1.:JL o }ID. 5906

1s.:m 521-7 19~::: }:7:l ;:c_t2; 20 lJ.1 79£,6 J.j_(

''0No .19 is naned TY-PHO:JH :\= This is ox I.L L All have c ab s 10 0J.1C. 221595, 'I'hc c ab b onno t ·:f shops; tho loco ll'c.v,, been .iris'i.dc for repair. l:jssinc;, 1.6 (I.'.R 8757) w('. t7 (II?. 8758). Ls the, oLcor Lc.c,1s -,c;u,r out f'r-ou th', corrpnrr= ! " '.">,ril-1i' '1 sv s+er: ( SC'e "Nerrs" c;7 1J P:_,) L~ \.) ~··..::'·'·-.-,, Q ---l...,1..-.l. -L .J "--·· J.1V,.· U s s: •"--'

:_j_lJ_, no .. 1231 -'.5 ( ;_ __ ::}7,-.:C ) 1:rc:rc: ou.: side tte wcr-k- 1>1-·c CitJ.T~~~~ oJ_y- s or-apped , vre2c~

1..-iJ.l be rx.p La ced with mn s

Anot hcr loss 1 The has been cut up n.fter

battery loco f\er0lict bch.tnd for ycc.rs.

2ft no 1-r, 1·;-,) ~~ " J.1. ...!... ..l-

8 /6:5.

DORIUul" LON"G & CO. LTD. Lingdale Ironstone Bines, Yorks. G-auc;o 3ft. This is now the only Dor-nan Long concern with n-g locos, ulthou(;h a Ll, 2:rc disused. The pl::100 is s.hanb Lc s , all is being pulled. cl.ovm and up-turncc1 c ont.rac • 'I'hcr e W''.S once 2, very ext.cn s i .re n--[; sy stcu , but it has been O-L,t of use since 1D6'..'., 'l''.1..;rc ar e f our- 2:ft Gin ge.uL_;c Elr s here, on 2, short of track: 3187·1:E/52, ex Kilton nines. 3921?'?1 , e;: Kilton or Nth.Skelton rn.no s

35 and ·±66579 /61, ex North crnc s • '· ,1 ,, -r- D r-r -, ··, . c n ,, J ',. s r. 11 '7 r- O ,1 a , 0 -, -, r ,,. Tu• ( 8 fr, r;) JL.L ',:,] , 0rve:D, ,,,. -~' .» • .Ll_... 000·.rv'-" ,.c.L v ,, o.,.·, c / Cr.

North Skelton Iron~·~cmc, l'incs, Yorks, CTc.uc;e 2ft Sin, ITinu locos havo vn.:nishc.:ct; ctt Lo as t --, t' I'· .. ,;,,..,1,-, ,..,..-, c,~,· "t1·-,-, -i., -'- ~,·~1,n~·1 rn•-,,--,, "" c. T':.-,1?•··' I-,t1°l~ zb - zh two ,J rlnt/--'._c:... 'C c:,,.._l,.- u,f >._.; v _10.l S prOU L.,Q J.LlC,.d, ~J.. ,_:, _LlJ..U.s ,1.....-u C., .. ! ... -11 .. ~- . i . lllS' J. .cJ. _ _Lnb OrOUzS- •

The si t0 he.s been tc.k,m over trro s;-,2ll fir:1s mi,:1 tho shaft S?J.le;':_ up , L. mmbcr of '" :·ons ,-,,--,s +hrown ,,.- ... ,., t,-, -, shaf't ~+ t·,., · t-J· '; ... , ,d" cl ,~c,,,-,-,, 810'""' vtat_) - \c,'i..v --- bl- < .. .' '>,._.r, 1.-V !.)_le" V ._,,v ~-"·t; -"·"v V- '-.c .. '--'i..)\.'--1 .. -;» /' u

Kilton Ironstone Li1,• s Br o t ton , Yorks. CTauc;e 2:Ct :3in. Jell gono; the site is now a f'ar n- ------ .. ...• J. "l yarclt Ther0 usou cc o 8/65

Gm ge 1ft C'1·,plfll ,..,_u r·s 1"' , ·11

o • .L.iXCe , the battery built 1938,

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CL..PJ.l.l.ITIJNONS1IELS - -------------· RH 17561(- YJQS

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: : : : : : : : : : : : : : .,.Q_QJ1JLE_g _'1'._;!;_QJJJL ~--- J~J:4J~_1_:,Lli:.LQ_4_t_I_QJL~ There are certain corrections to nake to news i.teus in recent issues, some being 1ais­ prints and some being errors in the infornation as r-ece i.ved ; on sone points, further information ha~ turned up: No .56, p , 7 : Aveling Barf'IF.'.'d : .AD shou.Ld be .AP ( nanufacturer)

Btri:1inghan 'I'ane & Rea District Drainage Board is the correct title; the gauge is 2ft and -Ehe place is in Warwickshire.

Black Rocks .,.,,ho·.1ld. be Nqsl0 Rocks , Dinner QUard :::.,s' :m 8'.iii~~.vas 1u:Ut :: ?,:1-1.i. Sardinia: :!?a;1L~_.c:,c;i~-:..u s'.10-:ld be P2.;c;1 i'i"':"~.nn .• R.Hilton: ;;n>SR0"1'':i: • .. , s+ ill at Ei:'.1':'fo. 1}0.v .T.Buckbr1s l0Ll0 i,, at J.:'J ,Icn,crdenclough Road.

p .3 Da.Lnunzd.e Hot.e r. !} Fsia r,0 Co .Ltcl. is the co:·r0.::,': t:i t Lc, (Perthshire, nAr;r S.,,.,.;+tal "·f' r''1" •• ,;;-;;-c-:--e,-2,-J-1A.-:;;:;-s· 1-.u1·1+ 1091 · µ...L..., ...,_, 1...· ••. ,.._._ .•.......••..• vJ...t.,, " ..•.... 1,c.:.1,, ; . .J , __ 1.., •.... J--c

p.11: I.slr" of i.inn: ~,00 f'r-on Do1J.Gl~s sho·u.ld, of v8u.rse, be :t0.00 (The :i:.;ffi h:i;...r­ en I t started night trains! J St .Hon I s shou'Ld b-" 3t • To't1,., 1s.

p.6 B0:ulwrcot Hinir:g Co s Lt.d ; Site is "Bec ker-ue+ :ii::1,,, near Egi·enont, Cunb ," p.? Y.10 Dinorwic .ID.ate Quarries Co.Ltd is the o or-r eo t tit-le.

VELIJ\i1ill10 should be VELL"lliCLI L~.nc· Firr.1s, PentregYl}'TI.lai a: RH 18?096 was bu.i.Lt 19 3?

p .8 Pen:l.'1:,yn: WETIFRED is HE ?04/99. Er Nullis should be i·1r ITulli.c:; Hufreesboro should be Murf'ree sborc • -·

Southern Gas Board, Canberley, is-in Surrey.

l. . . Southern Counties Deno'LLtri.on: T1 .. m works nos wer-e ord t t.ed ; 3672 & 3575. Sttr.7a.rts & Lloyds: No .85 is P .1870. All three locos are 0-6-0T

·. _!:_:~ J3rienz Rothorn: 106,()_QQ po.sseng0_r_s~,....:n:.::.o.::..t..:........:1_0_6~,0-0_9_·~-------~-'--~-......,_

No.37, p.11-t No.38, p. 2:

G.& ·r. E.tUTI:J:~ jJ~:ocrrcw Ifoven Clo.yficlds, Y!est Harsh, nr Ba..rton-on-Hunber, Lines. G-auge 2f't What a place! :::1; was reachecl by follmting a road past Hunbe r Brick & Tile Co and then trudgjn,:; across t~c.acherous nanshy fielc1s, only to find on arrivnl an asphalt road leacl.i1:.g str0.ig:1-c to the p'l ace l There is not ouch of a "woz-ks" here, there 'being only on e two bui.lr'.~ ings belonging to tlie firn. The ua in structure is a loading clock on which the wagons ar-o hauled right alongside the water Is ed ge and the clay is tipped straight into barges. The locos run in between scneone Is rose trees c:.ncl other s.hrubbery , There are three n,:,;to;J::i. but as there is no shed , they have great wooden cab-doors vr': +h pad'Locks , r1uking ident.ifi0-·· ation o Lno sb Lnpos si b Le , However , they wer'e lino..lly ic1c.:,1tifier~ ':lS

Im 187061/37 ( 33/40hp); RH 192861./39( 33/'.tCr •. ,J); ~ill 2:595''.:10/:5 .... ~ ( Type -.::O.GL) •. tul c.l-wD, r;1~ecm, cab-fitted. ( 8/6S;

EAST .ANG-LIAN CEHENT CO .J::.TD, Shepreth, Cnubricl.f;e shire" Gauge 2f't This was apparently at one tine the bigt';est ccnerrt works in Cn;1brid.geshire, but dic1 not oodernise and has so cl.ecJ.ine,::L that only c. handf'u L of uen worlc here now ., as l'l.ga:nnst 100 sone year's e;go. Lur;ci.:·,g in a shed is MI{ 997 of 101~.: 1,till 1coC'..ring a plt1..te 11W.D.Light :Rl~",, 271.8". Out of use sj.i.:..C·c 19-11, it is b Lnc k , though i·:.s +;ht;;k coa+ing cf ccnent (lust night :c::,,rl one to think it wh.i.cc , .fTCtDc1-working an the top and r0pe 3 or: the li.nc11no are now tho nethods of working. Der-a.i.Irieni. E, ar-o frequent. 8/65

