 Most viewed - Leek & Rudyard Lake Autumn Steam Gala - 2023 |
No.6 -"Excaliber"155 viewsSeen here with its boiler in front of it having a boiler refit and rebuild outside the engine shed
Excalibur is a coal fired 2-4-2 tank engine. Works No. 293 it was built in 1993 by Exmoor Steam Railway
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"Lady Jane Grey" 154 views"Lady Jane Grey" capured in the station loop"
Lady Jane Grey" was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray Engineering
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"Rudyard Lady"154 viewsNot running on this date - Rudyard Lady is a Bo-Bo type diesel engined locomotive. It has a Perkins 3 cylinder diesel engine linked by a four speed gearbox to the wheels.
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Rudyard Lake154 viewsMore views of the Lake on the return journey back to Rudyard Station
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"King Arthur"153 viewsKing Arthur has 2 cylinders 4.75 inch bore X 7.5inch stroke. The boiler pressure is 150 Pounds per square inch and it has 13 inch diameter driving wheels. The valve gear has roller bearings throughout as do the axle boxes. It was built to be re-gaugeable to 12.25 inch gauge if required.
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Rudyard Lake153 viewsView from the train of the Lake
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"King Arthur"152 viewsThis engine is one of the most powerful conventional steam engines of this track gauge in the World.
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"Lady Jane Grey"152 viewsLady Jane Gray was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray Engineering .
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4-4-2" - Waverley"151 viewsWaverley is a 4-4-2 tender engine No. 196 built by David Curwen of Devizes in 1948 and called Black Prince.
She is a 4-4-2 “Atlantic” locomotive and originally had an American appearance with a high footplate around the boiler.
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"Nelly"151 viewswaiting in a loop for "Nelly" to pass-by with a maintence train
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"King Arthur"150 viewsNo.8 King Arthur is a coal fired 0-6-2 tank engine. Works No. 324 it was built in 2005 by Exmoor Steam Railway. It is one two locomotives of this type to have been built at Exmoor. At 41 inches wide and 5 foot high, this is the largest engine that can run on this size of railway.
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"Nelly"150 views
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"Nelly"150 viewswaiting in a loop for "Nelly" to pass-by with a maintence train
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"Victoria"149 viewsWaits in the loop at Rudyard Station to take out the next sercive.
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"Merlin" & "Lady Jane Grey" 148 views"Merlin" & "Lady Jane Grey" out side the engine sheds
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"King Arthur"147 viewsing Arthur has run every year since its arrival in 2005. It has needed very little other repair work. A complete overhaul was undertaken in 2015. The main improvement to the engine was the fitting of a new fire hole door and a special steel firebox arch. This greatly improved coal consumption. A major overhaul was completed in 2019 together with a repaint, and the boiler was re-tubed in 2020.
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