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W.G. Bagnall Empress running around its train at Blaenavon High Level

 

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Push and pull from Furnace Sidings to Big Pit.

 

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16-inch Hunslet, East Moors No.18

 

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Andrew Barclay Rosyth No.1 and Empress.

 

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Visiting from the Middleton Railway, 12-inch Hunslet Brookes No.1

 

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Hunslet 0-6-0D(M)?

 

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Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0DH

 

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This Hudswell Clarke was running as "Harold" but is in fact Illingworth. It was a visitor but I don't know where from. It looks like an Antonia class but with external valve gear.

 

I would have taken more photos earlier on but my camera batteries were dead on arrival and I had to walk into Blaenavon town to get some more. "It's only a ten minute walk High Level station", they said. What they didn't mention is that it's a twenty minute walk back because it's something like a 1 in 6 hill all the way. :mad_mini:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I had an excellent Saturday afternoon there.

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The organisers and all the staff should be congratulated for an interesting day. Three trains shared between five steam locos made for a variety of movements.

There was also tours round Furnace Sidings.

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I would have liked to upload another picture. So far I have used 8mb, but I keep getting the 10mb limit message which will not let me another picture of 1.29mb.

 

Any way as I said an excellent day out.

 

Gordon A

 

 

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1 hour ago, 5050 said:

Great photos Dave and Gordon.  Looked like it was a grand day out.  Did the loco with the corrugated 'roof' actually work like that - or is it just a post-preservation temporary attachment?

 

The corrugated roof on Sir John is a temporary attachment while it waits its turn in the restoration shop.

 

Gordon A

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