EASTWDODS HU1yBEI~ CEl::~I{L_ LT)), Jou~h Ferrib_y Cci:cm.i _·;'::irksLL'.nes., At the back of this ')':i:;onsive works is a very h:.cercsting ·1-5 leyou·c. grass st and fi v"' loco al i. thickly coo.tee'\. wi, tl: c cnerrt , vrhi.ch hc.c.. to b,0; plate before t:rn.:.:r couf t be ic1entifioD .• There j 3 no Loco shed ,

FR ,o:,·,::U G-roon Jill ar-o c::-Jr-!"::: ~--.;r.:c., ;,;r: 7052 bc:.t.rs a p'Lc.Le reccling MR 5946 4 .1D gre0a "Rebu i Lt 9!:l59. MR 7052 ·1:HD ::rellm:1 59L1-6 & 11169 e,1.·c E.;Z Barrini:;ton Works • . mu 7103 4,w;_ green/grey 59<h-6 & 7103 are d i snarrt Led MR 111.69 hrD 6reen Tho other FH ( t.::,if') noted cl.erelict 1955 has

appar-en t Iy been so r-a.ppod , 8/65 ECLIPSE PEAT 00.L'I..:!)_. L ~l~}~s,ott 2 Soccrsct_. Gauge 2f't The I?.CTS visited. '.~his line on 23rc1 October ab d cr_;_,·.:;llv1 ever nos t of the ey s t en in

clcan,x1-out pc.".t wr,t,;onr. The train wecs hau Led by 1:i stcr ~":i36G. ~\.lso o.t the ,.;icli:•gs 0ppo-· si t e Ashcott works were l,istcrs /~2t.1:-94 and 34,753, both 3 ,.5hp ., the latter sporting a canopy supported at cac h :,or.1c r of the loco, :;iving it a vc':'Y qnair.t appor'ance , A couple o:' ,1iles out in the peo..t ?L,J.ds ar.ot.her loco was encount er-ec .• ·ft:,_;:, :10.d a 1:1.stor 3.5hp en g i.ne and •:ms so.ic1 to be hou J·-Da,L ! it was cer t o :i.nly c1ifferent [ ,·on t.1-:.,.:, others. Pr-esurzib Iy it 'N[\i'.'. P\1 vehicle as it was c :1 perrJ,,::T,.tly by 11 3ft dra·rb2:.:- to a suall L1-w trolley. At tl:.t olcl works where the 2ft c; c s se a the S:.':i.') Hi[;hbriclge bT,~i,1Gl• ~re ill-I 222097 and MH*L.125/25; the f'or ner- out of me, t:10 l_~cter ur,.c'.or rep::.ir. Back '.".t rnco thore is a snn'l l cr- system '':·":lt connected with the ;1', ·Lil line; tbo ::cd .. n wor ks a re hc r o 110;; c,:,d the gouc;es acr-os s the roa.::'L show how stock rec.,:,:1u.., +}y, wo rka , On the srmllcr dJ,c;';,.':1 v; ::re tm. 1l-604-, L 13621, and L 38926 wi.th lfil· 10633 Ln +·,., ,·.rn:0>".·' (* L(T ·- ,.,.L'r•-H-ill) J.t •• , - ..,, \o'-' . -·~-- e •'-w· .• r "' ! ~- J..1:-.!-

There is another s,1::-;.l i syste:c., e,t Shapvri.ck > ~'Ji th :no loco, pre m.1::,~ 1)1}' aDthcr Id.s t er , Souotines the Ashcot ·~ r'X' Shapvri.ck syst ens lin~.-: up; sone t i.ncs they c1.on It. Rolling stock consists of largo :J:w 11::16ons. The net hod cf' working is to run outrmrcls cwopping off enjr.iJy wagons at var Lous points, and then return, picking then up one by one. The sys ten is several rri.Le s in length an d quite busy. (r.I.J .Messenger)

C..-atrg, 2f't k.1ongst f oot·-high scr apcd off the wor-ks

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Nb. 39 February 1966 Page 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ELKINGTON COPPEH RED'Ii'TI,;:;:-'c,S _ LTD,~ Goscote '\forl~ Goscotc L~. 'Jp,lsalJ:..L S+.c:'1.ffs, 2ft 6in As fo.r as is known , this fir1 was visitccl by enthusiasts for the first ti,-,e on10th Aug. Thu sy s t en extends all over the wo rks yar-d , Locos and rolling stock arc not kept in best c ond i t.i.on , There c,rc tuo except.Lona Lly rare I3,'1.guloys here, both in u se l 'rhouc;h consicler- ably rebuilt, they nuat ckte f'r-on about 1920, but lack works plates. Hight nt the bock of the'works in the s t ocx yr.xc1.. ar-e C.t.J.l. M,, Bac;uley ·1wD, 18.2hp, creen; and Lister 35,117, 4wD, 7thp, type H, f;reen, c1erelict. .1'.J.l except t.ho Lister are cO:b-

Tifn the II top yo.rcl n ar e 11 311 Dr..::;uley ·~,wD, sreen. fi t.t ed , 'I'he 1965 Hunslet wc,s act- HE -1399/54-, 3511.p, c;reen uo.lly 1:milt 1960, but has 1965 works IIB 5681/65, ·:.Cfap, bric:ht yellow. 7 p Lat.e s, Prosunably it wc,,,s

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ELSHJJ'1 LDJE EWDUCTS SQ.kTD ~ Elsho.n, Lines Go.uge 2i't Throe mr s suppo sed to b e her o hrwe nndo Ha,y for tho n\\d_t.s ! J~ll is c1erelict, just one or two skips and short sections of tr0,ck in evidence. The Lines Coa st Light l:.0,ilwoy have ob trri.ned '.1 t;ev1 ite:.'.s of trr..ck natlrio.ls and two Hudson tipper wo.cons (now LCLR PU1 & 2)

FISON,S LTD, Burwell Brickwrk~. Gm ge 2ft This sys+en nus t have D. future a s a new loco has been cleli v er-ed ; Lister-Blo.ckstone ll:·wD, 5L1-297/65. At the tiDe of I~ich Horris I visit in Aur;ust this wr,s the workinc; loco, with Lister L1wD 30589 in the shed. Lying in the grn.ss be s i.de tho na in line vro s anot.her Lister ( Or r rit'n,sr t.he cr-ackcd I0v>,:,1·1 or" one \) urri, ,l,_w,;-1· -1°1.· ab l ., "11 ar-c zr-eon and cnb Le s s Tl1 "- .. c.. v , t:.; ,_., .1.-...v,._.. .L c.,_... V , '--V.i...L \.; ._. . ., -V • .. u .. _i.. c.; V b , t..i. \_L \.-I.. v • (.j

line is quite lensthy, r-unn i.ng :[ron the "c1igginc;s11 to o. conveyor belt wh.i.c h in turn r uns up f'r-on the pit into the Main Y! rks at a nuch hi:;her level.

FLETTONS LTD., King's Dyke Brick Work~Jfuittlesey__,_ Co:cbs_. Cbuz;o 2ft Fourteen locos here, of which "' ight a re uniclentifio..ble. So::,e still r-e t.a.i.n their origine,l petrol engines, f'r-on whi.ch f'uue s and sparks issue at an alo.,rning rc..te. They coulcl best be describecl as petrol boubs , Pivo locos o.ro in c.2.ily use and h10 nor c ar'e stancl-bys in the loco shecl. The rest a ro in var-Lous states of d i.speprri.r ,

2. MR r eb 3655. ·1wP 7. Lill. 4-wD : 10. hIR 8588 °1wD 5. r.,iIT{. 4Ytr 8. lITt 4-v.rD 4. Mn 19 33 ,:J,wD 9 • MR 5,115 11wP

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5, l.Til ·1wD 9. 1'::i.l 8592 •lvrD Nos 2,3,5, and MH8592 were workinf,; the upper level, 7, 8, and Mil.5'1-:13 were in the loco she d on the lower level. Fo.l.Lorri.ng the line +hrough the high grc.ss round behind the looo shed Lead to the workshop whore there ore six c1erelict f'r-ancs and no .10 undc.r repair. No .8 ha s a canvas cab. Liveries Lnc'l ude blue an d :_;reen, and soue locos are clevoid of pa'irrt , 8588 & 8592 are ox-Bo:'lforclshiro Silica so.ncl nines (see News 37,p.5) (8/65)

and four urdiclcntifir..ble

F1mNESS DHICK &_ TIL:8 CO.L'rD., Askhc,,1-in-Fu.rpcs,~ Lanc s , Gauge 2ft. Out of about 500 in the British Isles hero str.:nc1_s wh1::.t is b e'l i.cved to be the old.est sur­ vivinf; Sir.1plex - derelict in a spur in the quo..rry, it is ar::our-plo..tecl and out of the !1:2.~ plates it bore, two a re intact: one reads n;:ro..r Dcp t Ligbt Ely no .2182n, an d the other pro- o La ins it be no.·161 of 1917. A sGo.11 loco shed e on ta Ln s its successor: ER 8992/16, 4v,D, green, cab-fitted.

(Inci<lentally, the Nci::est Sinplcx is thouc:ht to be IIR 26009, ot Stoclq)ort Corporation Sevmge Works, Chead.Le Heath.) 8 /65.

