Bressingham's 60th Anniversary 'Do' - continued
To add to Arfursteam's more organised record of the 60th anniversary 'Do' at Bressingham (Thanks Arfur), here a few extra pictures from Sunday's event. (Yes, I know some are similar to ones I've put on TT before, but we are still short of steam activity, so I hope you will bear with me.)
The unique Young's of Diss portable in action. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63590 The other end of the drum. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63591 A miniature Marshall getting ready to have a go. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63592 Queen Mary, the Burrell Museum's showman's engine, heading back to Thetford for a Heritage Open Days event. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63593 A miniature Fowler. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63594 One of my favourite engines. The Duchess, a SCC Burrell that used to live in the next village to me and is now owned by a namesake of mine. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63595 A&P 10 ton roller George from 1917. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63596 Two more miniatures. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63597 A different sort of road steam. Two magnificent Stanley steamers, one from 1910 and the other from the 1920s. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63598 The 'footplate' of the 1910 Stanley. Note the lamp on the steering column pointing at the water level gauge. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63599 A real oddity. A cut down loco for use in the restricted spaces of Becton gas works in East London. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63600 And finally - I'm told this was what we get with Russian coal. Pity good old Welsh steam coal is no longer politically acceptable. https://tractiontalkforum.com/pictur...ictureid=63601 Thanks to everyone who took an engine and to the museum. It was a really nice event. Bill. |
Last but one photo, is that the Flying Bufferbeam?
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Proff - don't know about the name, but it sounds like a good one. My thought was, "well, I expect it's mother loves it".
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And was the driver a dwarf ?
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But it is an ex Beckton gasworks loco?
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Some confusion here, the Flying Buffer Beam is Peckett 1900 at Quainton and was built for Courtaulds.
https://preservedbritishsteamlocomot...o-1900-0-4-0t/ This is Beckton 25 Neilson 6087 https://preservedbritishsteamlocomot...no-25-0-4-0st/ |
I was stunned at the size of the coal being used on the narrow gauge too, very small indeed. Last time I had a batch like that at work I refused to use it. When I had a footplate ride on Gwynedd, it was fired before the run and not touched at all on the way round, some 2 miles. To be fair to it, once it had draught on it and was working, the chimney was quite clean.
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Where does the miniature Marshall gets its miniature straw from ?.
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Is it genetically modified wheat?
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The last photo in this collection shows a Hunslet quarry loco called Sybil Mary.
http://www.tractiontalkforum.com/pic...ictureid=63764 http://www.tractiontalkforum.com/pic...ictureid=63763 http://www.tractiontalkforum.com/pic...ictureid=63762 The three photos here are of the same loco. They were taken in March 1991. A friend of a friend purchased the engine after looking for one for several years. It was located on the Ffestiniog Railway and was, as can be seen, basically an incomplete derelict. He also bought a few slate wagons at the same time and on the day the loco was to be collected, myself and three others went with a large trailer to bring a couple of wagons back. My friend had an original Range Rover, purchased new in 1973 and I remember the day well because of this vehicle. It was still fitted with the original low compression 3.5 litre V8 engine. As can be imagined, car, trailer, wagons etc. weighed quite a lot and on the hilly roads in Wales, gosh that V8 sounded so good! Every time it hit a certain rpm the hairs on the back of my neck stood up! Sybil Mary - or what was left of it, was positioned inside a specially made workshop, ready to be restored. Sadly, it never happened. Without going into personal details, a family member became ill and that was the of the dream. It was eventually sold to Statfold Barn Railway and was fully restored. Michael |
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