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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
====Operational Steam Engines ====<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]]<br />
*[[Synolda]] (static display in museum)<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines under repair or overhaul====<br />
*[[River Irt]] (overhaul of chassis)<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines in storage====<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]] (at Windmill Farm Railway)<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]] (in museum compound)<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines under restoration====<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
====Operational IC Engines====<br />
*[[Quarryman]] (stored in Irton Road shed)<br />
*[[Perkins]] (permanent way duties)<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]] (permanent way duties)<br />
*[[Cyril]] (station pilot)<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]] (stored in paint shop)<br />
*[[Les]] (workshop pilot)<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines under overhaul====<br />
<br />
====IC Engines in storage====<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]] (stored in paint shop)<br />
*[[Greenbat]] (stored - overhaul stalled)<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]].<br />
*'''The Rail Bender & Weedkilling Wagon''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Tank Wagon & Snowplough''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Utility Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''The Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man-rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]]. Also known as BF1<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2008-04-01T16:32:24Z<p>Admin: </p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
====Operational Steam Engines ====<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]]<br />
*[[Synolda]] (static display in museum)<br />
<br />
==Steam Engines under repair or overhaul==<br />
*[[River Irt]] (overhaul of chassis)<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines in storage====<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]] (at Windmill Farm Railway)<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]] (in museum compound)<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines under restoration====<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
====Operational IC Engines====<br />
*[[Quarryman]] (stored in Irton Road shed)<br />
*[[Perkins]] (permanent way duties)<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]] (permanent way duties)<br />
*[[Cyril]] (station pilot)<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]] (stored in paint shop)<br />
*[[Les]] (workshop pilot)<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines under overhaul====<br />
<br />
====IC Engines in storage====<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]] (stored in paint shop)<br />
*[[Greenbat]] (stored - overhaul stalled)<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]].<br />
*'''The Rail Bender & Weedkilling Wagon''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Tank Wagon & Snowplough''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Utility Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''The Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man-rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]]. Also known as BF1<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2007-11-05T17:30:29Z<p>Admin: /* Departmental Stock Fleet */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
====Operational Steam Engines ====<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines in storage====<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines under restoration====<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
====Operational IC Engines====<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines under overhaul====<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines in storage====<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]].<br />
*'''The Rail Bender & Weedkilling Wagon''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Tank Wagon & Snowplough''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Utility Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''The Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man-rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]]. Also known as BF1<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2007-11-05T17:28:57Z<p>Admin: /* The Current Locomotive Fleet */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
====Operational Steam Engines ====<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines in storage====<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines under restoration====<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
====Operational IC Engines====<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines under overhaul====<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines in storage====<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2007-11-05T17:28:17Z<p>Admin: /* Stock List */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
====Operational Steam Engines ====<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines in storage====<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
<br />
====Steam Engines under restoration====<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
====Operational IC Engines====<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines under overhaul====<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
<br />
====IC Engines in storage====<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/QuarrymanQuarryman2007-11-05T17:24:33Z<p>Admin: </p>
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<div><div><br />
{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; width:25em;"<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:We2_003.jpg|328px|Quarryman]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Quarryman<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 0-4-0<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1926<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Muir-Hill<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Muir-Hill<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 9' 5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Green<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In traffic<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
Quarryman was the first of the three Muir-Hill Fordson tractors to arrive at Ravenglass. They were utilised in the moving of stone from Beckfoot Quarry to Murthwaite Crushing Plant and then down to Ravenglass. NG 41 was the third tractor to arrive, two years after Quarryman. The two would then spend the next 25 years or so working the stone trains.<br />
<br />
The quarry traffic ceased in 1953, both NG 41 and Quarryman were cannibalised to produce one serviceable engine, with a backless cab then fitted. Quarryman was then used on relief passenger trains, alongside the [[Perkins|Passenger Tractor]]. It was then ued on works trains up until 1975, when it was withdrawn and restored to its original condition, with open cab.<br />
<br />
It was originally nicknamed "Billy's Tractor", after Billy Bell, who used to be the engine's driver. Nowadays, it is part of the museum collection and is currently stored in the shed at Irton Road.<br />
<br />
[[Category:ICL Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/River_MiteRiver Mite2007-11-05T17:24:02Z<p>Admin: </p>
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{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; width:25em;"<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:110806_021.jpg|328px|River Mite]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | River Mite<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 2-8-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1966<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Clarksons<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 22' 6"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Indian Red<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In traffic<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