WILLIL}l JONES. LTD _(El.JG·INEETI_§)_ \!est_noor_ St~"iarlton, Lonclon.qin 1962 there Hore tien locos stored here: eic;ht OK's an« two mI's. The only rto.ilv10,yo.n::i. here novr is c.. few p Lec e s of

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T H E P E N R H Y Ii G A U G E Following the 11 correction11--r;;·--ihc last News of the pr0vious issue IS H er-r-or " over the

Penrhyn gauge uenber- Colin Pealling has written to o La.Ln tl-iat the gauge, so often I· 1 ' i quoted as; 1ft 11·:tin, is in f'ao t 1ft 10% in, the sane as DinlDDYtic. He goes into very l,condidorable detail, far too ouch to repeat here, but the s0.lient points of his argu- ,. t 1 • , • 0 :: uen , wm.c n seen a.r-r er utablc, are: \i (1) His own acquaintance uith SGT.MURPHY; not only cloes ocasurenent indicate the ·• wheels to be too nar row a gauge for satisfactor:z use on 1ft 11·}in gauge track, i' but exatri.na t i.on of the loco cleo.rly .i nd i.c c t.es vmer-e t ''.O wheels have been noved :: inwo..rds when tho loco ,ro..s aqquired by Pcnrhyn , t hough Pcnrhyn works records do I not go back so far. l \ ( 2)Hunslet r-oc or-d s shon t.hat all locos ordered by Pcnrhyn were built to 1110;}" gauge. [ ( 3)Penrhyn Is orrn workshop records give dct.a.i.Ls of 1Joc1iq.c11 tions to nuner ous second- ! 'hand st ean and diesel locos of' 2ft, 60cD, and __ 1ft .J...1-.:z:~n g0,uges. i

j, ( 4 )The troubles exporionce:.ct with LINDA and BI,ANCHl~ when first t.ransf'er'red to the r ii Po s.t i.n.i.og: see lir Garrmm.y's letter in "Railway Llo.gazine11 rfo.rch 196-1,(though he I \: suggests the Penrhyn gm1ge to be 1f't 105 /sinJ I I: (5)J:i<?asuring.orc1inr,ry track (especioJ.J..y in tho quo.rr~':"s!) in poor s t a t e is n?t a re-! I, Li.ab Le guide to gauge, but DG~csurcuents on wagon t Lne tub Le s , whcr-e t.he rails ar-e i I cas t integrally with the +urn tzib Le plate, nll give a result of' 1ft 10~in. Track I'

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Jubilee t rack , This fir,-1 w as the British a.cent for a'LL Orenstein & Koppel C,.iesel locos sent over f'r-on Cccrr.~o.ny, m cl these all c,,rricx1 1}illio;1 Jones works pl2.tes in aclclition to the OK p.lnt cs which bore only a. nunbcr , not oven tho naker s I none •. Only about 60 OK's ar-e now extant in this country. 8/65

_LAI\fDBFJi.CH SliND & GRL V:CI, CO. L'I'D. , EJ_;Y, Roci~ Lo..nO.b_ea.i:Jl1.... CnSP _ _tic"._g_9 shire. Gauge 2:ft A search was DD .. de for r,iR 7227 (L1wD) no t e.l clorelict in 1957, but 7515 and 8596 were f'ound derelict Lns tead , (Both Lffi 4wD, cab less, tht:: f'cr-ner- c~recn, the :Lettter YJ llow). They a.re sone c1istnnce apart though both o..lon;si,~.e the r-oad which runs tlwou1:)1 the works. Until recently there was another one, in workinc orcler,(coulcl_ it be 7227 restored?) v.ncl.. it is supposed to have gone to Nor-bharrt s - but whcr-o ? ( 8/65)

LONDON BRICK CO .L'rD. ,. Calvert Brick liorks, Bucks , Gau6e 2ft llin. Jill fifteen ~1w clec locos and conp'Lct.e over- head wire sys t.er; has gone. H.or.r.1 vehicles ore nor, used , The cl .. icsel-workec: pits have lone since gone over toe conveyor belts. or have been fillerl in, so this extensive works is now quit€; without n-g r:1ihw.'.ys. ( 12/65) Bear+s \7orks, itl'lcsey, Beds. Ga.uccs 2ft and 5ft. An over-head wire electric sys t.en on .Sft --------~----------------------- gauge circles the entire works buildinc. Shunting the various kilns C'..rc eie;ht identical 1,u' e Lec , locos, nunber ed 1 to 8, with hi1;h cab s , and pa irrted yellow, a useful Li.ver-y as sone work through the night.

Down in the pit ms ano ther- 5ft e;aue:;e syst en , i-c wor-kod , Loco stock is: 2. MR .!J:-wP i'..11 are [_;rccm and ncb-fi t t ed , excerrt "2" , which is

6 .105. Mil. 10160/50 .~1wD ye l.l.on and has n canva s cab , 111411 has a large handbe l.L 5 .104-. Mn 10161/50 ,1-wD inside the cab. 11611 and ))1411 ar-e ex-Calvert Brick Works H-. MR 10455/55.-1-wD (E!_iitor's apo Log.i.e e ; pt,r::.gra~oh omittol here: ·s~·a foot of p.14-)

Elstow I\!rickworks, Bec1s:. Gc.uc;o 2ft. Coveyor belts hcve r-ep.Laced the extensive n-g syst en , o.nd o.111-ocos nnc1 stock have gone. Kint:~' e Dyke Brick Works, rTnittlosey, Canb s , Go.uge 2ft 11in. A very efficient systen runs in the pit here. There are three Sinplexes, housed Lna well-built shed e, MR 20585 /55 and MR 9792/!i5 were working. MI?. 5606, which hears the r-unn.ing nunbcr L.34, was spare in the shed , Lll are cab-fi ttec1 and in L.B.C. yellow livery. Wagons of clay ar e hau Lorl by the locos to a point wher-e th,uy are uncoupled and sent up a short incline on the end of a rope, one at

a tine. The tro.ckwork: is very gooc1, c onp.Le t e w ith such luxuries as catch-points. ( 8/65) Stewart by Works & Centro.l rlorkshops, Bed s , Go.u1_;os 2ft an d 2ft 11in. This oust be the largest L.B.C. works, eztorn:Linc; on both sicles of the DR Dain lino and patrollecl by uni­

for::100. "Yar d Po Ld.ce'! , The 2ft 11in e'Io c t.r-i,c syat en with its 15 locos, running rouncl the k.i.I: as at Bear-t s works, has been ac rapp e.I arid rcp luccd by lorries. JJ. thouch nany other L.B.C. sites reported s:enclinc their locos here, none were in cv Ldence , onc1. the char-gchand stated that. the use of locos will be c1isponsec1 with at o..11 1 .B .C. works in t hc near- future ( 8/65)

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LYSJ,.GHTS SCUNTHORPE \:omcs LTD •. Nettleton Top Ironstone :,Iinos, nr Ho I ton-lc-I.foor, Lines Gauce 2ft 6in Once the hone of the Welshpool & Llo.rrfo.ir's :i.LLVEN, this sy s ton ha s 17 other locos, sone of which are cl.erelict IN the nine, which r.akcs checlcin.; ir1possible. The following v1crc no t.ed ; \forking in the nine rrer-e: LL RH 191680/38 ,1-wD 16/20hp RH ·127856,/58 7. RH -102,159/59 ,J..uD Type LDU, t:~ree.n illI 455402/60 9. ~.m 43265,1/59 !1:-wD Type LDU ,yellow c~ greE:n 5. mr ·135405/61. ·1-wD T°<Jpe. LHU, grey.

4- and 5 were in the workshrhps, the for1::i.::r out of use and the latter uncer repair.

The c1erolicts aro probably: 5. mr 1sM-29/37 5. Illi 195685/39 6 .. ..,,T22' "'15 /1 ' • l U'J. .t_l-'-) · L,r-:i;:

It seens that d Lo se L is be i.n.; r-cp.l.ac cd by electric, and the following Crreonwoocl & electric locos were nb.t-ccl: 10. 2996/60, yellow - under' rcpo.ir in works

5:278 r.;rcy, - in Dino ad.L t yellow - clis;·,nntlocl in wor-ks ,

Batley

8/65 Halton-le-Moor Sports Fielc1. Gauge 2ft This is a plco..surc lino, not an "inc1.ustrial11, but it is nonetheless Dore convenient to ,. put it here. mr 17M,03/35, no. 2 of Nettleton Top, has been robuil t as a st ean-out.Lane , re.! naned Ci''J.\JI'TONB!iLL, an-l prd.n tcd [;audy rec1.. 1ro6cther vri.bh 11ki:1.Jy-c0,rryinb11 rmgons, she r-uris rouncl and rouncl. the boun.Iary of the cricket fiolrl. The tr0,in is just par kcd whorover it stops and the loco c ovcr ed with a II tailor-cnc1.e11 tc.rpmllin. 8/65.

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Ransone Road San .. Lpits, ll.'lrc1.inc;s;tone, Nor-t.harrt sr one ·lwD, Hil 8810, vmrking; Little Houghton Sandpd t s , Ncr-than t s t one ,1nD, ER 8T39, a+or-od , These two sys+ens are likely to bo jo.Lnel within the next f'cv. years. (D .Cox; 8/65)

NATIONAL COLL 13010.ID~~J~.12.£'.!J;yn Collie:r:L.L..Glvn_NeathLia-::-x1or5ru1 Gauge 2ft A very interestini; heavily lo.ic1 n-c line runs b ot.wecn Porrtr-oc Iwydau colliery and Dla0.::n- gwr ach new nine. It runs ribht through Aberper[,,VI.1 colliery on a high v.i aduc t , and its purpose is to convey coal frou Perrtr-ec.Lwydau an.' Blc.engvrro.ch to the was her-y at Aborper6-vm. 'T'hA loco shed is at the Dle.,enr.:wrach end of the vi2. .. l.uct. Two Hunslet 0--1--0D Is , 60~18 & 6049?

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No .39 . Feb ruar-y :LGG6 Page 9 i f Nich~las, Honell, 31" ?loxence R~- .• ~ YT~r.i~}edon,?ono_on-s~=.~--:1§-(:reply-direct --1 fINFORTM;,TION :to hf.n) would be grc,-ceful for aru or-nat ..... on on. f ; (a)Alexander Perry 8: Co, Lt.Rly,Eng:i.ncers,107 Fenchurch St.,London,E.C. \

I WANTED ! i (b)W.D.Light Rlys in North Africa & Egypt in TTorld Far I.

