Telford Steam Railway - Lawley is open for business

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SandyBrook

Active Member
Hi all, for fans of 5619 - I saw part of a repeated "Heartbeat" on ITV3 at lunchtime (Tuesday 1 Oct) and towards the end there are several scenes using 5619 (at least it looked like that under a coat of artistic grime) - the same episode is on again early evening so might be of interest to some.

Best Regards

Sandy
 
marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
And the winner is........ step forward front and centre L/Cpl Lancer and receive your award for exemplary luck. Your medal is the 'Star of Spawn' you stuffy lil oik! :eek: And here is the resulting efforts of the 108 owners

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We called the paramedics but it was too late for them :( More cream and yellow to go and plenty of red needed on the bufferbeam. At least it isn't another green unit :p
 
iploffy

iploffy

OC Blue Brigade
Now we all knew you had been told what abomination of mismatched left over paint it was going to be sploged in what a waste of a good unit lol
 
marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Well a manic set of Santa weekends saw us raise over £5k towards getting our Pecket 0-4-0ST 'Rocket' back from Tyseley. Only a few days off for the wicked then we were all down the line to collect the mermaids and LMS flats to bring back to the yard. Here's some pics of the day and you can see the work needed to get this section back up to operational spec. Hopefully, fingers crossed, we'll have permission early next year to run north to Lawley and south down this stretch to Doseley. Enjoy :)
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marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
The shunter in the pics 'Tom' was having it's test run after being out of service for 20 years. It's staying black for now but the owner is 98% certain that it's going 'ScotRail' livery next lmao :rolleyes: Now that I'd help to bring about :p
 
marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
At long last! The bl**dy thing is back!

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After a very convoluted boiler overhaul our Peckett 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Rocket' has finally returned home. It's now safely in the shed having it's final fitting out ready for our new season which starts this Easter. We can now start to advertise that we have a working steam loco again which will be a significant boost to our revenues, especially from our driver experience course. The funny thing is that when we have a working kettle our diesel driving courses also enjoy a surge in candidates :confused:

So if any of you fancy driving a diesel shunter, 2ft narrow gauge steam tram or Rocket then don't hesitate to contact me for full details. We have loads of projects to spend the money on including our desperately needed shed and our GWR autocoach:p

Mark
 
marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Peckett 0-4-0ST 'Rocket' after it's first succesful steaming last weekend following it's boiler overhaul. It will now be ready in time for the new season which commences Easter Sunday. If you are in the area then please come along and support us at Telford.
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marsa69

marsa69

Western Thunderer
Peckett 0-4-0ST 'Rocket' returns to steam on passenger services on Easter Sunday at the Telford Steam Railway. If you are in the area then please come along and support us at Telford. PM me if you would like further details. We look forward to seeing you.
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