The second River Mite was constructed in the 1960s by Clarksons of York, and is owned by the R&ER Preservation Society. It was launched into service in 1967 and has proved to be very reliable. Its wheel arrangement is a 2-8-2 tender engine.<br />
<br />
The Poultney steam tender from [[River Esk]] was used in its construction, and the new boiler and cylinders were also based on that engine. The engine was transported to Ravenglass by traction engine, and it made history.<br />
<br />
A new boiler was fitted in 2002 and is now away for a major overhaul at TMA Engineering (the builders of [[Douglas Ferreira]]) although will return in late spring of 2007.<br />
<br />
The livery of the engine has always been Furness Railway Indian Red with vermillion and black lining.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Steam Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/River_IrtRiver Irt2007-11-05T17:23:42Z<p>Admin: </p>
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<div><div><br />
{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; width:25em;"<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:280706_023.jpg|328px|River Irt]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | River Irt<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 0-8-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1894<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Sir Arthur Heywood<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Sir Arthur Heywood<br />
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|'''Length''' || 23' 10"<br />
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|'''Livery''' || Mid Green<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Traffic<br />
|}<br />
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River Irt is the oldest working 15" gauge locomotive in the world. Built by Sir Arthur Heywood as Muriel in 1894 for his Duffield Bank Railway, it came to the railway with its sister locomotive, [[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]], in 1917, along with the majority of the DBR rolling stock.<br />
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Before it arrived on the Ratty, it had been requistioned for use at the Gretna Munitions Factory. During a major overhaul at [[Murthwaite]], the engine's cylinders were reduced, because the original boiler was unable to produce enough steam for a continuous run.<br />
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In 1927, it was rebuilt and renamed with a new boiler, longer frames, a cab and a [[T|six-wheel tender]], and its new wheel arrangement was 0-8-2. Although it looked odd, it was a sucessful conversion and then became the line's new flagship, after the conversion of the three original scale locomotives into [[River Mite I]].<br />
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In 1972, a taller chimney, dome and cab were added, along with a new bogie tender, allowing the old one to become the tank wagon, which it remains as today. The performance of the engine was enhanced when, in 1977, a larger boiler was added, and this was interchangeable with the other steam locomotives. <br />
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In 1981, the engine went to the National Railway Museum in York to form the centrepiece to the Minimum Gauge Railways Exhibition, and has since operated at both the Liverpool and Gateshead Garden Festivals, in 1984 and 1990, respectively.<br />
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The current livery of the locomotive is mid-green, with lining in black and yellow. <br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | River Esk<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 2-8-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1923<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Henry Greenly<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Davey Paxman & Co.<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 22' 11"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Blackberry Black<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In traffic.<br />
|}<br />
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River Esk was designed by Henry Greenly as a 2-8-2 tender engine, and built by Davey, Paxman Ltd. in 1923. It was capable of hauling the heavy granite trains from the quarry at [[Beckfoot]] to the crushing plant at [[Murthwaite]].<br />
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The engine has a miniature 1/3 scale outline, gives full protection to the driver while still looking smart on passenger trains. The original valve gear was fitted in Colchester by the builders, with their Lentz poppet vales, however, these gave problems, but these were sorted by the addition of Walschaerts valve gear in 1928, by the Yorkshire Engine Co. They also fitted a 0-8-0 steam chassis under the tender, with their Poultney system, and this was supposed to supply extra power on the granite trains, but was unneeded and removed in 1931. A new tender was added in 1970, and up until then, the original tender had been raised off the old bogies.<br />
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Between 1940 and 1952, the engine was out of service, thanks to the need of a new firebox which required fitting, but the boiler shell from 1923 lasted in use until 1982. In 1986, it was awarded the Premier Award for Technological Innovation by British Coal.<br />
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The current livery of the engine is LNWR blackberry black, with red and black lining.<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | River Mite<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 2-8-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1966<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Clarksons<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 22' 6"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Indian Red<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Under-going frames/chassis overhaul<br />
|}<br />
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The second River Mite was constructed in the 1960s by Clarksons of York, and is owned by the R&ER Preservation Society. It was launched into service in 1967 and has proved to be very reliable. Its wheel arrangement is a 2-8-2 tender engine.<br />
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The Poultney steam tender from [[River Esk]] was used in its construction, and the new boiler and cylinders were also based on that engine. The engine was transported to Ravenglass by traction engine, and it made history.<br />
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A new boiler was fitted in 2002 and is now away for a major overhaul at TMA Engineering (the builders of [[Douglas Ferreira]]) although will return in late spring of 2007.<br />
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The livery of the engine has always been Furness Railway Indian Red with vermillion and black lining.<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Northern Rock<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 2-6-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1976<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Ian Smith<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 11"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Muscat Green<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Traffic<br />
|}<br />
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Northern Rock was built in 1976 by the railway company as a 2-6-2 tender engine at their [[Ravenglass]] workshops, to the design of the CME at the time, Ian Smith. It is considered to be the strongest 15" gauge locomotive in the world, and trials for its construction were undertaken with the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway's No. 1, Northern Chief.<br />
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Unlike [[River Esk]] and [[River Mite]], the engine has a narrow gauge outline, similar to that on [[River Irt]]. The engine was commisioned at the R&ER centenery of passenger services in 1976 and was funded by Northern Rock, the building society after which it is named. <br />
