Statfold Barn Railway
Statfold Barn Railway | |
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Locale | Tamworth, Staffordshire |
Terminus | Statfold Barn Farm |
Coordinates | 52°39′19″N 1°38′43″W / 52.6552°N 1.6454°WCoordinates: 52°39′19″N 1°38′43″W / 52.6552°N 1.6454°W |
Preserved operations | |
Length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge; 2 ft 6 in (762 mm); 2 ft (610 mm) |
1985 | opened |
The Statfold Barn Railway is a narrow gauge railway of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge near Tamworth, Staffordshire, England,[1] also displaying locomotives of other gauges including 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, 18 in (457 mm) and 2 ft 6 in (762 mm), and other vehicles. It is privately owned by Mr Graham Lee, former chairman of LH Group Services Ltd – which in 2005 bought what remained of the Hunslet Engine Company.
The 'Field Railway' is a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge line approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long with a "balloon loop" at one end with a station at the other end, originally with 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) mixed gauge. There is a passing loop halfway along the line which has a single platform 'Oak Tree Halt' and a siding heading off to storage facilities in the 'Grain Store' roundhouse.
For the 2017 season, a narrow gauge tram track was laid in concrete parallel to the level section of the Field Railway incorporating an 18 in (457 mm) mixed gauge rail line.
There is also a separate (but connected) loop line 'Garden Railway' of 2 ft (610 mm) gauge round an ornamental lake.
The running shed had a triple gauge line leading down into the standard gauge storage sidings and then across the Field Railway where a short stub led into a field.
The railway has an extensive workshop where locomotives are built and restored.
As at March 2010 some 51 locomotives were based on the Statfold Barn Railway, either in an active condition or waiting for restoration or rebuild.
The railway is not open to the public, but a number of “Enthusiasts’ Days” are held each year and interested enthusiasts may apply for an invitation to one of these events.
Rolling Stock
- Statfold Barn Railway Open Day 2013
- Dual gauge track
- Marchlyn of Avonside in front of Sybil Mary of Hunslet
- Isibutu of W. G. Bagnall
- Davenport before restoration.
- Harrogate of Peckett & Sons (built for Harrogate Gas Works)
- Vertical Boilered Paddy (now named Howard) on the Garden Railway
- A cavalcade of steam locomotives
Steam locomotives
Identity | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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Hodbarrow | 299 | 0-4-0ST | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Hunslet | 1882 | Exhibit | [2] | ||
Minas de Aller No. 2 | 439 | 0-6-0PT | 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in)[2] | Corpet-Louvet | 1884 | Coal mines, Aller, Asturias, Spain | Operational | Restored to working order in 2012. | |
King of the Scarlets | 492 | 0-4-0ST | 1 ft 10 3⁄4 in (578 mm)[2] | Hunslet | 1889 | Dinorwic Quarry | Awaiting restoration to working order as of 2017. | In original open-cab form. In Canada 1965–2012. | |
Sragi No. 1 | 4045 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Krauss | 1899 | Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java | Operational | Restored to working order in 2008. | |
Pakis Baru No. 1 | 614 | 0-4-0WTT | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1900 | Exhibit | Restored to working order in June 2006. | ||
Pakis Baru No. 5 | 1473 | 0-4-4-0T Mallet |
2 ft 6 in (762 mm) rebuilt 2 ft (610 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1905 | Pakis Baru Sugar Mill in Pati, Central Java | Exhibit | Restored to working order in March 2007. | |
Sybil Mary | 921 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Hunslet | 1906 | Penrhyn Quarry | Operational | Restored to working order in 2013 in original open-cab form. | |
No. 11 Fiji | 972 | 0-6-0 | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Hudswell Clarke | 1912 | Lautoka sugar mill, Fiji | Operational | Converted to diesel for operation on a tourist railway. Returned to UK in 2011, arrived at Statfold in 2012 and restored to working order in its original steam form in 2014. | |
5662 | 0-4-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1912 | Argentina | Awaiting restoration | |||
No. 19 | 1056 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Hudswell Clarke | 1914 | Lautoka sugar mill, Fiji | Operational | Restored to working order in 2013. | |
Tjepper No. 5 | 2279 | 0-4-4-0T Mallet |
750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in)[2] | Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik | 1914 | Ceper Baru Sugar Works | Undergoing restoration by Statfold Engineering for shipment to St Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway, Barbados, late 2018. | ||