. ; Rodney Weav0r wou.Id like Lnf'or-na+Lon on t.he following points in connect- ' Con any • l ion with the lfoEuo.n Pratt No .774 he hus purchased ( see po.ge 1). Write

nenber- help' l ei th0r to the Editor or to Rodney ( 4 Queen Is Close, Kem.Irror-th , 1:7arwicks). vri.th infur- ~ (a) ·where was th0 TL1bor Supplies Dcpt .line nor.r nhhynllet.h to which I nation about i this loco was originc..11:y supplied, and how long did the line operute? l

these? : (b) The u Lt i.na't e fate of her sister engin,;s 775-9. \ ( o ) Did another of the batch go to Oake.Ley ? ! ( d ) In:.famration on other r ~,:rrol locos: e, t Oc.ke'l.ey , i

A nctibe r nho prefers to re:x;.in anonynous a.t the nonorrt nou.l cl 1 -· _\-c: +:--:: , know if any uenbcr: knows of a book on the Canpbc.Lt orm & :i.~:-,.h:d..i1::x,:·_,;,1 I def:l_nitel_y in prc}ll'ation. This is the only Br-i.t i.sh pub l.i.c n ~e ,.c'Lv w~,:i eh I ho.s noFyet had its detailed history published, but· it has uf.'.:::.11 '.lJ~nomfcc~ in t~rec. pub Li.shcr s I catD.lo~ues in recent year a _as "in prepar~r,t:cr.11• on Ivi +o disappear rn, thout trace in later cc.taloguos. Reply to t•.i.o ,,:,1lt.c-c. ., I

/-IN'F-1-, _O_ill_\_It __ .lT_'I_O_N_' __ I ---Last. issue Is. nr;ur ~·iys:terie~" i to~_;_ has produ~od f;-~m. Ri;h;~d M;,"'.'ri~-·1 r 'IBCEIVED I the .inf'o rnat Lon tno.t t11.e quarry line o.t Glyuyf'rdr:,:y,,. in Sept 1960 ;

1 ' • ! c.ontttlnea_ 4r!D Il\-J:~s7;tr05f55.D.avm:i~in§1:0,le~ thc:bqHo.rrv ,,.1Jeing closed. J

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Aocrperc:;wn colly, cont'd.) .,,, .... 1 .. , i.t 1. ,, ('') ..,- , f i t t 1 m e t i: ~ t ··-" •••••••••••••••••• , •••••00········,···--- '\fore lnSl·,_e, in wni e lVvl':y .• , C,.n01JY--l ec". JJl.U,~ int, OU - sicie the she I was Hud.swell-Clo.rke no Dr-11062/58, a. 68hp 0--1--0D. li.t B12.en0wrach, just Lns i.dc the nine ac1it, was hL1ins anot hor- HC, DM1312/63, 68hp 0--1-0D, rmnber cd 11111 and 11390/39511•

On a sic1ing Qt the Perrt.r-ec Lwydau end of the v:io.c,_uct, WQS s'tab l cd HE 3558/1-5, 50hp },f.[{ II, f'Lanepr'oof 0--1-0D. Finally, o. t the ot.hcr end. of this tbreo-nilc line, Pcrrtr-oc Lwydau colly pr oduced t)rn spectacle of 115611, I-IC no Dr1I1061/57, anot.her 0-4-0D, leo.vin1; for L.berper6,,r.1 with a troin of three no..n-rii'.int; ccr s , Also here, a;:,onc;st a ,,lozen other co.rriages, was HG no DM1060/57, yet mother 0-·-±-0D.

The Pentrcclv.ryc1.au-L.berper1::;wr.1 section of the line ts cu i.tc scenic and runs pzrrn.Ll.e'L t.o the no.in r oad though hic1.c1en in the trees. L.11 locos r.:c0 tho "Mi.nes Un.Icr-gr-ound" type, and are gr-ecn and co.b-fittec:. except w..cr-e otherwise norrt i.oned , The two renaining locos, HG DM15:ll.3 and HE 5599 were not to b o f'ound - pr-e sunab Iy they were unc1erGrounc1. (8/65.) Nir.-:.1-L'1LLS INSULL'rION !.:.~ _ C1IBMICJJ., CO. LTD. G-o.uge 2ft. For-d Quarry, South Hylton, Co s.Dur han , Doth t.r-aclc an.l loco shcl r-enrd.n , bu+ -~he -b.-o Hun­ slets have gone to Wahhinf:;ton works, 011.cl. no locos r-ena irr , rr.'l.shington Works, (fornerly \!L.filIINGTOl'T CiillMICliL co· .LTD.) Quite en inti;rc.::r'::i,,g :i.:i+;t~.'; sys­ ten, which at one point crosses a s-g line by a neat little brL'-ce. The two :Ciun.slc·i,;·_; .?ror.r Forc1 Quarry - no.1 (HE 3098/4'1.c) anrl no.2 (HE 2982/'.::3) wer e both st or-e ' out of' use, but no.2 is the spare eng i.ne to ,:1-wD !.ffi 874.-7, which rms working. All ar c i;reen, cab-fitted(8/65)

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H. OAKLANDS & SONS LTD. 2 Brickworks, __ nec}_:r. __ ~sls_riq__0 Yo __ l'.'..::'ks. Gauc;e 2 ft This f'n.sc.ina ting little line has one of the fen OIC refugees fron the South, OK 684-9, green_, cab Lcs s , but unfortunately cl.orclict in the Long gro.ss by th2 incline. There are al.so 'two Sfr1pl~1xes, also green anr; cab Lcs s : 19 (MIJ 749.::) and 2'.J (En. 7°1'86). The f'or-ner- was stored, anc1 the fatter c1o.shing up 8.n1. c1own the incline. (8/65)

PELTON DHICK co. LTD., P:CL'rON F:CI,L, en .DurhD.TI Gauge 2ft The two mr Is are still here-just! 213836/12, <'...-wD, 16/20hp, W,'.1,S .l i.snan tlec1 C1.nc1 will pro­ bably be cut up; 375696/5'-1, ,1,wD, type LB', Y![l.S for sale an 1 1-,.fi'. ·::ieen out of use for three norrbhs , probc..bly thu pcr-Lol th0 line itself 11.c,,,rl_ been out of' ua e , Both a re ccb Lc ss , green: the older ono is Lino I out • ( 8/65)

TJJ1J!AC HOliDSTONE __ LTD. , __ G-reenfoot Q_uar.EY.L St,n_nho__pe_, Co.DurlKill(ex R.SmffEJ.1SON c:;~ C~ DrD) 1In this now c1..isusel quarry in a .:1.oli0htful settin6 C1.lon[;sL1e the; River Wear was f'ound a little' loco shec1 oorrtrri.n i.ng th0 so Lo renaininc piece of rollins stock: RII 1754-20/36, 4wD green, with a wooc1.en cub , Pcr-hap s the oc,/. gc:,use of this site - 2ft ~in - has not helped. the sale of this loco - it 1i1ouL1. fit the Tc,lyllyn, though! ( 8/65;

UNIT~~D STE:CL COEP JJTIE3 LTD. , 0 Ji.J3r_an9l_~, Dr~;gpbv }1inc_~ _ _gr: _S_e:_unthorpe ,~P.9_1?_. 2ft Sin. A ;_1.('.n-ric1..in5 co.r so one.' to b 0 the only Uc,:, of r a i.L inJcc:.~'-: .5t ro:::o.ining. .A chr.i-, :c.- ,:1c~l1 sa i d tho.t the n-g syat cn ha.l been super-seded h/ r-o ad voh.i.cLer, , It w 0..1 .i.npo ssIb Lo tc, cct1.?::..ir:: this a t the tine. Can anyone c:.o so? There used tobe Lhico IUI1s hcr-o ,

Il.OTIE:J.T T:Cli.L LTJ? __ L}fois'o_y Gr['.Vd Pits, Lines There have been no chcn gcs here for s one ti;:;e. RII 210484-/11; IU-I 235663/1-7; an.J. IIS 371957 /M-.

r~{l.·t::f/·: •Jf~ here, uorrt i.oner: in 11Nc:ns11 no_,56, ~:,,.:?·.-, officially known as "Llyn Ce Iyn" ,

(P, s.Excell, 8/G5)

Go.uge 2ft The stock, nL 1 ,1nD, green, cab-fittecl, is

Tl:J.lM.ll.C CONSTRUCTIOI\T LTD: LJ:.ynCel,y_n, llcr-Lone'th , The khak.i-epa irrt et] (1.ie;sel on the c1ro.ino.c;e achene is im 8600. Note that Try,wr.1n ll.eservoir is nor,

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Pnge_10' Fehrio:ry_:!9fiG No.39 s;;uITTT""'SF.A* C1i'Mmn,,I B.,..,-;·c;··r co ~mn ,,-·1n··1. .,;:.~,.-..,,,,,~··'" C<>·' (*Ft "R''.;, ~0·') \'~11 .J .. U.'.J .!i/.1, ..l:JJ.·:J.lu.i.J .. l i. •.•.... .J.,,.\. 1 oU_l __ .:a,t\._ ·-'·' ;--, •) \ .. Lt_, v. ~·-":::-:',' ·" !(..,",,mos .. ~O e .... "D_:'-'--'··L.,.l,._)•J,1 ------- _,_ ·--------~---··-----_, ..• ,_ ---· ----·-······ ·~·. -·· --- . -~·-- ·---- ..•..

