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We visited the 7¼" gauge miniature railway at Weston Park last year - the annual steam day - and had great fun. At the same time, I was conscious that we hadn't seen the Beyer-Garratt which apparently lived on the line. But I was assured that it would run this year...

The line needs no further explanation - for more details see last year's page "Weston Park". And the Garratt? Yes, a very fine locomotive. "Mount Kilimanjaro" seemed to have little trouble with its train - just a whiff of steam and it was away. In the meantime, two other trains ran around the line - a double headed American-outline consist, and a triple-headed train of UK narrow-gauge model stock. The locomotives hauling the latter were "Charles", clearly based on the well-known Festiniog pair's brother; "Kanchenjunga", in the style of the Darjeeling - Himalayan line, and "Gillian", which looks to me like a product of the Exmoor workshops (I'm guessing - anyone know for certain?)

Video Clips:
all 360 x 288, Windows Media

	Mount Kilimanjaro A series of clips of the Beyer-Garratt in action 4,037k; 3m 06s
	The others... Five other locomotives - the double-header and the triple-header - in action on the Weston Park line 4,044k; 3m 06s

Links:

• Weston Park the official website for the house and grounds

• Weston Park last year's Rail Diaries visit

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