Richmond Light Railway Charity Seam Fair 2023

Richmond Light Railway
Charity Steam Fair 2023
Saturday 12th August 2023
The private 2foot gauge Richmond Light Railway, Kent annual Open Day, in aid of Riding for the Disabled.
The event saw six steam locomotives in action on the railway including:
- New addition to the fleet: Decauville Type 3 works No.648 of 1912 'Lily'. Built for the Thessaly Railway, Volos, Greece the loco was originally named 'Dimitrias'.
- Couillet Works No. 810 of 1885 'Chuquitanta'. Built for Enrique Ayulo & Cie for the Rodriguez sugar cane plantation.
- Fresh from overhaul Quarry Hunslet Works Number 827 of 1903 'Sybil', built for the Pen-yr-orsedd Quarry, the locomotive was formally resident at the Brecon Mountain Railway.
- Quarry Hunslet Works No. 705 of 1899 'Elin'. The former Penrhyn quarry locomotive is fitted with a non-standard boiler by Marshall, giving it a unique appearance.
- Arn Jung Works No. 3175 of 1921 'Jenny'.
- Built in 2010, in Nelson, Lancashire 'Leary' is based on De-winton vertical boiler engines, of which it is about 3/4 size.
Late in the afternoon the lines slate train made an appearance, before the event finished with a cavalcade of the six steam locos with little Leary leading.
Road steam including locomotives built by John Fowler, Garrett and Aveling & Porter
www.preservedrailway.co.uk
(C) Lee Andrew Davies 2023

[@MG-Driver]

I was there it was fantastic!

[@dirks.4172]

Thank you for this fine video.
One of the lesser known places.
Good to see that Rüdiger's Decauville has found a good new home.
Best wishes
Dirk

[@macnavi]

Living around the corner, nothing to do on Saturday and I did not know about this.

[@kineticrail]

Such a great little place with a lovely collection of stock the new addition is an interesting looking loco. I had hoped to return this year but could commit to booking up a ticket

[@SimonTog]

Very cool, great looking loko´s. Thumbs up :)

[@Gilstrains]

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