Railway Preservation in the UK

Trains Magazine Steam & Preservation
1

If I may I would like to post a few photographs of steam engines that run in the UK

Here is 60103 Flying Scotsman at ‘Locomotion’ Museum, Shildon, County Durham

60163 ‘Tornado’ on the Wensleydale Railway, North Yorkshire.

I have other photographs and if accepted I would like to post them.

David

2

Nice shots David, thanks for posting them! And I wasn’t aware “Flying Scotsman” was operational, good to know!

Certainly, if you have more photos to share I’m sure we’d all like to see them!

3

Very nice. First class all around!

4

I recently saw a video of a special train pulled by Tornado that went, briefly, over 100 mph. The shots from in the cab made it look pretty scary! The engine crew seemed pretty tense, not that I blame them.

I’m sure most folks here would enjoy seeing your pix. Welcome aboard.

5

Thanks for your comments everyone. ‘Tornado’ was built in 2008 by The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust. The number 60163 is the follow on number after the last Class A1 was built. The following gives a little history of the locomotives

https://www.a1steam.com/history/

Here is Tornado last year (2019) taking on water at Leyburn Station, North Yorkshire.

David

6

In 2018 after a long overhall, Flying Scotsman was back ‘in service’. Her first run was London Kings Cross to York. That day, near Peterborough, some ‘idiots’ stood on the track to take pictures as the train was approaching? The train had to stop and Police had to come and order the people away.

Immediately afterwards new railing had to be built along the side of the track to stop people trespassing on the railway. one such place where new rail was built was at Newton Hall, Durham City. Before the new fece it was a great place to take pictures. Now, as can be seen, not so.

Here is Flying Scotsman at Newton Hall on its way to Edinburgh, the week after the Peterborough incident.

David

7

Grosmont Station on The North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

Here is London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Thompson Class B1 No. 1264

Here are two views of NER locomotive 2238 also at Grosmont and information of the locomotive.

https://www.nymr.co.uk/lner-q6-0-8-0-no-63395

2238 running round the coaches.

and about to depart for Pickering.

David

8

Thanks David. I love the Whitby - Grosmont - Goathland area and the NYMR. Visited several time, starting in 1968 before they started.

9

Beautiful engines, no doubt about it! Form and function blended perfectly, kind of like a Spitfire or a Mosquito.

Man, they sure mean business with that fence! Looks like something out of a horror movie!

10

Hi Charlie. My pleasure. When I worked in Leeds (many years ago) a colleague would visit the Whitby Pickering line and take several photographs. When the North Yorkshire Moors Railway opened he left work and joined NYMR.

Years later my work took me to the area. Loved the scenery, but could never get to see the railway.

Now retired I can visit preserved railways in my area. (I could before lockdown[soapbox])

David

11

I’ve been to the NYMR three years ago- that is a serious railway. Those Yorkshiremen don’t screw around!

I was at Penn Station in New York with some friends in 1969 when the Flying Scotsman was there. A guy involved with it said how it was almost lost at sea during a storm as it was deck cargo on the ship. In 2004 I was at the museum in York and talked to a guy and mentioned that. He said that it might have been him that told me as he was on the North American trip too.

12

Flintlock. The fence does deter anyone. The old wooden fence almost disintegrated and it was great to see engines much closer (than now).

54light15. Interesting story indeed. Thanks for telling.

Not all steam engines are standard gauge. Here are two pictures of the 15 inch gauge Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria.

https://ravenglass-railway.co.uk/about-us/

‘River Mite’ built in 1966 passing at Irton Road.

‘Northern Rock’ built in 1976 on the turntable at Dalegarth Station. The finance to build the locomotive came from the Northern Rock Bank. Hence the name.

David

13

Thank you for posting pictures of the Ravenglass and Eskdale. I rode the “Ratty” in the seventies when I was staying with friends in Beckermet. We also rode the Lakeside and Haverthwaite, I hope it is still running.

14

My pleasure ORNHOO. I try to capture any steam running whenever I can. Mostly it is diesels these days; even on ‘Laal Ratty’. The Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway is still in operation. [:D]

Three views of steam engines at Beamish Museum, County Durham, UK.

David

15

What a neat little tank engine! Like something from “The Isle of Sodor.”

Yeah, a silly thing to say, but I couldn’t resist!

16

Yes. A lovely engine. There are a number of engines that visit and are run on the railway.

Beamish Museum has another railway section with very early locomotives.

The museum is well worth a visit (when this Covid stuff ends).

David

17

Is there a museum specializing in early road steam, specifically including Trevithick’s from 1802 and Goldsworthy Gurney’s work?

18

(

[quote user=“Overmod”]
](https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp31639/goldsworthy-gurney)

Is there a museum specializing in early road steam, specifically including Trevithick’s from 1802 and Goldsworthy Gurney’s work?

[/quote)

These may help Overmod

https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp31639/goldsworthy-gurney

https://museum.wales/articles/2008-12-15/Richard-Trevithicks-steam-locomotive/

David

19

Thanks for those links NorthBrit! It’s neat to see those folks at the museum take that Trevithick replica out and play with it once in a while!

Even more interesting to think about the world the original came into in 1804, 216 years ago, and how incredibly the world would change in the rest of the 19th Century.

20

In the animated film “Triplets of Belleville” from 2003, a Trevithick locomotive is accurately depicted. Part of a dog’s nightmare as I recall.