Help! The traction engines have escaped from their field, and have wandered off into the field beside the railway. It was a bit like a herd of cows, one after another, rather hesitantly making their way from the lane, across the railway and into the stubble. They lost interest after a while and began to wander back. Yes, another great day at Statfold. Lots of photos to sort through: a selection will appear on “Geoff’s Rail Diaries”, once I’ve dealt with the pictures from yesterday’s visit to “Tracks to the Trenches”
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A welcome return to steam
There have been some remarkable restorations and rebuilds in recent years (some wonderful new builds too). Surely the most unlikely rebuild to date is this one – Hudswell Clarke 1238 of 1916 fell into a river in Ghana, during a storm in 1948. It lay there, abandoned and forgotten, for 48 years. Today, at the Statfold Barn Railway, it made its formal return to active service for its owners, the Moseley Railway Trust. For more on today’s events, visit “1238 – Welcome Back” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries, and for more details of the project, visit this page on the Moseley Railway Trust’s Fleet List.
Moseley Railway Trust
Apedale Valley Railway
Statfold Barn Railway
Breweries and Baguleys
A pleasant afternoon at Chasewater, for the railway’s “Burton Brewery Locomotive Day” – something just a little bit different… Visit “Beer is Best” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries for more pictures and info.
An afternoon at Amerton
…in the company of Isabel, Jennie, Sybil Mary, Paddy, Peter Pan and Woto! Six super little 2’0″ gauge steam locomotives enjoying themselves at the annual steam gala. For more pictures and (a little) information, visit “Amerton’s Gala” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries
7th June at Statfold
A day that turned out much better than expected: more photos and an account of the day’s activities – and weather – at Rain and shine at Statfold on Geoff’s Rail Diaries
Rainy day, sunny day at Statfold
I had a feeling, when I booked the tickets, that it was going to rain on the 7th June, for the Statfold open day. It did, too – the forecast had been dire all week, and we were woken by a thunderstorm in the early hours of the morning. Happily, the BBC thought things were going to improve in the afternoon, and they were right.
A (fairly brief) “Rail Diaries” page will follow in due course; meanwhile, here are a couple of tasters.
Steam in the Landscape
We’ve had one or two steam-hauled specials in Shropshire recently – this would be the last for the immediate future. It should have been a Britannia, then it was going to be Duchess of Sutherland. In the end, they were all indisposed, and the duty fell to humble Black 5 no. 44932 – an ideal subject for “steam in the landscape” shots…
(A few) More photos and video at “Steam in the Landscape” on Geoff’s Rail Diaries
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