No .. :~ v:r~,~\:s C-c1~1.e;2 2-r't 'I'h.i s p.l.ace is d i.vi.dcd by the r:10,in r oad , the vi-.:i:·1:s o:~, 011°) siJ.e, and the pit_, ro:i.:,.'1c:y system, and loco shed s on the ohher , The Lc ay is ·01·0--.1glrt c;_·,x:te a con s.i.der-ab Lo ri:;_;,.'7;.c,,:~_r;c. f':·')Vi the pit to a point at the bot t on of a very longc,·;weyo:::--beJ. ~ th2..t c r o s ac s t:1'" E',::,.~.n: 1·:)t.,~ ,','.::'_ goes right to the hcar-t.h of the works. The loco Bh(-,d is by the 1;otton cf ·c;v, ,:'.'/:i<.:;·''l.'··':re1t. - 1. t1,, 1· t b , 1 , t' nr 'n• ,~,7·,r.j···,, ,,-·,,, •. , i,, ,.,, ,;,,, .. ,.) ,,,rorr,nv ·-.le lD"' r, re,,,rn,c,cr spec.,, Vl'"'re n-rec !u-, L<W1·' s· '"'1;1..'. /. ,';•;· ,.,:.•,,;.".:·,,'!;.'<' .. , ,_. ;· ·, ... \~ .i.>.- J .a. .... -.J ._... · ,_.;,_:,,. ._, .•.• Vv:.. V · . • - .. .,...,.,._~ • ..I-- • r ,.-1 ...•. '1 - • -'- -. - • ••- -- -~',,,,I>

Out s ide Urn Loco shed , very cl.erelict, was, fl rJ.I'O Ho~'m1~'d -1-wI.:>o Gc•iJE ::,;:,3 c.'..1;;·'.:1-·::,t· E•)t,:~·.-~L ·-~;j_..i which used to bo 1yi.ng cl.erelict here, and a 5ft g~uge line, w:;_th tLvo Eli:1 ~~.

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'llv:, Cln.piin.ITh Junction of the n-g worlcU Nine locos on the 3f't and four on tho ~/t e;auge. Five; 5ft locos wcr c clrtrt·i.n.g ab cu t ,'ll !_ 0'\7C:'"' ti.10 plnce c:.t l"'1ic;t1 s pe ed - sur e Iy tl:-i.nso cl.i.'"'1:vGrs must. ha ve been on piece -V!:)Y' l: rr:t0s. 1 }'ci_rt o+ 1"~.r:;:: ... a ()";'. t;1~n same sa"'-·~go rre:·_--c- o~d: c1?~ ~-.._~~ e :t G':~

never- tro run ng2:i~ .. Lc~ro,. i11 +ho p:5..t ~{c~re ,~-J1J ... h(} of t~·2.t:: f,--:,·1.rr ?,,.,.-~,,t f~,:_-:-L:_c:c l(·c:~_:r.!, ~--::·~:~/~:.":'.:"-r::·,·:1y out Of c ommi.s.s i.ou., p.i..'u:)n°:J ~l-Jr Y!}Ji.lo D.: S\A.T~:,.LuB o:~ i:J.C:. t ei~i~~:l:1 j 0 c.10~1.:::··c;ct f s-·)~~1· -~,l-1t) _:._::;·~·r3l ~

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in 2.Jl . P./65

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This place. 1'1ai.ii~-ig l-':ioc:;-r1 2:Jo~tecl Cy· '°L\)Y)J"" ;;,~J-~_1._;r ~~)·1.---r;:tT ti ~:.\nsi..ng train, was i_nv ... c2tisa~:dd by !J1.clrerv!J'~3lc m1.c:.. Cl1.::·i_s- I'ovJ:--'i.: J11·~1~01':.-1'.:";:J7s '"flc~rcl (:.1c~~Y t~1c reci..:r· of J3~R.~tc;111;QTts L.c:-:.r.1. •. 3: ciec-

A ) , " tric rl epo t, PffY'"' .'>r:-o 2"''t .,or,'1 P'C Li •;:;(I! 8 F'T % ,-,_.,,.-, /1-1 ,7-,. -: '':°',,·lee') stor ed ~ n r·-·o.'l ~ ·1-·,..." -f'?r 101·1 ,"P

Theyv~ornr;;r; ~p~;;K I,~(; ,.I:;~, :-,,~;~t.t;;~~:~:~1-:J,:-,"' (_;~;:~ ·:.i.T2~,-,;•1 -";;::··; _·;) ~ ~Go.:ge ~t'~~· lee>u -· \ i3~'~&r fl. visit· :1!1~ :i.2,/63 rc.veQJ.o~~ a. p~! r.J:..~00..:1-t; :-.:·aJ·{:~·· i .. ~·1 .... C/: ·:~(,~'.:~~<l~teiy :rG~\.}.,.v1t1t':'c1..! ~.!.!! 5:-:'oen livery. 'I'he Lcc o ~~7c,::,· t·r)~·,r:ir1g -t;fr:~r:c s\:·~1~:)S :~IL1 c~;·i1-r,~jj·~-\~; t.~~.c fo: ... 2er ro:9·-vvcrJa..:(l 1::--~C'·~!..·_~.n.::: 11

--· ----+"'-·---..----..i ..... .., ... ~~--:-,r~---;'1'-:_i..f',r:,.~.,.... ... "". __ .,..; ..... -- --··-------~---~.---~;. -·-."!"'~~~-~-- .•.. -...._ ... ••.

Richarc1- tiiorri3 po'i.nt.s 0"1:i:C ttl--1.t o. c onp.Lc to :L93f5 na.r:rovt .... -sc...1.1ge loco s•-1.~-:-v,::r::l 01~ t.f',r.; f<1Jl(J\\·i:ng o oun+i.cs has np·pcc .. rl)c1 i11 t~1c "Novro" =:.:i. tlfo :Ls Sue e,.1.1cl on the pc gcs ir.:.c1icr~te(J_ hc re , Titi·C!l a couple of nin::ir m::0epi;1_ona nc ter. l)olow:

ANG-LE SEY: m.h~~6 ,p .7 -o 'T')'<f- '111·--nT•(l1'TI•'T,' ~017 c .. ,'> • 1 ·, 10.l•1J.tL!:(LJlolJ,_Jc; }(..0.i; oc cc notze+ oe.i.ow HEREFOiillS~"IIThl: 31/9 Rl'i.DNORSEIHE: 3G/7

*At Nationo.l Coo.L Bo:o.r:~, Cynhc i.dr o Colliery, :!=Also, at J.Harc:'(y, Br-oris gr-ovc , K8 i'.:-256

If any member- knows of any other:.' N-g Locc s _extD.nt toc1.ay in the above ,::.c,~,~::,:~\es, wh.i.ch have not op pear ed i11 tl:10 above :Ltu.n~ i!.l ·tl10 u News" Ylill he p'Lea se vvri te to the Hon. lkcorcls Ot'ficoY' (acl.Clrcss at the 1:-B"..c1 of page 5)

EE 2216 &. HH 198237

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Now for the two missing Locct i.on a wh i ch c:m:::,l0te Sur:.:·c;;t rn.1r.l Sussex:

GRE~!rER LOl1TDO}T COlJI'-TC IL ... }lel"'~:o:::. 31:1·::~f':c: Tlor1<:s ~ S1_·_:CTC':?. ( ex i,-/.'\:NTY1".:t? "\Tf-.I:l..J~y- JOJ~JT f:~~!r.r:-~ T.:/1 \:l.D} -··-- ••. -----·~--,·-----· ·--~------·~ ---·- ~ -- - .•••.• ~-- __ ,_ ~-~ -~-~-~~-· .• ~. ~-~·- •• ·-·-- <,,:., __ ~ b'••·-·" --- -·- --~.~· .. ··~·-·-·,- ------~-·--,---~-------- ~ -- --· --·---·,. -----""-

T'his 2ft gauge lil10 YJ'0.8 .,.1.r.is:~_to:1 en a SCLG1.1:r·(.~0,3r L1.f't·.:·:lr.:.cc11ii .1:-:. .-,\~lJ'; :1 .; 1c~ t.he r.1r:..rL(\c~-::,~··, ;·:..1.s·t:

leaving for an after:·10on1 s c r i.okot wo.th:1ing j was not vur._;r cc--o1Jcrr.. ti vc , He wz,,:xt,>l neither to stay o..nc1 act as guicl.e, not- to let visitors look for '.;l1e.::lselves. However, ricbt l;:r the main g2.te was ,1:wD HE 3097/:4, in grc:)on livery: nnc:. cnlJ~ef:'ls - now out of 1:s0, n.s Ls ·l~;:ie

• t • th • J • " • < ._.. ~ ~ ,,.- " ,'' - ( ' ~ \ { e ~ ' • entire sys em wi. ix1 tne worxs a 11,.h_e r,'.,,::reen c<:..~1 of i:cT :,,~·1.~Jt)~ .: ~ .•... /<~9 , "i-\°{1) .' ,' t,-.}~:::. ;., , Y'./\t:,. 1:-vv· t:b.e ,.J ~ ,. • . J ,. •..