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The design has proved to be very reliable, and there have been two near-identical locomotives, named ''Northern Rock II'' and ''Cumbria'' constructed for a tourist railway in Japan.<br />
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The engine's livery is Highland Railway Muscat Green, lined in red, white and dark green. <br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Shelagh of Eskdale<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 4-6-4<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1881<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || David Curwen<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Severn-Lamb<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 17' 7"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Two-Tone Green<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Traffic<br />
|}<br />
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Incorporating the crankwebs and sliding centre-axle of the Heywood locomotive, Ella, Shelagh of Eskdale was constructed in 1969 by Severn-Lamb of Stratford-on-Avon. Construction began in 1955 when Heathcotes of Cleator Moor built the chassis. As the railway's future was in doubt at the time, the diesel was not completed, despite the fact that both [[Quarryman]] and the [[Perkins|Passenger Tractor]] were ageing and wearing.<br />
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Ella was built in 1881 by Sir Arthur Heywood for use on his Duffield Bank Railway. When he died, it, along with [[River Irt|Muriel]] went to the Gretna Munitions Factory and then came to Ravenglass. It was in use on granite trains for several years until it was decided to convert it into an internal combustion locomotive, creating ICL No. 2 in 1927. This ran on petrol and the frames of Ella were extended to add pony trucks at both ends, and a teak hut like the one on[[ICL No. 1]] was fitted on top. A Lancheser Model 38 touring car chassis was mounted on the frames, and the engine and gearbox were retained, and the teak hut was constructed on the top of this.<br />
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ICL No. 2 was reasonably fast and could haul fairly heavy loads - a good investment for the company. In 1928, however, she collided with ICL No. 1, and the frame was distorted. In the spring of the following year, she pushed a big-end through the crank case. Finding spare parts was nearly impossible, and so was quickly retired once the standard gauge line to Murthwaite was constructed.<br />
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When the new company took over in 1960, the frames were still lying at Murthwaite, and they sent the chassis to Severn-Lamb to be completed, where David Curwen designed a twin-cab diesel with a Ford 4D engine and Linde Hydrostatic transmission, creating a Diesel Hydraulic locomotive. These were upgraded in 1975 with a Perkins 6/354 engine, and replaced altogether in 1998, when it gained a Ford industrial engine with Spicer Compact Shuttle transmission, making it a Diesel Mechanical engine. <br />
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She visited both the Liverpool and Gateshead Garden Festivals, and pulled the Royal Train at the former, and now carries a plaque commemorating this. The engine carries a two-tone green livery and is a general user engine.<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Douglas Ferreira<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || B-B<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 2005<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || TMA Engineering<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 20' 2.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Indian Red<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Traffic<br />
|}<br />
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In July 2004, the R&ER Preservation Society placed an order with TMA Engineering of Birmingham for a new diesel locomotive, which was to be funded by the Society. It was delivered the following year and named after the recently-deceased former General Manager.<br />
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It is a Diesel Hydraulic locomotive, with a Perkins 4 cylinder turbocharged engine, which is more compact yet even more powerful than that on [[Lady Wakefield]], and is essentially a development of the quarter-century elder loco.<br />
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The engine has already proved to be a great success and quite revolutionary. It has been in daily service since its commissioning and is easy to operate, service and maintain.<br />
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It is leased by the society to the company, carries a Furness Railway Indian Red livery.<br />
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<div>The current railway-staff listing of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is as follows:<br />
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*Ian Birch - Driver, [[River Mite]]; Tracklayer (2004-)<br />
*David Clay - Engineer; Driver, [[Synolda]] (Retiring at end of season)<br />
*Ron Clarke - Relief Driver (1979-2003; 2004; 2007) <br />
*Martin Cookman - Duty Controller; Relief Driver; Tracklayer (2003-)<br />
*Neil Dickinson - Track Foreman; Relief Driver; Relief Controller (1990-)<br />
*Steve Hallett - Driver, [[Northern Rock]]; Health & Safety Officer; Relief Controller; Tracklayer<br />
*David Jenner - Stations Manager<br />
*Graeme King - Engineer<br />
*Chris Little - Driver, [[Douglas Ferreira]]; Painter; General Staff<br />
*David Moseley - Relief Driver; Relief Controller (2007-)<br />
*Andrew Naylor - Guard; Shunter; Tracklayer (Seasonal Staff) (2005-)<br />
*Richard Rothery - Joiner; Builder<br />
*George Staniforth - Driver, [[River Irt]]; Builder (1970-)<br />
*Trevor Stockton - General Manager; Relief Driver; Relief Controller (1973-)<br />
*Paul Turnill - Chief Mechanical Engineer (1999-)<br />
*Martin Willey - Relief Driver; Carriage Engineer (1970-)<br />
*Peter van Zeller - Driver, [[River Esk]]; Painter (1970-)<br />
*Jack - General Manager (of the Canine variety!)<br />
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==Former Staff==<br />
*David Taylor - Relief Driver; Relief Controller/Duty Controller; Relief Driver/Booking Office Staff (1996-2006)<br />
*Richard Smith - Driver, [[River Mite]] (2003-2004)<br />
*Ron Clarke - Driver, [[River Mite]] (1979-2003; 2004)<br />
*Glyn Wells - Track Foreman/Driver, [[River Mite]]<br />
*Geoff Holland - Driver, [[River Mite]] (1978)<br />
*Richard Benstead - Driver, [[River Mite]] (1969-1974)<br />
*Graham Withers - Driver, [[River Mite]]/Duty Controller (1964-2003)<br />
*Ian Smith - Chief Mechanical Engineer (1971-1999)<br />
*John McCullagh - Stations Manager (1973-1995)<br />
*Douglas Ferreira - General Manager; Diesel Driver (1961-1994)<br />
*Steve Wood - General Manager; Diesel Driver (1994-2000)<br />
*Dick Long - Driver, [[River Esk]]/Diesel Driver (1921-1966)<br />
*Dick Nicholson - Driver, [[River Irt]] (1929-1971)<br />
*Tom Jones - Chief Mechanical Engineer (1925-1971)<br />
*John Horton - Engineer; Driver, [[Perkins|Passenger Tractor]] (1964)<br />
*Cyril Holland - Driver, [[River Esk]] (1922-1953 & 1961-1988)<br />
*George Myers - Guard (1964)<br />
*Billy Bell - Driver, [[Quarryman]]; Platelayer (1922-196x)<br />
*David Bell - Guard (1955-1964)<br />
*Blly Wilson - Joiner (1964)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/StaffStaff2007-03-29T21:34:48Z<p>Admin: </p>
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<div>The current railway-staff listing of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is as follows:<br />
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*Ian Birch - Driver, [[River Mite]]; Tracklayer (2004-)<br />
*David Clay - Engineer (Retiring at end of season) <br />
*Martin Cookman - Duty Controller; Relief Driver; Tracklayer (2003-)<br />
