Statfold Barn Railway
| Statfold Barn Railway | |
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| Locale | Tamworth, Staffordshire |
| Terminus | Statfold Barn Farm |
| Coordinates | 52°39′19″N 1°38′43″W / 52.6552°N 1.6454°WCoordinates: 52°39′19″N 1°38′43″W / 52.6552°N 1.6454°W |
| Commercial operations | |
| Preserved operations | |
| Length | 1.5 miles (2.4 km) |
| Preserved gauge | 2 ft (610 mm) 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
| Commercial history | |
| Preservation history | |
| 1985 | opened |
The Statfold Barn Railway is a mixed gauge railway of 2 ft (610 mm), 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) and 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) gauges, near Tamworth, Staffordshire.[1] It is privately owned by Mr Graham Lee, chairman of LH Group Services Ltd – which in 2005 bought what remained of the Hunslet Engine Company.
The 'Field Railway' is a dual 2ft and 2ft 6in gauge line approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long with a "balloon loop" at one end with a station at the other end. There is a passing loop half way along the line which has a single platform 'Oak Tree Halt' and a siding heading off to storage facilities in the 'Grain Store'.
There is also a separate loop line 'Garden Railway' consisting of 2ft gauge track only. Drivers of mixed-gauge trains must take care not to pass the point where this line diverges or derailment will occur.
The running shed has a triple gauge line leading down into the standard gauge storage sidings and then across the Field Railway where a short stub leads into a field.
The railway has an extensive workshop where locomotives are built and restored.
As at March 2010 some 51 locomotives were based on the Statfold Barn Railway, either in an active condition or waiting for restoration or rebuild.
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[edit] Steam locomotives
- Two foot gauge Indonesian Orenstein & Koppel (Works No.10705, 1923) 0-6-0WTT Max, Sragi No. 14. Now in full working order.
- Krauss built 2ft gauge 0-4-2T (Works No.4045, 1899), Sragi sugar mill No.1. Now in full working order.
- Orenstein & Koppel Mallet 0-4-4-0T (Works No.1473, 1905). Built for the 30 inch gauge Pakis Baru Sugar Mill Railway in Indonesia as their No.5. Returned to traffic in March 2007 after rebuild and in service on passenger trains at Statfold Barn.
- Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik Mallet 0-4-4-0TT (Works No.4878, 1930). Built for the 24in. gauge Jatibarang Brebes Sugar Mill Railway in Indonesia, as their No.9. Nearing completion of its overhaul in early 2011 and scheduled to spend the 2011 season on the Welsh Highland Railway.
- Orenstein & Koppel 0-4-0WTT, 24in. gauge Pakis Baru No 1 (Works No.614, 1900). Returned to traffic in June 2006 and now used on passenger trains on open days. The OK No 1 and 5 is from Pakis Baru sugar mill (private mill).
- Hunslet 0-4-2ST Trangkil No 4 (Works No. 3902, 1971), re-gauged to 24 in. In regular service on the Statfold Barn Railway and has been loaned out to the Amerton Railway.
- Hunslet 0-4-0ST Statfold (Works No.3903, 2005) and Jack Lane (Works No. 3904, 2005). Modern Hunslet locomotives, built to the original drawings for the 2-foot gauge Hunslet "Quarry" class locomotives as used in the North Wales slate quarries, many of which are now in preservation[2]. In regular service and loaned out to other railways occasionally.
- Harrogate Gas Works Peckett 0-6-0ST (Works No 2050, 1944), 24in. gauge. Purchased from the Bredgar and Wormshill Railway in Kent. In regular service on the railway.
- Orenstein & Koppel 0-6-0T no. 740 (Works No.2343, 1907) of the Matheran Light Railway[3]
[edit] Diesel locomotives
[edit] References
- ^ Little, Lawson (2008). Annual Guide to Narrow Gauge and Miniature Railways in the British Isles and Ireland: 2008. Narrow Gauge Railway Society.
- ^ "Statfold Barn Railway Guide & Stock List", Issue 2
- ^ MLR740 Official Website (accessed 23 March 2010)
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Report and photos of a visit to the railway
- Videos of the railway on 2 June 2007 from YouTube: part 1 part 2