fitting shop, but no f'r-ane: the Mano.ger sc0.tx~ tt:i..s 1'w,~s Juc!:ed uo in a .slc0,1. f0,~ V'1:i.';,.c~-J. key was then ava.i.Lab Le!", This loco was :l.isr:1nnt1ec:. 1.961 for engine repairs ctncL n _:·\~'.'.:~ re-asser:1blcc1. THAKP:1a/;l,1 'l'ILES _ LTD 2.. Thakebam.LNr Storring_ton, __ Sussex. G::1;.{:;0 ~~ft T~1is qt,ai::~ little sy st en Wf'.S somewhat rc:-oJ ignecl. in 1963 and o oris i.dor-ab l y r:1·.,::<: :,n,::<, 'f':ic Main Engin:e;:;ring Work is a. concrete bric'.t;e over a works footpnth-- t:.ier') ~.ti 1\,:c(,1,1: 1 ,,·:;~i 11 extant, on tho oLJ. alignment. Tho olc'.. layout had a loco shed, but one of' -cL.n ·r;-;f·) h·~:.1·:0-tDacl.e L'rwP locos resid.es in a corrugatec1 iron shed cl.t tho Buffer Stops. This loco(? r·:}r r:1;~:<:) is in green livery a n.; is unu sua.l, in that it has never pullecl <'- skip in a fo:'HJT,i ;}:·cr:o'::cionf it has o. rear-0ntry Cf'.b anc1 is v,rithout coupling anc1 ,buffi1'lo'; gear at the rec,r. [k-;.ps o.re alwr-..ys pushed towari:1s the &'1.ni1 .. pits o..n'l pullocl. bo.ck to the ·works with the loco. in Teveorse. The other loco is co.bless, o.,'1c1 in grey livery. It sto.bcl.s off' the -t:r:1.nk) ston"'.l; ail.,i.,,,c··:r,,t to the ,·1"il1 1~''.10 in .L.1.,0 TiD'Y"r 01·10'' (i:T\T tic, c,r·,r1,r'..-l1,- \ ni·t,\O l·-,,.._,,-~ i,]'-'·' ('.OT;(';-.'-,,l .,·~v·_' ··1..-ln •....... ,., .-Ll ' - l,L.t .L.t"-' •...... \.!. ·.' · • .Lu J \_,., ....•..• _,,. __ ")~~ .•• ,~ .J.. •.• _ ..• v~.~ •. -.,·~- 'w· < J'"". ~ .• , •• 1 <J . .l. ••• .L:

fro..nes, an,,l hc..ve e11gines frorJ. notor \:··e.h.·2_,J.Jcs ... , u1:u j::,~·t~·:·t~~~.:i: ... {~; iS:l.J~t-~1:~L:::.}'" '.:":t.?·~·J_ t:':a J.:..··'.-;,? ·;;H~ Petters. (~/::5

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nuil?E',_.:rsIJ~;_-.-;D STJC-~J."l. l'-~ILI1 i1c(,il~.~7,?~;{S r,

~visit in Auc~;;;~-to several cf gauc;c is 2ft •

-C.(£.8

ITJ.i.l'O..'iOUR COOLUM EUDLO

( i-'Ioret OJ.1

no t.e s 011

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n en+r-a.I ;.:i· 111 \...J, ... , .., c..(.. .,,,.;_..:.... I

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0-6-0T 0-6-0T

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stored prosc:rvcc1 store(_

Also trio 4-,:P Cly··.e

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. 0-6-6-0.T LI2 . .ffei l J

stored. ril.s , Sth, of

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5 ,1,-6-0T 0-6-0T

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J?.o cT: han pt or.;. No s 2,3,5 arc to b o put on clisplc,y :L1

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local parks. tio .!l, +nou .. gh pr-c se rved , seui-d.ere lict 3 :,ilos 2,·.1r0/.

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J)1( = Iri.ck , Kcr-r cl Cc1 .I,tcl.. .Pi-e s t on o * 3ft 6in gn:t..1.;_;e Cl

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in USO in use

0-4-2T Dacm1ville 246

GIN-C-IN FILL (: _To1laville, 25 ril.s SW of Inmde.­ bo rg , This ,,ill has :tovcrtccl to s t can after t''·ri'1'7 t'so (~,-.~,, S l1SO.-l cl "'0'··11e'V'>C ) T~T;;--,• -· o''~~-0 ·,.J(' •. 1('\v;,;/1,,~) .L L .. , u s e --.J-tJ \.,J _.!.·J vU , .r t ..,.

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not in

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0-6-2T JF 20277

t'our

( about 0-·1-2ST 15932 L1 playground at

Outer Ilar nour-, Macl;~ay DF 5/1952 in use

is

5 7 SEAF'CRTII 0-,1--2T HE preservcl,r:ill c;rouncl 8 O-S-2T Jl:' 2076·1- stcrecl,runpi~.g

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class, no.6 (see ne~t c La s s , no .,'1-9

A-10

Ite!:/tLi1t T'~~·,I::; pr ob .011 stea;-:-1 loco fr2.<10., Pf.acc rcci:~~s 0~;:usilio11t Locc: .o't i ve, pa tent

YlC: , ,_;,i93.J,5 11 Gr~~.built ns 0-~-0ST. C-n:r(_- .. vcr o~ccin.c, J onbach n3;-t.L·;_.~":_,1.1)3r'~; t.TC:~~1l){..lChs11•

knorrn as

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( 11 \ 'i"·r ·· iT' '7'0(' 9 -· ; .... J.i>.. • ·, JJ 0 0 w -~-- --------------- =i If you have any mFUfrfCED ;rRA.DE'C' STJ'J PS -

v:lwthe:r green shield, sl:y-bl'l.'.e pink, plain, fancy, or multi- .· col.our-ed , send them to one of t~1e Br-oc kham museum officials:

t l.ey can help the musernn funds • I

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_ r'ago _ 1~ ------·--·----------- .. -----·- .. Febr'uary _ 1966 ----·--·----·--------------------- _ H1.'1.39 __ QUEENSLAND GOVERl'JJi.'.iE.l,rT RAILWA~''S. Gauge 3ft 6in

The Q.G.R. celebrated its centenary on 31st July. The Neilson 0-4-2 tender loco no.6, • the oldest working loco in Australia, travelled under its O':ID st ean 256 rri.Le s to Ipswich to haul two four-wheel coaches thence to Grand.cliestcr to re-enact tl1e opening ceremony. This loco had been specially bo rr-owed back f'r-on its present ovmers, Bingera Sugar Estate ( see previous page). Several connecting trains ran fro::1 Brisbane for the ceremony; the first with a 4-8-2+2-8-4-Garratt and 11 coaches; the second, a B18* class 4-6-2, no 1089,; the last st ean loco built for the QG-R, and 11 coaches; the third train was diesel-hauled,,. and the last was hauled by two diesels and nade up of the SUHL.ANDER air-conditioned stock. Uh:6ortunately the day was narr-ed by continuous a.rizzle. P. V. Skehan

PUFFING BILLY PRESERVA'I'ION SOCIETY 2 Victoria. Gauge 2ft Sin 4

The former Upper Ferntree Gully-Gcnbrook line of the Victorian Ra.i Lway s was re-opened • a further 2f n.i.Les f'r ou Iienz i.ee Creek to Emer-a.Ld on 31st July. This gives a total length in operation of 6n 17ch f'r-on Belgrave to Ene.ra.Ld , The 3 mi.Les f'r on Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave were widened to 5ft 5in gauge in 1958-62. The Irrtended upper terminus is Lakeside, some three oiles beyond Ener-a.Ld ; the track onwards froo Lakeside to Gem.brook was lifted some years ago. •

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THE END OF THE 1106ru:i GAUGE. 140 years-·of history cane to an end on 51st December' with the closure of the colliery line fron :Sreitenschti.tzing (on the nain line between Linz and Salzburg) to Wolfsegg and Kohlgrube ( which means "coal-pit", but is appar ei tly also the name of a village) • This line was the last in Austria to use the gauge of 1:lOfam ( .Sft 6in Austrian ncasur-e , == 3ft 7~in British), vrh.i.ch was originally adopted in 1825 for the first railway in Austria, the horse-operated line f'r-on I,inz to Budwo i,s (now Ceskc Budejovice). The Bremt.cnschutzing to Koh Igrubo lino, 11.6lm long, was opened on 8 J:ay 1854, and s bcan traction was introduced in 1871, a third-rail then being laid along the riain line for 7.4k~ to Laubach, to join the Lambach-Cuiinden line, nhich was al so 110600 gauge until 1905, though the Linz-Lm1bo.ch section had been st andar-d-cgaugcd in 1859, and Linz-Budweis had been replaced by stanctard-gaugo in 1872. The Brcitenschiit,zing-Lanbach third rail was rc­ noved in 1879. This last r ernran t f'r-on ·Brc itenschi.itzing to Kohlgrubc had not been stean­ worked since 1956. Latterly most of the coal fron tre tri.ne s , which arc a.lrro st worked out, has gone by road, rui.d the railnay has required a train only about once a fortnight, worked by a Diesel loco acquired in 1956 an d designed for easy conversion to standard-gauge for use elsewhere. In past years, a private p2,ssengcr service also oporntod; coach A.3, built 1854 was still in occasional use only a few yos,rs ago and is destined for a nuseum.

Kohlgrubo was al.so the b eg inrri.ng of a 4kr.'.1-long line of 58cn (1ft 101in) gauge to Gschwendt, which is already closed e::mopt for a short section giving access +o a drift­ nine which is expected to close s.1 ortly. On this line arc one diesel loco ( Je:qbach 1565, /57) and one bnttory loco (Ar!:G 294/41).