*Neil Dickinson - Track Foreman; Relief Driver; Relief Controller (1990-)<br />
*Steve Hallett - Driver, [[Northern Rock]]; Health & Safety Officer; Trainee Controller; Tracklayer<br />
*David Jenner - Stations Manager<br />
*Graeme King - Engineer<br />
*Chris Little - Driver, [[Douglas Ferreira]]; Painter; General Staff<br />
*Andrew Naylor - Guard; Shunter; Tracklayer (Seasonal Staff) (2005-)<br />
*Richard Rothery - Joiner; Builder<br />
*George Staniforth - Driver, [[River Irt]]; Builder (1970-)<br />
*Trevor Stockton - General Manager; Relief Driver; Relief Controller (1973-)<br />
*Paul Turnill - Chief Mechanical Engineer (1999-)<br />
*Martin Willey - Relief Driver; Carriage Engineer (1970-)<br />
*Peter van Zeller - Driver, [[River Esk]]; Painter (1970-)<br />
*Jack - General Manager (of the Canine variety!)<br />
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==Former Staff==<br />
*David Taylor - Relief Driver; Relief Controller/Duty Controller; Relief Driver/Booking Office Staff (1996-2006)<br />
*Richard Smith - Driver, [[River Mite]] (2003-2004)<br />
*Ron Clarke - Driver, [[River Mite]] (1979-2003)<br />
*Glyn Wells - Track Foreman/Driver, [[River Mite]]<br />
*Geoff Holland - Driver, [[River Mite]] (1978)<br />
*Richard Benstead - Driver, [[River Mite]] (1969-1974)<br />
*Graham Withers - Driver, [[River Mite]]/Duty Controller (1964-2003)<br />
*Ian Smith - Chief Mechanical Engineer (1971-1999)<br />
*John McCullagh - Stations Manager (1973-1995)<br />
*Douglas Ferreira - General Manager; Diesel Driver (1961-1994)<br />
*Steve Wood - General Manager; Diesel Driver (1994-200x)<br />
*Dick Long - Driver, [[River Esk]]/Diesel Driver (1921-1966)<br />
*Dick Nicholson - Driver, [[River Irt]] (1929-1971)<br />
*Tom Jones - Chief Mechanical Engineer (1925-1971)<br />
*John Horton - Engineer; Driver, [[Perkins|Passenger Tractor]] (1964)<br />
*Cyril Holland - Driver, [[River Esk]] (1922-1953 & 1961-1988)<br />
*George Myers - Guard (1964)<br />
*Billy Bell - Driver, [[Quarryman]]; Platelayer (1922-196x)<br />
*David Bell - Guard (1955-1964)<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon U - The Emergency & Utilities Van<br />
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|'''Type''' || Emergency Van<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1993<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Murthwaite Locomotive Group<br />
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|'''Length''' || 18' 0"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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The red emergencies and utilities van is used on permanent way trains as a mobile mess room. It houses generators and equipment for use when trackwork is being conducted. It is currently in use on the p-way train hauled by [[Perkins]], replacing [[V|Wagon V]], the Yellow Van, which has now been scrapped.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2006-12-14T21:22:46Z<p>Admin: /* Departmental Stock Fleet */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
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Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
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The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
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In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
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The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
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==Stock List==<br />
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===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
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*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
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*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
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===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
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*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
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*[[Scooters]]<br />
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===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
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*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
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*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
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===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
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*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
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The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
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===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2006-11-23T21:52:00Z<p>Admin: /* Departmental Stock Fleet */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]]. [[102]] is also being used as a mess coach for Track Week.<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/River_EskRiver Esk2006-11-23T21:50:48Z<p>Admin: </p>
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{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; width:25em;"<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:070806_017.jpg|328px|River Esk]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | River Esk<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 2-8-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1923<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Henry Greenly<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Davey Paxman & Co.<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 22' 11"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Blackberry Black<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Dismantled after axle attention and work on tender.<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
River Esk was designed by Henry Greenly as a 2-8-2 tender engine, and built by Davey, Paxman Ltd. in 1923. It was capable of hauling the heavy granite trains from the quarry at [[Beckfoot]] to the crushing plant at [[Murthwaite]].<br />
<br />
The engine has a miniature 1/3 scale outline, gives full protection to the driver while still looking smart on passenger trains. The original valve gear was fitted in Colchester by the builders, with their Lentz poppet vales, however, these gave problems, but these were sorted by the addition of Walschaerts valve gear in 1928, by the Yorkshire Engine Co. They also fitted a 0-8-0 steam chassis under the tender, with their Poultney system, and this was supposed to supply extra power on the granite trains, but was unneeded and removed in 1931. A new tender was added in 1970, and up until then, the original tender had been raised off the old bogies.<br />
<br />
Between 1940 and 1952, the engine was out of service, thanks to the need of a new firebox which required fitting, but the boiler shell from 1923 lasted in use until 1982. In 1986, it was awarded the Premier Award for Technological Innovation by British Coal.<br />
<br />
The current livery of the engine is LNWR blackberry black, with red and black lining, and its usual driver is Peter van Zeller.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Steam Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/1051052006-11-23T21:49:29Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:090906_047.jpg|328px|Coach 105]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | The Mess Coach - Wagon 105<br />
|-<br />
|'''Type''' || Mess Coach<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1971<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Edmund Crow<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 1.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Seats''' || 16<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Traffic<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