Saccharine | 13355 | 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Fowler | 1914 | Sugar plantation in South Africa | Operational | Restored to working order in 2010. | |
3010 | 0-6-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Kerr, Stuart and Company | 1916 | French Government Artillery Railways | Awaiting restoration as of 2017. | |||
WDLR 779 | 44657 | 4-6-0PT | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Baldwin | 1916 | British War Department Light Railways, France; Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar state, India | Awaiting restoration[3] | ||
45190 | 4-6-0PT | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Baldwin | 1917 | Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar state, India | Awaiting restoration[3] | |||
1586 | 0-4-0 | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Davenport | 1917 | Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar state, India | Operational | Restored to working order in 2015. | ||
1735 | 0-6-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Decauville | 1919 | French Government Artillery Railways, Mozambique | Dismantled as of 2017 | Imported for preservation 2000. | ||
14928 | 0-8-0T | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Henschel | 1917 | Deutsche Feldbahn; Marromeu sugar mill, Mozambique | Awaiting restoration, for sale as of 2017 | |||
2 Roger | 3128 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Kerr, Stuart and Company | 1918 | Imperial Smelting Co., Avonmouth, Bristol | Operational | Formerly spent some time in Canada. Mainly used on the Garden Railway. | |
6 Howard (previously Paddy) | 2 | 0-4-0VB | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Wilbrighton Wagon Works | 2007 | Amerton Railway | Operational | Incorporates older components. Mainly used on the Garden Railway. Last overhauled in 2014. | |
Alpha | 1172 | 0-6-0PT | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Hudswell Clarke | 1922 | Ryam Sugar Company, Bihar | Operational | Restored to working order in 2016.[4] | |
Sragi No. 14 Max | 10705 | 0-6-0WTT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1923 | Sragi Sugar Mill, Pekalongan, Central Java. | Operational | ||
Liassic | 1632 | 0-6-0ST | 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm)[2] | Peckett | 1923 | Southam Cement Works, Warwickshire | Operational as of 2017 | Restored to working order in 2017. | |
No. 6 | 3242 | 0-4-0T | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm)[2] | La Meuse | 1926 | Operational (but no suitable gauge running line at SBR) | |||
No. GP 39 | 1643 | 0-6-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Hudswell Clarke | 1930 | Surrey County Council Highways Department | Operational | Penrhyn Slate Quarry Bronllwyd, then at Bressingham Steam Museum 1966–2010. | |
Jatibarang 9 | 4878 | 0-4-4-0T Mallet |
2 ft (610 mm) | Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik | 1930 | Jatibarang Sugar Mill, Brebes, Indonesia | Operational | Restored to working order in 2011. | |
Cegin | 1991 | 0-4-0WT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Andrew Barclay | 1931 | Penrhyn Slate Quarry | Undergoing restoration as of 2017. | In North America 1965–2016. | |
Michael | 1709 | 0-4-0ST | 1 ft 10 3⁄4 in (578 mm)[2] | Hunslet | 1932 | Dinorwic Quarry | Awaiting restoration to working order as of 2017. | In Canada 1965–2012. | |
Ogwen | 2066 | 0-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Avonside | 1933 | Penrhyn Quarry | Visiting[4] | In United States 1965–2012. | |
Marchlyn | 2067 | 0-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Avonside | 1933 | Penrhyn Quarry | Operational | In United States 1965–2011; restored to working order in 2012. | |
Howard No. 2 (previously Lady Morrison) | 1842 | 0-4-2ST | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Hunslet | 1936 | British Aluminium Company, Fort William | Operational | Restored to saddle tank form in 2014. | |
Harrogate | 2050 | 0-6-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Peckett | 1944 | Harrogate Gas Works | Operational | Overhauled in 2015. | |
Isibutu | 2820 | 4-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | W.G. Bagnall | 1945 | Tongaat Sugar, Natal | Operational | ||
Tamar | 3756 | 0-4-2PT | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1952 | Cameroon Development Corporation | For restoration | Kerr, Stuart Tamar class design.[4] | |
Trangkil No. 4 | 3902 | 0-4-2ST | 750 mm (2 ft 5 1⁄2 in) regauged 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1971 | Trangkil Sugar Mill, Pati, Central Java | Operational | ||
Gertrude | 995 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1909 | Penrhyn Quarry | Sectioned exhibit | Open cab. In Canada from early 1960s to 2017. | |
Statfold | 3903 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 2005 | Statfold Barn Railway | Operational | Cab. Overhauled in 2017.[5] | |
