Ten in steam at Statfold

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28 March 2009

Sragi "Max" - O&K 10750 of 1923 - nearly ready for steamingThe Pakis Baru Mallet No 4 makes some black smokeClick the thumbnail to view the full sized images, which measure 600 pixels on the longest side, and are around 50k in size. Please read my copyright notes if you want to use them in any way

Another trip to the Statfold Barn Railway - it needs no introduction (see previous visits / links at foot of page). Another day of wonderful narrow gauge steam action (great light early in the day; sunshine and hailstorms later...), and on this occasion, no fewer than ten locomotives in steam (they kept moving around - very difficult to count...). In no particular order, they were

  • Trangkil No. 4 - "old-build" Hunslet 3902 of 1971
  • "Statfold" - new-build Hunslet 3903 of 2005
  • "Jack Lane" - 3904 of 2006 ("who was he?", my wife asked, bless her)
  • "Jennie" Wren 3905 of 2007 (formerly "Howard" of Amerton?)
  • Wren 3906 of 2009 (still partly in undercoat!) - destined for Kew Bridge?
  • "Harrogate" Peckett 2050 of 1944
  • Sragi No.1 - Krauss 4045 of 1899
  • Pakis Baru 1 - O&K 614 of 1900
  • Pakis Baru 5 - O&K 1473 of 1905
  • "Emmett" - the 1995 loco built on the frames of a 1938 O&K diesel...

...and of course countless other delights, one or two of which are illustrated below.

Sragi No. 1 on shed  Trangkil No 4  returns from the fields  Trangkil No 4 -  smoke and steam

Emmett and Pakis Baru No.1, outbound  Interesting freight for the freight train...  Harrogate - smoke and steam

Emmett and PB No1 at Oak Tree Halt  Sragi No 1 returns from the fields  Jack Lane and Statfold return from the fields

Brand new - light duties only... Wren 3906 of 2009 drifts around the garden  Posing on shed  Matheran Rly. No. 740 O&K 2343 of 1907

Steam-outline diesel - 15" gauge? in Oak Tree shed  Sragi smokes at Oak Tree Halt  Jennie Wren in the garden

Libbie BgDC railcar 1097 of 1920  "Isibutu" WB 2820 of 1945

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