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| This is Paul Atkinson who is one of our volunteers. Paul
is 25 years old and has been helping at the railway since early 2003. He
likes to clip tickets and do guard duties including blowing the whistle
to see the trains away. |
Romulus type steam engine "Brenda Isabella" named after the
Managing Director's mum who died in October 2001. Brenda is an 0-4-0 steam
engine which runs at a steam pressure of 80psi, she can pull two carriages
full of people. She burns steam coal to heat the water but has been known
to burn old socks if the need arises or the drivers feet get too smelly. |
No1 Class 47 Diesel "Robin Butterell" named after the railways
founder. This loco is our main passenger hauler. It has a nine horsepower
Honda petrol engine driving a hydrostat, which controls the engines speed
and power to the driving wheels. Built during 2001 by William Close a model
engineer from Marple, Stockport. |
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| Tim Jones is one of our longest serving volunteers, when he is not working at B & Q he can be found driving the train, clipping tickets or just generally being helpful to our many customers. |
Nick Jones(no relation to Tim thank goodness) is another long serving volunteer who has seen the railway go from strength to strength. Nick works in the railway industry as a trainer so ensures we do it right. |
This is John Murray who is mentioned in the history of the railway. John was one of the gentlemen who helped to save the railway from closure back in 1997. John's work committments mean he is unable to visit us very often these days but occasionally he can be seen driving his Chester tram |
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| Brenda Isabella being driven by Steve over the long bridge by the pond back in 2003. |
Val & Ian Atkinson Pauls mum and dad. |
Our new Thomas II steam locomotive named "Stevie B" after
the Managing Director. This is a 0-4-2 loco and very powerfull, it can pull
about eight coaches although we will only ever pull four. It weighs half
a ton, uses about 20 kilo's of coal on a busy day and drinks about five
gallon of water every hour. The loco runs at a boiler pressure of 100 psi
but could run at 150. Behind Stevie B is our other loco Brenda Isabella
notice the size difference. |
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Finally last but not least Steve Hardin the owner and Managing Director ... |
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