| An all-too-brief visit on the morning of 23.5.09 to the LBNGR for their WWI weekend 'Narrow Gauge At War'. 3 engines in steam, on a freight train and a double-headed passenger train. The main running days will be Sunday and Monday. Very enjoyable though short visit.
A unique gathering of World War I locomotives from USA, France, Germany and others. |
23.5.09 10.15am Visiting French 0-6-0T No.5 heads the 10.40am service. 0-4-0WT P.C Allen behind. 1024x632 090523_IMG_4574_1_.JPG Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.15am Another view of 'P.C.Allen', built 1912 by Orenstein and Koppel, Berlin. Served in Spain until 1963. 1024x682 090523_IMG_4576_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.25am Visiting from the N.Gloucestershire Narrow Gauge Rly, Toddington, No.1091 built by Henschel 1919. Locos of this type used by the Germans in WWI. 1024x665 090523_IMG_4577_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.25am The baby on the line. Built 1999 for use as shunter and standby engine for the LBNGR. Dorman 112hp diesel engine. 1024x672 090523_IMG_4578_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.30am Beaudesert and no.1091 on shed. 1024x697 090523_IMG_4579_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.31am 0-8-0T no.1091 moves off to collect the freight wagons. 1024x682 090523_IMG_4580_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.35am No.1091 with the hopper wagons. 1024x642 090523_IMG_4581_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.42am Headed by 0-6-0T no.5 the 10.40am service powers out of Pages Park station. 1024x715 090523_IMG_4582_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.42am No.5 and P.C.Allen head the 10.40 service out of Pages Park station. 1024x682 090523_IMG_4584_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.46am The mature trees make Pages Park station a very pleasant place. The loco shed on the right. Greedy developers threatened to destroy this spot at one time. Thank God common sense has prevailed, although there is still a threat of urban development on the rural stretch of the line. 1024x683 090523_IMG_4585_1_.JPG Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.57am Shunting movement with the freight train, the wagons are topped and tailed with these small diesel engines. 1024x682 090523_IMG_4586_1_.jpg Buy Print |
23.5.09 10.58am 1091 backs into Pages Park station. 1024x682 090523_IMG_4587_1_.jpg Buy Print |