105 is the mess coach that was built by Crow in 1971 as a regular saloon coach. It is currently in service as the permanent way department's mobile mess facility until a new coach to replace [[V|The Yellow Van]] has been constructed, when it will be converted into a Disabled Saloon coach.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2006-11-23T21:48:15Z<p>Admin: </p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, [[187]] & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/1871872006-11-23T21:47:28Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:280706_015.jpg|328px|Coach 187]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | 187<br />
|-<br />
|'''Type''' || Open<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1987<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 0"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Seats''' || 20<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Scrapped.<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
The first open bogie coach built by the railway in 1987, 187 was withdrawn from traffic in 2001 and spent five years in the carriage shed until it was dismantled in late 2006, and its frames are to be scrapped.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/1051052006-11-06T23:11:01Z<p>Admin: </p>
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{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; width:25em;"<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:090906_047.jpg|328px|Coach 105]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | The Mess Coach - Wagon 105<br />
|-<br />
|'''Type''' || Mess Coach<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1971<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Edmund Crow<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 1.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Seats''' || 16<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Traffic<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
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105 is a Saloon coach that was built by Crow in 1971. It is currently in service as the permanent way department's mobile mess facility.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/1101102006-11-06T23:10:39Z<p>Admin: </p>
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | 110<br />
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|'''Type''' || Saloon<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1970<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Edmund Crow<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 1.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Seats''' || 20<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Service <br />
|}<br />
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110 is a Saloon coach that was built by Crow in 1970. It also has heating facilities. It has recently returned to traffic following a derailment in Mill Wood in July.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2006-11-06T17:50:30Z<p>Admin: /* Rolling Stock of the Past */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, 187 & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Open Wagons]]'''. Wagons C and G.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/1661662006-11-06T17:45:16Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:230906_038.jpg|328px|Coach 166]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | 166<br />
|-<br />
|'''Type''' || Open<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1966<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Myers and Bowman<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 3.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Seats''' || 20<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Undergoing painting<br />
|}<br />
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166 is an open coach that was built in 1966 by Myers and Bowman as a steel-framed prototype open coach, to replace the 1930s and 1950s coaches, made entirely of wood.<br />
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It is now rebuilt afer being stripped down to the bare metal in the joinery workshop at Ravenglass. This coach was notable as its left-hand side was not boarded up, and the seats were more like benches than the traditional seats on all other coaches. It is now similar to coaches such as [[170]].</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/1661662006-11-06T17:44:26Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:230906_038.jpg|328px|Coach 166]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | 166<br />
|-<br />
|'''Type''' || Open<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1966<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Myers and Bowman<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 3.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Seats''' || 20<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Undergoing painting<br />
|}<br />
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166 is an open coach that was built in 1966 by Myers and Bowman as a steel-framed prototype open coach, to replace the 1930s and 1950s coaches, made entirely of wood.<br />
<br />
Currently, it can be found at the back of Carriage Shed Road 1, rebuilt afer being stripped down to the bare metal in the joinery workshop at Ravenglass. This coach was notable as its left-hand side was not boarded up, and the seats were more like benches than the traditional seats on all other coaches. It is now similar to coaches such as [[170]].</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/River_EskRiver Esk2006-11-06T17:43:50Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:070806_017.jpg|328px|River Esk]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | River Esk<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 2-8-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1923<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Henry Greenly<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Davey Paxman & Co.<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 22' 11"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Blackberry Black<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Out of Service with Axle problems<br />
|}<br />
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River Esk was designed by Henry Greenly as a 2-8-2 tender engine, and built by Davey, Paxman Ltd. in 1923. It was capable of hauling the heavy granite trains from the quarry at [[Beckfoot]] to the crushing plant at [[Murthwaite]].<br />
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The engine has a miniature 1/3 scale outline, gives full protection to the driver while still looking smart on passenger trains. The original valve gear was fitted in Colchester by the builders, with their Lentz poppet vales, however, these gave problems, but these were sorted by the addition of Walschaerts valve gear in 1928, by the Yorkshire Engine Co. They also fitted a 0-8-0 steam chassis under the tender, with their Poultney system, and this was supposed to supply extra power on the granite trains, but was unneeded and removed in 1931. A new tender was added in 1970, and up until then, the original tender had been raised off the old bogies.<br />
<br />
Between 1940 and 1952, the engine was out of service, thanks to the need of a new firebox which required fitting, but the boiler shell from 1923 lasted in use until 1982. In 1986, it was awarded the Premier Award for Technological Innovation by British Coal.<br />
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The current livery of the engine is LNWR blackberry black, with red and black lining, and its usual driver is Peter van Zeller.<br />
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[[Category:Steam Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/PerkinsPerkins2006-11-06T17:43:14Z<p>Admin: </p>
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Perkins<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 0-4-4<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1929<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Muir-Hill<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Muir-Hill<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 13' 1"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Yellow<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Service<br />
|}<br />
