Английская Википедия:Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway
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The Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway (BWLR) is located near the villages of Wormshill and Bredgar in Kent, just south of Sittingbourne. It is a Шаблон:Track gauge narrow gauge railway about Шаблон:Convert in length.
The BWLR is a private line which has been built up as a hobby by a group of friends since the early 1970s.[1] It is a fully operational line, operated to a high standard, with a station, engine sheds and workshops at Warren Wood station and a smaller station at the other end of the line, known as Stony Shaw.
The line is open to the public on the first Sunday of each month and most Wednesdays throughout the summer to raise money to maintain and manage the collection. On event days a number of other attractions are on display including a model railway, a Dutch street organ, a traction engine a steam roller, a Victorian beam engine, an American fire department Ladder truck and a range of old tractors and cars.
The Tearoom is open Wednesday thru Sunday (9:00–15:00) throughout the year offering a selection of teas, coffees, cakes, sandwiches snacks and lunches.
The railway appeared briefly in a segment filmed for the BBC's Saturday Kitchen programme which aired on 18 June 2011.[2]
The Stations
- Warren Wood Station
- Stony Shaw Station
Rolling stock
Operational steam locomotives
| Manufacturer | Works number and year |
Wheel arrangement |
Number and name |
Notes | Photo | Commons Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunslet Engine Co. | 1429/1922 | Шаблон:Whyte | Шаблон:Abbr 3 Lady Joan[3] | Used in north Wales slate quarries until 1967. Has been used at Woburn Abbey and Knebworth. Acquired by the BWLR in 1996.[4] | Файл:Hunslet 1429 of 1922.JPG | Шаблон:Commons category-icon |
| W.G. Bagnall | 2088/1919 | Шаблон:Whyte | Шаблон:Abbr 4 Armistice | One of two locomotives used on the Birmingham, Tame and Rea District Drainage Board Railway Armistice, was preserved in 1961 and renamed Lady Luxborough. Acquired in 1991 by the BWLR and restored in 1992, regaining her original name.[4] | Файл:Bagnall 2088 of 1919.JPG | Шаблон:Commons category-icon |
| Orenstein & Koppel | 5668/1912 | Шаблон:Whyte | Шаблон:Abbr 6 Eigiau | Ex Penrhyn Quarry Railway. Sold to Bressingham in 1963. Acquired by the BWLR in 1995.[4] | Файл:Orenstein & Koppel 5668 of 1912.JPG | Шаблон:Commons category-icon |
| Decauville | 246/1897 | Шаблон:Whyte | Шаблон:Abbr 7 Victory | Used at the Invicta Sugar Mill, Giru, Queensland, Australia. Sold in 1963 and used on a tourist railway. Acquired by the BWLR in 1984.[4] | Файл:Decauville 246 of 1897.JPG | |
| Orenstein and Koppel | 12722/1936 | Шаблон:Nowrap | Шаблон:Abbr 8 Helga | Used at various construction sites in northern Germany until 1957. To UK in 1970 and used on the Brecon Mountain Railway. Acquired by the BWLR in 1999.[4] | ||
| John Fowler & Co. | 13573/1912 | Шаблон:Whyte | Шаблон:Abbr 10 Zambezi | Originally built to Шаблон:Track gauge gauge. Used on Sena Estates railway, Mopeia, Mozambique, hauling sugar.[5] Worked until 1965 then became derelict.[6] To UK in 1998. regauged to Шаблон:Track gauge gauge.[5] Steam test passed in 2009 and entered service in 2010.[6] | Файл:Zambezi10.jpg | Шаблон:Commons category-icon |
Steam locomotives undergoing overhaul or restoration
| Manufacturer | Works number and year |
Wheel arrangement |
Number and name |
Notes | Photo | Commons Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Fowler & Co. | 18800/1930 | Шаблон:Nowrap | Шаблон:Abbr 9 Limpopo | Ex Sena Sugar Estates, Шаблон:Abbr 17. Used at sugar mill in Mopeia, Mozambique. Acquired by the BWLR in 1998 and restored to working order, entering service in 2003.[7] | Файл:Fowler 18800 0f 1930.JPG | Шаблон:Commons category-icon |
| Arnold Jung | 3872/1931 | Шаблон:Nowrap | No. 2 Katie | Used in sugar plantations in the Cameroons. Preserved in 1973 and acquired by the BWLR in 1980. Has flangeless centre driving wheels.[4] | Файл:KatieBWR1998.jpg | Шаблон:Commons category-icon |
Operational diesel locomotives
| Manufacturer | Works number and year |
Wheel arrangement |
Number and name |
Notes | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baguley-Drewry | 3775/1983 | Шаблон:Nowrap | Шаблон:Abbr 5 Bredgar | Worked on the Шаблон:Track gauge lines at MoD Milford Haven. Acquired in 1995 and regauged to Шаблон:Track gauge gauge.[4] | Файл:Baguley-Drewry 3775 of 1983.JPG |
| Andrew Barclay | 765/1988 | Шаблон:Nowrap | Шаблон:Abbr 14 Milstead | MoD No. NG54, Ex RAF Chilmark.[8] Arrived at BWLR in 2014. | |
| Schöma | 5239/1991 | Шаблон:Nowrap | Jenny | Used during the construction of the Channel Tunnel[8] Arrived at BWLR in 2016. |
Diesel locomotives undergoing overhaul or restoration
| Manufacturer | Works number and year |
Wheel arrangement |
Number and name |
Notes | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Rail | 9869/1953 | Шаблон:Nowrap | No. 12 Bicknor | Supplied new to Great Ouse River Authority, Ely. In service until 1977. Acquired by the BWLR in 2010 from The Hop Farm Country Park, Beltring.[9] | |
| Motor Rail | 7073/1936 | Шаблон:Nowrap | No. 13 Lyne | Works No. MR 7073. Built 1936. Built as a Petrol loco. Converted to a Deutz air cooled engine and new box body by Alan Keef in 1970.
