Dave Rodgers latest report...............
On Wednesday 24th March I was invited by Andrew Neale (owner of newly restored Hunslet Edward Sholto) to a celebration at the private Statfold Barn Railway, near Tamworth.Â
The event marked the completion of the restoration of Edward Sholto (repatriated from the USA).Â
In addition, 3 other locos were in steam and working trains on the (mixed 2ft and 2ft 6in gauge) 3-mile round trip for invited guests - Fowler Saccharine, together with recently built Hunslet replicas Statfold and Jack Lane.Â
As a first time visitor to Statfold I was extremely impressed with the extensive and well equipped workshops and running shed as well as the extremely high standard of restoration achieved.Â
The weather was pretty overcast but the following pictures give a flavour
of the railway and some of the locomotives on site.........................
Statfold Barn Railway - Part 1 of 3
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Statfold Barn Railway - Part 1 of 3
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- Indonesian 1905-built O & K 0-4-4-0T Mallet Pakis Baru No.
5, 1944-built Peckett 0-6-0ST No. 2050 from Harrogate Gas Works and
Indonesian O & K 0-6-0WTT, Sragi No. 14 in the running shed. D Rodgers 24 March 2010.
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- Line up of Hunslets - original Edward Sholto flanked by new
build Hunslets Statfold and Jack Lane. D Rodgers 24 March 2010.
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- Andrew on the footplate of Edward Sholto. D Rodgers 24 March 2010.
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Re: Statfold Barn Railway - Part 1 of 3
Does that bloke in blue with his back to the camera in the middle of the second photo look a bit like Steve Smith, body language and all? Steve, you haven't been sneaking off to UK when you should have been working on FOTR's 15CA, have you?