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PO~ORR.t~ (Uzerches-Tullo-Arc;enfo.t'~m; Seilhac-Trcignac, 291m) Gauge: 1 net.r-e, The recent extensive pr-ogr annc of track r-cncwa'Ls is now conp.bced , and the line can

boast, fDW the tine being, the longest piece of we l.ded rail on tho SNGF: 1378 Dotros through Pandrignes tunnel. liallc.t no. 104 has been ovcr-hau l.cd and repainted; 101 will probably follow. I'ill: add i. tiono.l Loco t.ru obour- is expected shortly and this con only have the effect of reducing still further the need for the st ean Lccos , There is, however , the possibility of a uraniun nine opening near Arge:mta t, which would bring extra traffic • Goods traffic in 1964.s was 2'5% up on 1963, and t.hc trend con+Lnucd during 1965. CORSICA (C.F.de la Corso, worked by Ste Auxiliaire' pour los C.F.Seconda,ires) Gauge 1n. The compn ny has acquired the two surviving Billo..rd ro.ilcars, X.1 and X.2, of the Tro.IJ.Ways .• de la Co.rreze, wh.Lch have been lyi;tig derelict at St-Bonnet-ll.v2.louze, the junction of the TC and the POC, since the TC c Lo aed at the end of 1.959. These two c ar s vrerc built in 1957 for the C.F.Depo.rteuento.ux do lo.. Dordoe;ne, as nos 608 and 610; retaining the sane nunbers. they later werrt to the Voies Fcrr&cs d :rnt6rct Local, rcse0,t1 du Pas de Calais, and then in• 1956 to the TC. They vrer-e r euoved f'r-on St-Bonnet Las+ August but extensive r-epn.i.r s will be necessary before they crn be p.Laced in service in Corsica. Also off to Corsica are the two no s t nodor-n railco.rs f'r-on the abandoned CFD du Tarn, also worked by the &\CFS until closed a t the end of 1962. (11C.F.Secondaires11)

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EXIT THE NARROV!-GLUG-E. By the tine you a;;·--;eo.d.j-,.1.s -t:1is, pub Li.c tro.,."1sport on the nar-r-ow­ gauge i~ Hollanc1 rrill have c ec.sed , end the once ubiq:Jl.itous s+ean +ran will be no mor-e , The Dutch s t ean tra nrnys, uostly roadside, provided in the first deco.des of this century an unri va.l Led rurr.I sys+en of +r-anspor-t , not equo.llcd. in Britain until the developnent of no+er=bus services in +he lc..te 201s an d cc.r ly .501s. L2st survivor in Ho.l.Land , of' course, was the "Ro't t er-dunae Stoontran11 (Rottordnnse Tro.nT:og l·.iaatschap:gij) on the 5ft; 6in (106'7nn) gauge favoured. by the uajority of tho Dutch et.ear: trac.·nc.ys. .A~l reg·uln.r services had been diesel-worked since abou t 1956. Tho routes surviving since 1956 were but a shadow of' the

"o .59 February 1966 Page 13 ------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ----- R, 'I r II Is f'or mer- sy st en, the decline of which began with the severe f'Lood danage of 1953 • Glo~mre of the two renaining lines, Ro t ter'dan-Oos'tvorne and Hellevoetsluis, had been expected for sone ti0:1e, but the withdrawal between Ro't t er-dan and Oostvorne, in the middle of' the day on 25rd Sept onbcr- last, cane as a c onp.l.e t.e surprise; closure notices were posted by officials of the company followi.E:& in a net or=car- what had therefore be cone the last

• train to Oostvorne! The tro.in returned enp ty to Ro t ber-dam , This left a shuttle service • on the 6-nilo branch fro::1 Spijkenissc to Hellevoctsluis; a couple of through trains it between the b ranch and Rotterdon survi ved until 6th Novenbcr , Spijlwnisse-Hellevoetsluis

was expected. to close at the end of Dccenb er , It seens probable that sone stock will be preserved in a proposed Dutch trauvmy rru aeun •

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SOUTHERN RA.ILFAY. The olcctrificatio:n at 25l<V50c/s of' tho 159kn fron I,1adras(Egnore) to Villupuran of tho netre-gaugc main line f'r-on iladr-as "\Vas oorrp'Lc+ed with the inauguration on 26th March 1965 of the 154Im t'r on 'I'arfbr-an to Villupuran, the 25kn f'r-on Iladr'as to Tan-

• bar-arr having been opened on 15th January 1965. This is the first notre-gauge electrif­ ication with industrial-frequoncy high-voltage a , c •• The locos are Japanese-built.

( 11 La Vie du l\ail11'

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P. C. SAN FELlU m~ GUIXOLS - GE.RONA Gauge 7 5cn. This line has' been rror-ko d by the state (Explotacion oe Ferrocarriles por el Es+ado )

since 15th October 1965, 'I'wo Loc ouo't i.vos have been transf er:cod f'r on the Onda=Ca s't.e Ll.cn line, closed 1s·t Septenbcr 1964; they are OGG nos 5 and 7, (-6-2T, Krau as 2545t and 2592 of :J-890: no ,7 is a.Lrcady in service on the SFG, Also transferrud t'r-on the OQ-G arc six bogie coaches, as a result the SPG-1 s 4-uhecled c oache s are no longer in use. Of'fhc SFG's own locos, Krauss 0-6-2T's 1-6, no s 1, 3, and ,1 arc in service, 2 is derelict, and 5 is d.i suan t.Led ; no,4 is operating with the cab and t.anks of no,5, thus bearing the no.5. SFG 1-6 are Krauss 2555 to 2358/90, 2826/95, nnrl 5267/05. The line also has an 0-8-0 diesel, ex VcJ.clepenas-Puertollano

(=l=BLC pocket book ES gives 2343; can anyone confirn?) ~C.F.Sccondaires") +++-+.++++++++++++++++++++++++

S\tI1'ZERLAND

SWISS FEm:RAL RA.ILYTAYS - Bn.tJ]\TIG_LII\'E (uetrc-gauge). The last Brtinig line s bcan locos: class G374 nos 207/8, nnd class HG 3/5 nos 1065, 1067, and 1068, have been withdrawn. No.1068 is to be preserved in the station square at Eeiringen. (C,Packhari)

DENVER & RIO GRANDE rrnsrrBRN

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Gauge 3ft a record. 70,000 Mr L.S. Brovm uritcs th2.t tho Durango-Silverton line, 45 uiles, carried

passengers in the 1965 season. The 200-nile na.i.n line fro,:, Al2..1,osa to Durango , and the line fron Dur ango to IPar nington,

are still in operation, but cc cor-d.i.ng to a r-cc ent report in "Tr-ai n s'[ a week or 10 days , even s one t i.ne s a fortnight, elapses between trains, and, as heavy renewal expenditure is inevitable shortly, the future is glooDy. -~1a..·.--------., ... --·---··-------- ------·------- --~---·- ----------·--·--·- .. ---- ,..,_·-·------~--~------·----------------

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NEU I:EA:OINC', ON NJJ:1,}0U- C-LUGE. The Dublin & Luc an Trc;nmy, by JJ.an 2 .Nevrhcn , 811 x 5~11 ·• 40pp art paper , Lnc Lu.l.i.ng 20 illus. and nap. rodcwoocl_ Press' 9/6 + pos·c'). L. ,1_cto,ilec1 account of this littlo-lmoYm 7-nile line' which sto.rteO. as a roo.c1s. i::'.e 3.-ft ~e,u~e sto::1)1 line in 1881, we,s converted to a 3ft 6in gauge electric line in 1900, rrnc.l enc1ec1 \ 1968-19-10 a s route 25 of the 5:f't .Sin gauge Dublin United. Tr::inwo.ys,. t.hus ~cin~ one of ~he f'ow lines ever to have opcrCt.ted. on th:rec (lifferont gq,ugcs. rhe book is vir.:;uo.1-Ly o, reprint of the. sq-De e,u~hor Is r?ccmt ar-t i.c Lo s in. ".'.L'ranway 1leview11 (,nos 52-33, 1962), c or-r-ec t.c.l nhe rc e}.litional Lnf'or-na t ton has c ono to Li.gh t , but un:fortun- ately slightly abi~i,1-gc .. 1 • The J~shover Lir;_l0i_t1i~]va;z, by K.Plc.nt. ( a HGL.S ncnbor ) .8 11 x 5:~n. 88pp + 12pp illus. Tnc Lu.le s 27 pho cogr-aphs, 1 nap , 4 p'Lnns ~ ~ra,1-icnt cli0,gr:.1c1, 3~p rollini:; stock clrawings, 2 pp station buil:'.ing (:'..re.wings. ( Oo.k\100,~; Pr'os s , 18/- + post 1• This is no ner'e re-hash of the uor-e or Lcs s illegible .1-uplice.to:J. booklet by LGotheri.lge and t.he present author, pub Li.shed in 1955, but virtually e. new book, 'I'her'o is o. very full account of the pronotion and 25-year life of this 60cu-gauge railwo.y - even clown to the nanes of the platelayers! Several historico.l pr ob Lens arc cl.ear ed up, and in par-t i.cu Iar- the conp l Lce.t i.orts caused to loconotive historians by the c orrppuny" s he.bit of exche .. ~1ging nakcr-s I plates arid engine parts between its GJ,D.Bo.llwins. The L1..rawings an.! i:,'.:'.ps, ·by Hike, Swift, ar e cxc~ptiono.lly neat arid clear , +hoggh the presence on the p.'.lge labelled "Ila.l.t bu.i.Ld.i.ng" of' n cross­ section of another builclin$ of obviously different c:.iru:msions is at first sight ocnflti'.sing, though it is soon obvious ,:;bat it belongs to the 11sto.tion bui1c1-ings11 on the opposite page. But thC1.t is a trivie,l cri ticisu, o.ncl ot.her-rri.se the book seens irreproachable.