Was used by Sinclair Horticulture Bolton Fell Cumbria and served there until 2016 when it moved to BWLR. |
Locomotives no longer at the railway
| Manufacturer | Works number and year |
Wheel arrangement |
Number and name |
Notes | Photo | Commons Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Schwartzkopff | 9124/1927 | Шаблон:Whyte | Шаблон:Abbr 1 Bronhilde | Used at the Norddeutsche Affinerie copper smelting works, Hamburg. Sold to Bressingham in 1976. Acquired in 1979, it was the first steam locomotive at the BWLR.[4] Sold to Richmond Light Railway in 2021.[10] |
Файл:Schwartzkopf 9124 of 1927.JPG | Шаблон:Commons category-icon |
| Henschel & Sohn | 29582/1956 | Шаблон:Nowrap | Шаблон:Abbr 105 Siam | Worked on a sugar plantation in Chonburi Province, Thailand. Has visited Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. Шаблон:Track gauge gauge.[4] Sold to a railway in Latvia.[11] |
Файл:Henschel 29582 of 1956.JPG | |
| Hudswell Clarke | DM1366/1965 | Шаблон:Nowrap | 15 | Ex National Coal Board Harden Colliery and Seaham Colliery. Sold to South Tynedale Railway in 1990. To BWLR in 2006, then left in 2021.[12][13] | Файл:Hudswell-Clarke DM1366 of 1965.JPG |
Traction engines
The museum has four steam road locomotives in its collection; some are operational and steamed on open days and others are undergoing repair, restoration or overhaul.
| Manufacturer | Works number and year |
Registration number and name |
Notes | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett | 33442/1919 | BL 9009 | Agricultural engine used at Hartford Manor, Faringdon until 1943, then at Witney until 1950. Relegated to heating a greenhouse at Brize Norton until preserved in 1964. Has been named King of the Road and Caroline in preservation but did not carry a name during its working life. Acquired by the BWLR in 1988. Operational and used on event days.[14] |
Файл:Garrett 33442 of 1919.JPG |
| Ruston & Hornsby | 115023/1922 | XM 6373 | Steam roller new to Henry Woodham, Catford in 1922. Used on road repairs until the 1950s. Preserved in 1978 and acquired by the BWLR in 1988. Operational and used on event days.[14] |
Файл:Ruston & Hornsby 115023 of 1922.JPG |
Cars
Bean cars
The BWLR is home to a collection of Bean cars.[15]
| Model | Power | Year built |
Registration number |
Notes | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 6 Tourer | 14 HP | 1923 | SV9172 | Exported to Australia in 1923, re-imported in 2001.[15] | Файл:1923 14HP Bean tourer.JPG |
| Model 2 | Шаблон:Convert | 1922 | ME5904 | Under restoration as of May 2015.[15] | |
| Model 2 | Шаблон:Convert | 1923 | BU2789 | One of the most original Bean cars in preservation. This car left the collection 2012.[15] | Файл:Bean Model 2.JPG |
| Model 3 | Шаблон:Convert | 1925 | PE2445 | Converted to a pick-up in the early 1930s. Restored to five-seat tourer in 1974. This car left the collection 2012.[15] | |
| Model 4 | Шаблон:Convert | 1925 | XW8431 | Used by a funeral director as a following car. This car left the collection 2012.[15] | Файл:Bean Model 4 1925.JPG |
| Model 4 | Шаблон:Convert | 1926 | FD3435 | Car has original body, which has four identical doors. This car left the collection 2012.[15] | Файл:Bean Model 4 1926.JPG |
| Model 6 | 1927 | SV8671 | Exported new to Australia. Fitted with a body made locally in Adelaide. This car left the collection 2012.[15] | Файл:Bean Model 6.JPG | |
| Omnibus | 1929 | UL1771 | Body by Birch Bros, Kentish Town on a Bean 1½ Ton chassis. Used as a caravan 1941–1966, bought for preservation in 1966 and restored 1988–1991. This vehicle left the collection 2012.[15] | Файл:Bean bus.JPG | |
| Model 11 | 1930 | FG6161 | Built on a 1½ Ton chassis. Spent its working life in Wooler, Northumberland. Bought for preservation in 1970 and restored 1990–2000. This car left the collection 2012.[15] | ||
| Pick-up Truck | 1926 | This vehicle left the collection 2012. | Файл:Bean Pick-up.JPG | ||
| Van | XM7525 | This vehicle left the collection 2012. | Файл:Bean van.JPG |
Other cars
| Manufacturer | Model | Year built |
Registration number |
Notes | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolls-Royce | Phantom I | 1928 | YX4095 | Файл:BWLR Rolls Royce.JPG |
Other exhibits
Other exhibits to be found at the BWLR include:
Beam engine
An 1870 beam engine built by Thomas Horn to a design by James Watt. One of two supplied to a waterworks at Ashford. Acquired in 1988 and restored to working order.[16]
Twinning
The BWLR is twinned with the Chemin de Fer de La Valée de l'Ouche (CFVO), Bligny-sur-Ouche, Côte-d'Or, France.[17][18]
See also
References
Шаблон:Commons category Шаблон:Reflist Шаблон:Coord Шаблон:Heritage railways in England
- ↑ BBC Kent article on the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:James-NarrowGauge
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 4,3 4,4 4,5 4,6 4,7 4,8 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ 14,0 14,1 Шаблон:Cite web
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