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Perkins arrived along with NG 41 as NG 39 in 1929, as a follow-up to [[Quarryman]], the original quarry tractor. In 1931 it was given a rear stabilising bogie and a body of mock-steam outline, to make it look more attractive on passenger trains.<br />
<br />
Named the "Passenger Tractor", in this guise it worked alongside the steam engines for many years, until, in 1975, its Fordson petrol engine was replaced with a Perkins P6 diesel engine, giving it a grill instead of its fake smokebox. During this time, it retained its nickname "Pretender".<br />
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In 1984, it was rebuilt again, and a modern diesel outline replaced the fake steam body. The following year it was named Perkins and has since been used mainly as the permanent way stalwart but also for shunting and relief passenger duties.<br />
<br />
Its livery is bright Yellow with black lining.<br />
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[[Category:ICL Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/VV2006-11-06T17:42:28Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:260806_016.jpg|328px|The Yellow Van]]<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | <br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon V - The Mess & Riding Van<br />
|-<br />
|'''Type''' || Mess Van<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1981<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 1.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Scrapped<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
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The yellow mess & riding van was used by the permanent way department whenever they were relaying ballast or working on the track up the line as part of the p-way trains, usually hauled by [[Perkins]]. However, it was withdrawn in September 2006, after a derailment at The Green in May and was dismantled and burnt on Ravenglass village bonfire in November. Its headstocks and bogies have been salvaged.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2006-11-06T17:39:32Z<p>Admin: /* Departmental Stock Fleet */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Permanent Way Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, 187 & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/1051052006-11-06T17:38:26Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:090906_047.jpg|328px|Coach 105]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | The Mess Coach - Wagon 105<br />
|-<br />
|'''Type''' || Mess Coach<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1971<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Edmund Crow<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 23' 1.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Seats''' || 20<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In Traffic<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
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105 is a Saloon coach that was built by Crow in 1971. It is currently in service as the permanent way department's mobile mess facility.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2006-11-06T17:37:11Z<p>Admin: </p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated its 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Red Permanent Way (formerly Emergency) Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
*'''The Mess Coach''' - [[105]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, 187 & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Bonnie_DundeeBonnie Dundee2006-11-01T18:10:11Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:100606_004.jpg|328px|Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Bonnie Dundee<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 0-4-2<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1900<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Dugald Drummond<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Kerr Stuart & Co.<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 18' 0"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Bronze Green<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Available for static display, unservicable<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
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Bonnie Dundee is a 0-4-2 tender engine that was desgined by Dugald Drummond and built by Kerr Stuart in 1900 for Dundee Gas Works, and it worked there until 1959. It was a 2' gauge locomotive until it arrived at the Ratty.<br />
<br />
Ian Fraser, a friend of the railway, preserved the engine when the works closed and presented it to the line in 1976. In 1982, it emerged from the workshops with 15" gauge wheels and with tanks from the Heywood engine [[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]. It also had an enclosed cab and an added pony truck at the rear. The original well tanks, however, were retained.<br />
<br />
The smaller boiler fitted to the engine limits the amount of coaches on its trains, and in 1996 it was converted into a tender engine, and had outside Southern valve gear added to replace the former interior ones. The engine is economical for the lighter winter trains.<br />
<br />
The locomotive is currently out of service, needing a new boiler. It is unlikely that it will ever steam again. The engine has a North British Railway Bronze Green livery, with black, yellow and red lining. Its usual driver was Martin Willey.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Steam Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Lady_WakefieldLady Wakefield2006-11-01T18:09:13Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:RnER280305_010.jpg|328px|Lady Wakefield]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Lady Wakefield<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || B-B<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1980<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || Ian Smith<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 17' 2.5"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Mock-DRS Blue<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || Dismantled and recieving overhaul<br />
|}<br />
</div><br />
<br />
Lady Wakefield, colloquially known as Doris, was designed by Ian Smith and built at Ravenglass works with a Perkins 6/354 engine, identical to that which was in [[Shelagh of Eskdale]] at the time. The engine also has a Twin Disc gearbox and driveshafts to each bogie, along with chain-coupled wheels.<br />
<br />
The design is that of an American hooded locomotive, so as to give the driver good all-round vision. The engine is also a very smooth rider, thanks to its secondary suspension and shock absorbers.<br />
<br />
Shortly after commissioning in August 1980, the engine went to Romney to prove diesel traction on the RH&DR. It became the basis for their two diesel engines, John Southland and Captain Howey. While at Romney, it showed that a single diesel locomotive was capable of pulling the heavy sixteen coach school train.<br />
<br />
The engine was also used as the template for the 12.5" gauge diesel, Lady of the Lakes, for the Ruislip Lido Railway, which was constructed at Ravenglass. <br />
<br />
The engine's livery is mock-DRS blue with yellow ends and turquoise stripes, similar to that seen on the main line at Ravenglass, on DRS Class 20 diesels. It is currently dismantled in the workshops at Ravenglass, undergoing a full mechanical overhaul.<br />
<br />
[[Category:ICL Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/Main_PageMain Page2006-10-30T22:56:33Z<p>Admin: /* Rolling Stock of the Past */</p>
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<div>The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway is a 15 inch gauge railway located entirely in the Lake District National Park, in Cumbria, a county in the United Kingdom. The line is famous for once being the smallest public railway in the world, and a popular Lakeland tourist attraction, travelling from the Roman port of [[Ravenglass]], around the base of Muncaster Fell, through the village of Eskdale Green to [[Dalegarth]], near the village of Boot.<br />
<br />
