 Most viewed - Leek & Rudyard Lake Autumn Steam Gala - 2023 |
Rudyard Kake281 viewsView of the lake from the train.
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No.6 -"Excaliber"279 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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Rudyard Lake279 viewsMore views of the Lake on the return journey back to Rudyard Station
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"King Arthur"277 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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No.7 - "Merlin"277 viewsNo.7 Merlin is a coal fired 2-4-2 tank engine. Works No. 296 it was built in 1998 by Exmoor Steam Railway.
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"Lady Jane Grey"274 viewsLady Jane Gray was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray Engineering .
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No 8 "King Arthur" 274 viewsNo 8 "King Arthur" arriving back at Rudyard station with a maintence train.
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"Nelly"274 viewswaiting in a loop for "Nelly" to pass-by with a maintence train
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"King Arthur"273 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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4-4-2" - Waverley"273 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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"Lady Jane Grey"273 views"Lady Jane Grey" was built in 1996 at Bressingham by Gray Engineering
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"Lady Jane Grey" 273 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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"King Arthur"272 viewsThis engine is one of the most powerful conventional steam engines of this track gauge in the World.
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"Rudyard Lady"272 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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"Nelly"271 views
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"King Arthur"268 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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