In advance of the Fathers Day Steam Up event, diminutive Peckett 0-4-0ST ‘Teddy’ has arrived at the railway. Will Stratford was there to capture the arrival in photographs, posted on the M Shed Working Exhibits Facebook Page.
A great shot posted on the Beamish Transport Blog of I W & D 34 (aka Portbury) in company with 1931-built steam roller ‘Rambler’
Steam trains will be in operation this coming Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday. Kilmersdon will be doing the honours, seen here looking very smart.
Note: I do apologise for previously publishing inaccurate information regarding operating days this year, this was a mistake which has now been corrected by linking through to the official M Shed page. Please note that this is an unofficial blog site maintained by a volunteer, and that the best place for information on opening times and events is the M Shed website.
Lee Robbins posted this great selection of clips of Kilmersdon operating trains on Bank Holiday Monday – take a look!
Kilmersdon sits outside the shed, a warming fire having been lit ready for services this weekend.
A pic from yesterday shows the Balmoral has departed the quayside, and the MOGO is back out, work on the roof now completed.
The buffers have been removed from the Conflat, fresh timber added, and refitted.
The MOGO is currently housed in the engine shed while work continues on the roof. The van is pictured outside in the company of ‘Kilmersdon’.
Callum Willcox took this great footage of visiting Peckett 0-4-0ST ‘Kilmersdon’ giving passenger rides in the glorious sunshine on 6th April 2015.
Blue skies and blue locomotive today, as Peckett 0-4-0ST ‘Kilmersdon’ is at work on passenger trains for the first services of 2015. The SS Great Britain and New Cut branches are in operation, come down to the docks for a ride!
It’s the first BHR operating weekend of the year, with 3 days of steam-hauled train rides planned.
Saturday 4th April
Sunday 5th April
Monday 6th April.
Visiting Bristol-built Peckett 0-4-0st ‘Kilmersdon’ will be providing motive power.
‘Kilmersdon’ was built by Peckett in 1929 and numbered 1788. It worked at the NCB’s Kilmersdon Colliery in Somerset and now belongs to the Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust.
She has previously visited the BHR and worked photo charters, and was a former stablemate of ‘Portbury’ and ‘Henbury’ at Radstock.
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