Edward Watkin pays a visit! - 7 1/4 Narrow Gauge
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Stogursey Light Railway, a 7 1/4 narrow gauge live steam railway in rural Somerset.
Today we have a special guest to the line, another Station Road Steam built locomotive, 0-6-0 Edward Watkin.
Although a previous visitor to Stogursey Light Railway, long before we had our own youtube channel, since then many things have changed.
It was lovely to have both home loco Talyllyn & Edward Watkin in steam with their matching liveries, some great shots with the pair lined up in the station, there's even a special 'doubleheader' to keep an eye out for! Of course the usual rouge train spotters out & about. The goods van having a new coat of paint in a more traditional colour. Express milk trains to keep the tea flowing. Despite the cloud & wind the wet weather managed to hold off for much of the day.
A special thanks to both Ollie's for bringing their loco along again & to Roy for bringing a small portion of his O and G gauge collection which we all mulled over between driving duties.
Winter is on its way & there's word on the grapevine of Ankor Wat. (see earlier video) A more regular guest to the railway, having had rebuild throughout the summer, expect a very different loco! That'll be something to look forward too, we hope for some winter sunshine so we can have our own winter gala!
There's also plenty to keep 'Fretwork Rail' busy over the next few months, hopefully the crew will have time to document the maintenance and building plans.
I love those carriages, I am aiming a little larger on 7 1/4" being sit inside
Superb, many thanks
What a wonderful railway…congratulations! If the locos aren’t the star of the show (and they must be really!) the rolling must surely be rather special too! The miniature historic carriages are a delight…I think they’ll look great when they’re illuminated inside! The freight rolling stock is interesting to see…very few 7.25in railways have a good selection of freight stock.
I have subscribed and look forward to seeing more of your great little railway. If you’re prepared to share more details (length of track, history, etc.,) I really would enjoy reading it. I live in Bournemouth but have got a really good friend who farms ‘on the levels’ in Long Sutton. Now he’s retired perhaps I can persuade him to take on the huge task of building a railway too! But what a commitment eh? I can sit here and dream….more of the same please. Rob in Bournemouth.
Hi Rob
Firstly many thanks for your kind comments! The railway was first started 5 years ago, it's still on going with plans for further extension. It was built in stages by myself, now retired and my two son's, so a family project. Ironically the biggest boost for the line came along with the covid lockdown as my youngest son was furloughed for three months so we set about building the timber viaduct. Everything has been built on a budget, track points etc all being built by us. When the viaduct was completed I carried on with help from the boys at weekends
to reach the station with it's passing loop and then the triangular junction to complete the circuit.
A particular interest of mine is historical coaches having a few years ago completely restored a full size one for the Statfold Barn Railway.
I decided it would be nice to build some to scale for the railway, the first two based on Glyn Valley coaches currently running on the Talyllyn railway. The third coach is also based on Talyllyn stock but painted in our purple lake livery, there is also a forth coach currently under construction in our workshop. We also have plans to build more goods stock as well.
Youngest son James is responsible for the video's, he narrates them, we like to keep things on the humorous side and there will be more to come.
Many thanks for supporting the channel hopefully this has been of help.
Regards, Michael Collins
It seems you have a lovely railway here, along with beautiful engines to go with. I must say, 7 1/4 freight trains are extremely nice!
is edward watkin a kerr stuart haig class engine? (looks a lot like one)
Hello KaicoGG, Edward Watkin is actually a Station Road Steam General Gordon class loco with a few additional extras, the paint code matches our own Stafford class loco again built by Station Road Steam. The owners of Edward Watkin were trying to create a likeliness of Talyllyn’s Tom Rolt. Tom Rolt is a unique creation to the Talyllyn Railway using parts from an Andrew Barclay locomotive built in 1949.