Jack Lane | 3904 | 0-4-0ST | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 2005 | Statfold Barn Railway | Operational | Open cab. Overhauled in 2016.[5] | |
Jack | 684 | 0-4-0ST | 18 in (457 mm) | Hunslet | 1898 | John Knowles (fireclay works), Woodville, Derbyshire | Operational as of 2018 | Restored to working order in 1982. | |
Diesel locomotives
Identity | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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1891 | 4wDM | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Plymouth Locomotive Works | 1924 | a quarry in Ohio | Unknown | [6] | ||
20777 | 0-4-0DM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Orenstein & Koppel | 1936 | ex Kriegsmarine (Keil), ex Norden Clay Works, Dorset, ex Durley Light Railway. | Unknown | [6] | ||
Sam | 2019 | 0-4-0DMF | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Hunslet for Robert Hudson | 1939 | RNAD Broughton Moor | Unknown | [6] | |
Atlas | 2463 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1941 | Ministry of Defence depot, Long Marston, Warwickshire, later to Abbey Light Railway | Unknown | [6] | |
3621 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet for Robert Hudson | 1947 | Under restoration as of 2017 | ||||
Charley | 9976 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Motor Rail | 1954 | Somerset River Board | Operational | [6] | |
5800 | 4wDM | 3 ft (914 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Plymouth | 1954 | St Marys Cement Company, Ohio | Operational | [6] | ||
418776 or 418767 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Ruston & Hornsby | 1957 | Canada | Unknown | [6] | ||
6137 | 4wDM | 3 ft (914 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Plymouth | 1958 | St Marys Cement Company, Ohio | Operational | [6] | ||
W114H | 6720 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet-Taylor | 1965 | Western Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa | Operational | [6] | |
N13H | 7588 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet-Taylor | 1968 | Vaal Reefs Gold Mine, South Africa | Unknown | [6] | |
WELSH HIGHLAND No. 5 | 6285 | 4wDM | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1968 | Millom Haematite Ore & Iron Co Ltd | Unknown | [6] | |
Badger | D1418 | 0-6-0DM | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Hudswell Clarke | 1971 | John Summers & Sons steelworks, Shotton, Flintshire | For shipment to St Nicholas Abbey Heritage Railway, Barbados, 2018. | [6] | |
D1419 | 0-6-0DM | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Hudswell Clarke | 1971 | John Summers & Sons steelworks, Shotton, Flintshire | Unknown | [6] | ||
35 | 7010 6941 |
4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet, rebuilt by Andrew Barclay | 1971 rebuilt 1988 | Eastriggs | Unknown | [6] | |
40SD503 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Motor Rail | 1975 | Minworth sewage treatment works | Operational | [6] | ||
8819 | 4wDH | Originally 3 ft (914 mm), now 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1979 | Nantgarw Colliery | Unknown | [6] | ||
Tom | D1447 8847 |
0-6-0DM | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Hudswell Clarke post acquisition by Hunslet | 1981 | John Summers & Sons steelworks, Shotton, Flintshire | Unknown | [6] | |
A10 | 3782 | 4wDH | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) | Baguley-Drewry | 1984 | RNAD Trecwn | Sold to Amerton Railway 2017 | [6] | |
9294 | 4wDHF | 3 ft (914 mm) | Hunslet | 1991 | British Coal, Stillingfleet Mine, Yorkshire | Unknown | [6] | ||
9351 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1991 | LUL Jubilee line construction | Unknown | [6] | ||
9332 | 4wDH | 2 ft (610 mm) | Hunslet | 1994 | Jan-Pan, Singapore | Operational | [6] | ||
D4 | 1001 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Funkey | Unknown | Unknown | [6] | ||
D5 | 1033 | 4wDM | 2 ft (610 mm)[2] | Funkey | Unknown | Unknown | [6] | ||
Petrol locomotives
Identity | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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680 | 0-4-0PM | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Baguley | 1916 | Jacob's biscuits, Aintree (originally Ministry of Munitions National Filling Factory No 2) | Originally paraffin powered, changed to petrol in 1927[6] | |||
774 | 0-4-0PM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Baguley | 1919 | Timber Supply Department railway at Pennal, then Oakeley Slate Quarry, then preserved by Rodney Weaver, sold to Gloddfa Ganol, purchased by the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, cosmetically restored at the Amerton Railway | Unknown | Stored at Statfold between 2008 and 2012, then returned to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Tywyn [7] | ||
8 | 39924 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Robert Hudson | 1924 | Cairngryffe Quarry | Unknown | [6] | |