Steam engines haul trains for the majority of the year, and only January is considered to be a "closed" month. During [[Yellow Timetable|high summer]], there can be as many as sixteen trains a day in each direction, with seven or eight coaches on each train, capable of carrying many passengers to the heart of the Lake District.<br />
<br />
The Line was built in 1875 to 3 foot gauge, but was closed in the 1910s. W.J. Bassett-Lowke found the line and decided to re-open it as a tourist attraction, to the 15 inch gauge that he pioneered, and from 1915, trains have never ceased running, except during the second world war.<br />
<br />
In 2000, the railway celebrated it's 125th anniversary with [[Ratty 125]], and the following year, 125 years since the first passenger train was celebrated. <br />
<br />
The Railway and its assets are owned and staffed by the R&ER Co. Ltd., but two locomotives and the majority of the workforce is provided by the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Ltd, which was formed in 1960 to save the railway when it was put up for auction.<br />
<br />
==Stock List==<br />
<br />
===The Current Locomotive Fleet===<br />
<br />
*[[River Irt]]<br />
*[[River Esk]]<br />
*[[River Mite]] II<br />
*[[Northern Rock]]<br />
*[[Bonnie Dundee]]<br />
*[[Synolda]]<br />
*[[Flower of the Forest]]<br />
*[[Katie]]<br />
<br />
*[[ICL No. 1]]<br />
*[[Quarryman]]<br />
*[[Perkins]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale]]<br />
*[[Lady Wakefield]]<br />
*[[Greenbat]]<br />
*[[Cyril]]<br />
*[[Blacolvesley]]<br />
*[[Les]]<br />
*[[Douglas Ferreira]]<br />
<br />
===Locomotives of the Past===<br />
<br />
*[[Sans Pareil]]<br />
*[[Colossus]]<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|Ella]]<br />
*[[River Irt|Muriel]]<br />
*[[Sir Aubrey Brocklebank]]<br />
*[[River Mite I]]<br />
<br />
*[[Shelagh of Eskdale|ICL No. 2]]<br />
*[[Quarryman|NG 41]]<br />
*[[Royal Anchor]]<br />
*[[Silver Jubilee Railcar]]<br />
<br />
*[[Scooters]]<br />
<br />
===Coaching Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''Open bogie coaches''' - [[166]], [[169]], [[269]], [[369]], [[469]], [[170]], [[270]] and [[370]]. <br />
*'''Open/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[271]], [[371]], [[287]] and [[199]].<br />
*'''Semi-open bogie coaches''' - [[101]], [[108]], [[109]], [[116]], [[117]], [[124]], [[125]] and [[126]].<br />
*'''Semi-open/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[127]], [[128]] and [[129]].<br />
*'''Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[102]], [[105]], [[106]], [[107]], [[110]], [[111]], [[113]], [[114]], [[115]], [[119]], [[121]], [[122]] and [[136]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Disabled bogie coaches''' - [[118]], [[123]] and [[137]].<br />
*'''Saloon/Guard bogie coaches''' - [[103]], [[104]], [[112]] and [[120]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon bogie coaches''' - [[131]], [[132]], [[134]] and [[135]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Guard bogie coach''' - [[133]].<br />
*'''Maxi Saloon/Bar bogie coach''' - [[130]].<br />
<br />
*'''Bassett-Lowke 4-wheel open coach''' - [[10]].<br />
*'''Dawson 4-wheel semi-open coach''' - [[32]].<br />
*'''Teak open bogie coach''' - [[627]]. <br />
<br />
===Departmental Stock Fleet===<br />
<br />
*'''4-wheel Flat Wagons''' - [[B]], [[D]], [[E]], [[F]], [[H]], [[J]], [[L]], [[M]] and [[N]]. Wagons [[A]] and [[K]] are currently not in traffic.<br />
*'''The Rail Bender''' - [[I]].<br />
*'''The Santa Sleigh''' - [[S]].<br />
*'''The Water-carrying Tank Wagon''' - [[T]].<br />
*'''The Red Permanent Way (formerly Emergency) Van''' - [[U]].<br />
*'''Anita, the Flail Mower''' - [[Anita]].<br />
*'''The Man Rider''' - [[X]].<br />
*'''The Bogie Flat Wagon''' - [[W]].<br />
<br />
*[[The Stores Van]]<br />
*[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]<br />
*[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]<br />
<br />
The engineering workshops have [[Workshop Wagons|four wagons]] - a boiler flat, a flat wagon, a diesel engine overhaul frame and a hydraulic wheel press frame.<br />
<br />
===Rolling Stock of the Past===<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Jaywick Coaches]]''' - 101, 102 & 103.<br />
*'''[[The Teaks]]'''. 1-6/27, 1-4/32, 1-4/33, 1-2/34, 1-2/35, 1-9/post war. <br />
*'''[[The Bassett-Lowke four-wheelers]]'''. 1-13.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Saloons]]'''. 5 saloons, one differing from the others.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Opens]]'''. 4 open bogie coaches.<br />
*'''[[The Locally-built four-wheelers]]'''. 6 4-wheel opens, getting roofs in the 1960s.<br />
*'''[[The Dining Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Sleeping Car]]'''. Became a Heywood saloon.<br />
*'''[[The Luggage Van]]'''. Bogie, one of the original stock items.<br />
*'''[[The Glass Coach]]'''. Saloon from the Sand Hutton Railway.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie-Opens]]'''. [[X|171]], 186, 187 & [[W|287]]. (Last three were the Golden Opens).<br />
<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Open Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Bogie Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Wilkinson Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Tippler Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Bogie Granite Hopper Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood-type Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Murthwaite-built Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Hudson Tipping Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Theakston Open Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Dynamometer Car]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Heywood Special Wagons]]'''.<br />
*'''[[The Brocklebank Tipping Wagon]]'''.<br />
*'''[[V|The Yellow (Mess) Van]]'''.<br />
<br />
==The Route==<br />
<br />
*'''[[Ravenglass]]''' (0 miles)<br />
*Raven Villa (1/4 miles)<br />
*Barrow Marsh (1/2 - 1 mile)<br />
*Black Bridge (1 mile)<br />
*'''[[Muncaster Mill]]''' (1 1/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Race (1 3/8 miles)<br />
*Mill Wood (1 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Miteside]]''' (1 5/8 miles)<br />
*Miteside Loop (1 3/4 miles)<br />
*Katie Caddy (2 miles)<br />
*Wet Cutting (2 1/8 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Ground Frame (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*Murthwaite Oak (2 1/2 miles)<br />
*'''[[Murthwaite]]''' (2 3/4 miles)<br />
*Horsefalls (3 miles)<br />
*Rock Point (3 1/4 miles)<br />
*Walk Mill Summit (3 1/2 miles)<br />
*Tom's Crossing (3 3/4 miles)<br />
*Black Bridge (3 7/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Irton Road]]''' (4 - 4 1/4 miles)<br />
*Long Yocking (4 1/2 miles)<br />
*The Chicken Run (4 5/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[The Green]]''' (4 3/4 miles)<br />
*Hollin How Bank (4 7/8 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Crossing (5 1/4 miles)<br />
*Fisherground Loop (5 3/8 miles)<br />
*'''[[Fisherground]]''' (5 1/2 miles)<br />
*Spout House Curve (5 3/4 miles)<br />
*Little Cutting (5 7/8 miles)<br />
*Gilbert's Cutting (6 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Smithy (6 1/8 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Quarry (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*Big Stone (6 1/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Beckfoot]]''' (6 1/2 miles)<br />
*Beckfoot Bank (6 5/8 miles)<br />
*Dalegarth Cottages (6 3/4 miles)<br />
*'''[[Dalegarth]]''' (6 7/8 miles)</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/CyrilCyril2006-10-30T22:52:44Z<p>Admin: </p>
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{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; width:25em;"<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:Cyril.jpg|328px|Cyril]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Cyril<br />
|-<br />
|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 0-4-0<br />
|-<br />
|'''Year of Origin''' || 1932<br />
|-<br />
|'''Designer''' || R.A. Lister<br />
|-<br />
|'''Builder''' || R.A. Lister<br />
