Scarborough North Bay Railway diesel hydraulic 4-6-2 1933 Poseidon stands outside the shed, 28th August 2022. The North Bay Railway is a 20 inch gauge miniature railway built in 1931 and runs for almost a mile between Peasholm Park and Scalby Mills in the North Bay area of Scarborough. It opened with one locomotive, 1931 Neptune built by Hudswell Clarke, for a cost of £1000. After the successful first season, it was decided that another locomotive was required, and 1932 Triton was built by Hudswell Clarke for the 1932 season. A third identical locomotive named May Thompson was built in 1933 and was in service initially at the railway in Golden Acre Park in Leeds; and following that line's closure was used at Morecambe, Kilverstone and Great Woburn Safari Park before arriving at Scarborough in December 2006 where it was given the number 1933 and named Poseidon.

Tags:   28th August 1933 Scarborough North Bay Railway New Photo Distillery

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A day out with my wife, daughters, son in laws and twin grandsons at Drayton Manor Park and here is the star of the show (according to my 2 ½ year old grandsons) Thomas, 2nd September 2012. If you look carefully you will notice that Thomas’s wheels do not actually make contact with the rails and underneath the exterior body (based on the Billinton E2-Class 0-6-0T locomotives built for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway between 1913 and 1916) is a bogie diesel locomotive. Ah well I don’t suppose my grandsons noticed.

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Lappa Valley 10 ¼ inch gauge 0-6-0 diesel hydraulic Eric waits at Newlyn Downs for the last passenger to board the train before departing for East Wheal Rose station, 30th March 2016. Eric was designed and built by Alan Keef Ltd of Ross-on-Wye in 2008.

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Markeaton Park Light Railway “Baby Deltic” D5905 City of Derby has arrived at Mundy Halt with the passenger service and is being uncoupled, 10th May 2015. The Markeaton Park Light Railway operates within Markeaton Park , Derby. The railway is built to 15 inch gauge and was opened in 1989, being extended to its present length of 1400m in 1996.

Locomotive History
D5905 was built in 1995 and originally operated the Steamtown miniature railway at Carnforth. Following a rebuild in 2003 it arrived at Markeaton.

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Amerton Railway diesel hydraulic Gordon stands in the yard, 28th June 2014

Locomotive History
Gordon was built by Hunslet, works no. 8561 in 1978 for the National Coal Board as a flame proof underground locomotive and worked underground at initially the Allerton Baywater colliery and later the Castlebridge colliery. It arrived at the Amerton Railway in January 1996 and has been rebuilt with a new body entering service in 1997.

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