B; Yov CO.]). help t11e yoc i~tY Is func1..s. by _buying your books through the. Soc:iety I? . I R_:Publications \_Sr...1os; Of:i:icer, Bar-r ie 1.lc:Pc.rlo.ne,55 'I'hor-nh'i.Ll, Ave, Pntcha:n,Brighton 6j 3)All Oakwood an.I Davic1- & Char Le s books either stocked or ob t.a i.nab Le , 1

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Page 14 February 1966 No.39 r,rg are pleasea. to ne.Loone the f'o.l Lowinrr ITEV\f ME~::BERS: L · , , . D.Bi:tcs, 272 cari"iey: Rd. --··c-vent"i-y·.-----~--------- r1'he Hon. _Mer:rnership Secretary, K.B'lackhar.1,24 ~!averley n~_,Re!:iilv1or;th 17arwickshire. _ ·f .~urkil_].:., -~ ~troud C~ose, • A.Bloon, B:r:essinghaD Ha l.I , Diss, ~-:or1olk. _ UJ{r::nn~ton, Midnleton, hanchester, K.E.Bide, 9 Welbourne Rd.,Chii!Ldwall,Liverpool 16. ,,rites: · J .Copper ,Llyswen,Meaclow End j Radc Li.f'f'e on Trent ,Hotts. G .Ednond s , 180 Coventry Rd , ,ffi.ineaton Y!arrzi.. cks , E.R.Foulkes, 99 Blythsrrood St. Aigburth,Liverpool 17. G.r!.G-raingor, 5 Oakfield Av, Shaw Heath, Knu tsf'or-d j Che s n.a.nru, 21 Royal Oak Rd, \.ythenshavm, Manchester 23. R.Hobbs, 33 New North Road, Reig::~te, Surrey. A • .T.H.Je:nkins,c/o )foc1el _ _l1ai1'.ro.y i\Teyrn, 13/35 Bridge St,

Hene l, Henps+ead , tierts. Kuniaki Taga, Okanachi Hinani 3-26, Toyonaka City,

6:saka, Japan. R.H.A.Lake, c/o Standard Bank of South .Africa Ltd.,

Trustee Branch, P O Box 54, Cape 'I'own, S.A. J.R.Livesey, 5 Park Drivo, Hirfield, Yorks. A.Oxley, 3 Wooclsic1e Close, Cho..lfont St Peters, Bucks. G.Postanc~, 14 Park Rd, Calcl.icot, Newpor+, Lion. R.C.Riley 52 Lanercost Rd., Tulse Hill, London STT2 M.A.Reynoia:s, 75 Reservoir Rd, Selly iiE1k,Birninghan 29' Alan Ri.nner-, 9 Eaton Close, Allestree, Derby. A.K.Rogers, EskdaLe., 36 Penber-ton Drive,M0ir Heath,

Stoke-on-Trent J. Shortlancl, 96 The ~v.een I s Drive ,Ricknansvrorth ,I-forts. L.Speaknan, Ribblesa.ale,12 Southf'Le.Ld Close, Hor-bury ,

VIakefielc1 Yorks. D. Strickland, 55 Wl1i t e side Rd , Brentf orc1, Ei<lclx. Dr C.J.Tallents, 26 North Hd., Bourne, Lines. Paul L. Towers, c/o Model Railrray News (as above). R. Maund, The Bungalow, 2la Moo.cl.ow Drive, Eanpton-s

in-l\.rc1en, Solihull, Warwicks. G- .S.Luclgate ,Perry Cotta9e, 51 Badd Lesner-e Rd,

Tanker-con, Kent. ------- .. ---·-----------·- ---~-~- .. ··---·· -------·---·--·-·- .. -· Please note- the following CHJ,NGES OF ADDRESS:

L.H.Barton, 25 Roowooc1 Lano, Hurc.sfiold, Ho..cclcsfiolcl 'Cheshire

P.G.Forstor, 498 Uilr:slm7 Rd., Ilanchc st.cr 20 G .Hud son, 8 The Crescent, YJhi tkirk, Leeds, Yorks C.Il.Packhan, c/o Hotel Thalwilcrhof', Bo:hnhofstr.16,

. 8800' Thalwil/Zh, Switzerlo..nc1. G.Welsh, 9 Derwent Crescent, K.cttering, Northants.

The appeal for new neub er s seeas to have had sane effect, and we have gained 21 nevr nenber s durinr:, thcperioc1 4th Decenber 1965 to. 5• January 19 66. This :is good going &"'1<1 ;;,e now have 354 raeabcr s, The special nenber-shi.p d.i sp'Ley at the Lbnchestor Model Railway Exhihn -. brought in a dozen new nember s & f

a sinilar nunber pf' interested enquiries. We are ve:rJ ploascd t.o wolcono Mr Kuniaki Ta.ga. of Osaka, Japan, and also Er Paul. Towers, the Editor of "Mcde L Ra.i.Lvray News41

and his associate Mr T'ony Jenkins. Thero is a possibility of' an o..rea being forned in the*Stoke/Staf:ford district; at the nooent this is not r:ithin the N.G.n.s., but it night result in gaining the Soc­ iety scvcr-o.L Doro neriber-s , I

would like to heo..r froD ncnbers ::tn the Iiiv_eJ.1\0>01., St.oke/Stafforc1,& Birn:imghan areas who would be int­ erested in forning official n Are,?.Stt •

""Ec1i tor Is Note: Meubers interes­ tecl in the proposed group in N. Staffs should contact Mr Wilfred.

_ Oak:::s, Heir Heath, Stoke on Tren:fr

I - and nplug" the NGRS as The Soc­ iety under who so auspice s'"'"{;o arr­

I ange -nec tings, otc !

IBETINGS lanche at.c'r Arca , n;c1i., Poter St., Mo.,nchester, 19.00 for 19.30 ( Soc:B.E.Crorrrpilon, Sat', 20th Feb: Vick Nutton Sli-1.e show on c;cncral n-f'." topics. ( ,1, Bower Terr.,Droylsc-..en. 8.'.:l.t, 26th Mo..r: G.Horsman: 11First 50 ycar-s of Hunslotfi',fresh f'r-ora success in Leecls! Fri to Sun, 22nc1. to 2·1-th April: Sto.ncl at Macc Lesf Le.Ld Moel.cl Re.i.Lway Society Exhibition

"o:pkshire l\.reo:olfoo..r2ingley Hill Church Ro01:::s, Re::.c1.ingley Lane , Leeds 6; (Entrance Cumbednnd Rr:l) Fri,·1th li.brch:G-.Hmor:snan: "Las t 50 year s of Huns Let;" 19 .4-5 for 20 .00 Fri,1st April: For cetails app.ly kxe« Sec, Ron Rc.lman , 11 €lliver Eill,Horsforth, nr Leeds ,

,onc1.on 1\:rea. No pr'ogr-anme received. For ;letails apply NickHoi;rell, (ad.1ress on top line,p.9) :ast MiC.lanc1s. Lc i.co s tor- Mu.aeun , 18 .OOhrs. Sat .26th Feb: Chris Y111ito: "Beh.ind the Scenes on the 'ralyllyn TI0.ilwey11•

~Ra,il~:my letter ste,ups, picture.:·rJ-ostco.,r,ls, -~:r ro..iln:w/tr:1:wo.y subjects rnre rail tick­ ,h1wL ets/passes, Brac1-shaws o.n,1. sinilc.r Gui(es:, al.so Books', Literature1Panbhlets,, Tnf'ormat Lor; ADS e+c on above subjects, Wll.NTED. Excham;cs cons i.rle r-ed , T .Co+t , R:ilcocK,Cio .K1ilclg,re ,• - re DllCL ------

CONGRATULJ:..TIONS to Colin Uils:on2 Mussnm Fublici ty Socrotnry 1 and his wifei on the .. birth of' their ,'laughter Imi ta D'Lano , John 'I'own send r-enar ks "tho..t the only oco nari~ lJ\TIT:A in tho BLC-ILIS booklets is: 0-1--0ST }Ia,nninr Warc.1J.e 1630/04 of ICI Ltcl., Burry Port, an.l w ondcr s who. t fo.,tc.,l charm this has for c:;olin!) ... : •••••<>•••••~••••<>< •••~•~•,,.•••0•.o•••<>•~•·'•o•"•Q•,>e>no• <1>•~•<>•<•~•••~•••0•••••0•0•-"•••••<>•<>•••~•••"•,.••.,~~~•P•"'•"""'""'"'"'"'"••••••••~••••••••.,•••••••••••••·•••••••o~•o••••

l .PRESERVATION. .. r.1r G.J 0Ev2.ns, Launc e s t.on , Co rnwc.Ll., has purchased SYBIL and V.GLDJHELI ( se e 11News11

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38, p.7) :::tn~:. pr-opo soa to operate then o.,long ,·d.th pa s sengor' rolling stock (to be huilt) on a, h::1.lf-uile line cm.1.. opened to the public on cortnin c:ates.

J)Dij.'ION: The following pe,r2.gr0,ph, corip:J,oting the news item, HQS. unfortunately aoi.ttecl f'r-om LOJ'IDON BRICK CO.LTD~Bearts -\forks, J~rlosey , :3eGls, on pe,ge 8 of this issue:

The 2ft g2,ugo sys ten runs f'r'on r::;rounc~ level o..t the r'ear of the works up a steep incli1~ and into the top of the kilns, where it continues o..cross the kiln tops for hundr eds of

· yarC.:s -- to.lk about a "hot Li.ne'' ! There is only one 2ft g::mgc loco: MR. 8927, green, cables s -1-wD • f P /hs'

++++++++++~++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++~~t~4+++++++++++- Since Lietrch ncar Iy 2200 copy-ncgat i.vcs an.I slic'.es have been made for menbcr-s

lflOTO COPYiliG: without a single; c orip'La i,1t but with many conplimonts. Every penny profit helps the Euseun. l.lcr-e or'.lers c ou I-" bo han.lLcl eas i Iy , So seo..rch out "News" 3,3, 0112 send. the or,'.er forn, with r-erri.t tuncc c..nc1 photos, to J'ohn 'I'ownaend ,

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