|-<br />
|'''Length''' || 7' 8"<br />
|-<br />
|'''Livery''' || Dark Green<br />
|-<br />
|'''Status''' || In the process of being reassembled<br />
|}<br />
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Named after former company employee, Cyril Holland, Cyril is owned by the Murthwaite Locomotive Group, formerly named "Shabtrak", and is one of many industrial narrow gauge diesels built by R.A. Listers. It was used on a Peat Bog railway not far from Manchester and first preserved at the Moseley Industrial Narrow Gauge Museum, in Stockport, in its original form of an open sided cab and on 2' gauge.<br />
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When the engine arrived on the Ratty in 1985, the volunteers of "Shabtrak" used parts from another Lister locomotive and a 2 cylinder 12 horsepower Lister engine to rebuild it to 15" gauge, and fitte a new cab and bonnet, in the style of a Lister Blackstone RM2.<br />
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The engine now has full electrics, radio and air brake systems for working light passenger trains in emergencies, and in 1989 was re-engined with a 20 h.p. Lister engine to improve performance.<br />
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The livery of the loco will be unlined Lister green once again as it has recently arrived from being away getting a new body fitted by a friend of the railway.<br />
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[[Category:ICL Locomotives]]</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/File:Cyril.jpgFile:Cyril.jpg2006-10-30T22:52:38Z<p>Admin: </p>
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon X - The Man Rider<br />
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|'''Type''' || Man Rider<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || Bogie<br />
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|'''Year of Origin''' || 2000<br />
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|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
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|'''Length''' || 16' 0"<br />
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|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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The man rider, originally coach 171, built in 1971, was converted by the workshops at Ravenglass into a permanent way vehicle capable of carrying loads and up to four persons in 2000. It is in use on p-way trains.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/File:WgnX.jpgFile:WgnX.jpg2006-10-30T22:51:52Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:WgnH.jpg|328px|Wagon H]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon H - Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Type''' || Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 4-wheel<br />
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|'''Year of Origin''' || 1994<br />
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|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
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|'''Length''' || 9' 11"<br />
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|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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This is one of the ten flat wagons currently in service with the permanent way department.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/File:WgnH.jpgFile:WgnH.jpg2006-10-30T22:49:59Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:WgnF.jpg|328px|Wagon F]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon F - Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Type''' || Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 4-wheel<br />
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|'''Year of Origin''' || 1993<br />
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|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
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|'''Length''' || 8' 7"<br />
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|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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This is one of the ten flat wagons currently in service with the permanent way department.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/File:WgnF.jpgFile:WgnF.jpg2006-10-30T22:47:34Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:WgnE.jpg|328px|Wagon E]]<br />
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | <br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon E - Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Type''' || Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 4-wheel<br />
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|'''Year of Origin''' || 1993<br />
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|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
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|'''Length''' || 10' 2"<br />
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|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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This is one of the ten flat wagons currently in service with the permanent way department.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/BB2006-10-30T22:45:42Z<p>Admin: </p>
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{| class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em; width:25em;"<br />
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:WgnB.jpg|328px|Wagon B]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon B - Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Type''' || Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 4-wheel<br />
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|'''Year of Origin''' || 1994<br />
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|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
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|'''Length''' || 10' 2"<br />
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|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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This is one of the ten flat wagons currently in service with the permanent way department.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/NN2006-10-30T22:43:02Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:WgnN.jpg|328px|Wagon N]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon N - Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Type''' || Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 4-wheel<br />
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|'''Year of Origin''' || 1996<br />
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|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
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|'''Length''' || 10' 1"<br />
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|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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This is one of the ten flat wagons currently in service with the permanent way department.</div>Adminhttp://72.14.177.54/ratty/File:WgnN.jpgFile:WgnN.jpg2006-10-30T22:42:51Z<p>Admin: </p>
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|colspan=2 style="text-align:center;" | [[Image:WgnM.jpg|328px|Wagon M]]<br />
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!colspan=2 style="text-align:center; font-size: larger; background-color:#272727; color:#fff;" | Wagon M - Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Type''' || Flat Wagon<br />
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|'''Wheel Arrangement''' || 4-wheel<br />
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|'''Year of Origin''' || 1996<br />
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|'''Builder''' || Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway<br />
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|'''Length''' || 10' 0"<br />
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|'''Status''' || In service<br />
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This is one of the ten flat wagons currently in service with the permanent way department.</div>Admin