36863 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Robert Hudson | c1929 | Restored | Paraffin powered; restored 1987 | |||
INCO No 3 | 4049 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Vulcan Iron Works | 1929 | Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario | Converted to run on propane[4] | ||
INCO No 5 | 4196 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Vulcan Iron Works | 1936 | Inco Nickel Refinery, Port Colborne, Ontario | [8] | ||
Charles | 3746 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Brookville | 1951 | Nichols Chemical Company, Sulphide Ontario | Unknown | [6] | |
38384 | 4wPM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Robert Hudson | 1930 | Steelworks, Staveley, Derbyshire | Under restoration | [6] | ||
Compressed Air locomotives
Identity | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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Sid | 9902 | 0-4-0CA | 2 ft (610 mm) | Etherington/Statfold Barn Railway | 2009 | [6] | |||
Electric locomotives
Identity | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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6092 | 4wBE | 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) | Wingrove & Rogers | 1958 | Beckermet Mining Co Ltd | [6] | |||
420253 | 4wBE | 2 ft (610 mm) | Greenwood & Batley | 1970 | Weardale Lead Co Ltd | Operational | [6] | ||
5940A | 4wBE | 2 ft (610 mm) | Clayton Equipment Company | 1972 | Streeters | [6] | |||
Railcars
Identity | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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Libbie | 1097 | 2w-2PM | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Baguley | 1920 | École Chemin de Fer, France | Operational | [6] | |
4091 | 2w-2PMR | 3 ft (914 mm) | Wickham | 1946 | Dismantled[2] | [6] | |||
4164 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Wickham | 1948 | Dismantled[2] | [6] | |||
5864 | 2w-2PMR | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) | Wickham | 1951 | Dismantled[2] | [6] | |||
DX 68010 DB965987 |
7073 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Wickham | 1955 | Unknown | [6][2] | ||
(4164) | 4wDMR | Convertible from 2 ft (610 mm) up to 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | J Craven | 1987 | Converted from a Wickham trolley built in 1948[6][2] | ||||
9903 | 4w-2DM | 2 ft (610 mm) | Land Rover converted at Statfold Barn Railway | 2009 | Operational | [6][2] | |||
The Goose | 4-4wPMR[2] | 2 ft (610 mm) | Statfold Barn Railway | 2015 | Operational | Built on Morris lorry chassis[8] | |||
14/3 | 252319 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Fairmont | ? | Canada | Unknown | [6][2] | |
CN 168-31 | 2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Fairmont | ? | Canada | Unknown | [6][2] | ||
2w-2PMR | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | Fairmont | ? | Canada | Unknown | [6][2] | |||
Trams
Identity | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Notes | Image |
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14 | Single Truck, Double Deck (open Top) | 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in) | Brush | 1906 | Midland Railway, Burton and Ashby Light Railway | Operational[4] | Previously 3'6" gauge. Withdrawn when the Burton & Ashby Light Railways were closed in 1927. Body survived in a garden in Church Gresley until removed for preservation circa 1970. Exported to Detroit USA 1976 where it was mounted on a Lisbon tramways 900mm gauge truck. Returned to UK 2014 and rebuilt at Statfold with a Clayton battery electric traction package. | ||
Unpowered passenger stock
In May 2014 the railway obtained a rake of four passenger coaches, originally built in 1984 for the Thorpe Park theme park, and latterly used on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway[9]
References
- ↑ Little, Lawson (2008). Annual Guide to Narrow Gauge and Miniature Railways in the British Isles and Ireland: 2008. Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Industrial Railway Society (2015). Industrial Locomotives (17EL). Industrial Railway Society. ISBN 978 1 901556 88 9.
- 1 2 Historic Military Vehicle Forum. 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Statfold Barn Railway (2017). Guide Book & Stock List Update March 2017. Statfold Barn Railway.
- 1 2 Statfold Barn Railway Guide & Stock List, Issue 2.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 The Statfold Barn Railway (2014). Guide Book & Stock List. Statfold Barn Railway.
- ↑ Quine, Dan (March 2017). "Baguley 774 and the Pennal Tramway". Industrial Railway Record.
- 1 2 Statfold Barn Railway (2015). Guide Book & Stock List Update September 2015. Statfold Barn Railway.
- ↑ "Thorpe Park Carriages". Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Statfold Barn Railway. |
- Official website
- Report and photos of a visit to the railway
- Videos of the railway on 2 June 2007 from YouTube: part 1 part 2