Lappa Valley Railways - 15", 10.25" and 7.25" pics

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Lappa Valley Railways - 15", 10.25" and 7.25" pics
Topic Started: 8 Jul 2008, 09:19 PM (1,369 Views)
Timbo	8 Jul 2008, 09:19 PM Post #1
Timbo Posts: 1,371 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	Photos of my visit the other week can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timmydunn/sets/72157606057620759/ Poor old Mardyke APT looks a bit sorry for itself, as does Minirail Gladiator Discussion thread about other lines on my mini-tour here http://s9.zetaboards.com/MRW_Forums/topic/7006961/1/#new Some examples below.
	Tim Dunn MRW Moderator www.bekonscot.com www.meteorite.co.uk


glastonrail	8 Jul 2008, 09:39 PM Post #2
Dommo Posts: 2,374 Group: Member Member #85 Joined: January 7, 2007	Cracking set of pics there, Tim, especially that mug shot of the "Mrs"!! Shows the details of the APT set very well, looking in reasonable condition too, though the exhaust fittings on Duke of Cornwall certainly aren't original!! Odd-looking cab on Muffin - where's the regulator do you know? :huh Cheers, Dom Greenop DMR
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Timbo	8 Jul 2008, 09:50 PM Post #3
Timbo Posts: 1,371 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	No idea where the regulator is! The APT is in awful condition - but no surprise given its age and regular use. It appears to be stored in the tunnel. The set has been bodged about a lot to make the driving car the power car - but the rest of the set can't have much more life in it. Pretty pleased to have tracked down the set and the 125. It does make my (languishing) seven-car Intercity 125 the longest complete DMU set though - now that the APT only has six cars!
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glastonrail	8 Jul 2008, 10:24 PM Post #4
Dommo Posts: 2,374 Group: Member Member #85 Joined: January 7, 2007	Timbo 8 Jul 2008, 09:50 PM It does make my (languishing) seven-car Intercity 125 the longest complete DMU set though - now that the APT only has six cars! Did you tell them this revelation?!?! Hey, you're only increasing the pressure on yourself to get it finished and touring the country, you know!! Dom
	"There's no such thing as sanity, and that's the sanest fact" M. Knopfler, 1985 Dragon Miniature Railway, Stockport http://www.freewebs.com/dragonrailway


ChrisM	9 Jul 2008, 01:11 AM Post #5
Porter Posts: 18 Group: Member Member #120 Joined: April 25, 2007	I think you've just opened a can of worms there, Tim, calling the HST a DMU!!! Good pix though



peterbryant	9 Jul 2008, 12:59 PM Post #6
Director Posts: 2,164 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 14, 2006	Tim, Nice pictures of what looks like a popular setup, plenty of passengers, even if the stock has seen better days. If I was honest not very keen on the coaching stock on the 15" line (who built it?) but Muffins livery is growing on me! Any pics of Zebedee or Pooh? Thanks Peter
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Ron 47	9 Jul 2008, 01:21 PM Post #7
Guard Posts: 108 Group: Member Member #225 Joined: August 21, 2007	Hi Tim that pore old APT was running when i visited the railway in 2000. Ron 47



MuzTrem	9 Jul 2008, 04:27 PM Post #8
Operations Manager Posts: 921 Group: Friends of MRMT Member #65 Joined: December 5, 2006	Nice pics Tim Was that the only APT Mardyke built?



Timbo	9 Jul 2008, 04:52 PM Post #9
Timbo Posts: 1,371 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	It was indeed the only APT they built. In happier days at the Mardyke Valley Railway (the back garden where some of the workshops are): It also ran at the Coalhouse Fort Railway. Found on this site: http://www.apt-p.com/MardykeAPT.htm Yes, another thing I'll be saving up for
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craiggluyas	9 Jul 2008, 04:52 PM Post #10
Director Posts: 2,278 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #46 Joined: October 5, 2006	ChrisM 9 Jul 2008, 01:11 AM I think you've just opened a can of worms there, Tim, calling the HST a DMU!!! Good pix though DEMU to correct you Tim!!! Great pics. Must admit to liking Muffin, having driven Dougal! Whats the spare tender off??? Dom - The regulator is the lever thing in the middle of the boiler at the top, similar to where it is on most locos!! Interestingly just been in discussion with the guy who made the new boilers for the locos. Gladiator could make a nice loco too...... Hmmmm.....
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Johnt5293	9 Jul 2008, 06:10 PM Post #11
Cleaner Posts: 156 Group: Member Member #50 Joined: October 18, 2006	i visited the lappa valley last year. We went away for two weeks, and actually spent almost 2 full days at the railway. its a lovely little set up... The coaches i believe are severn lamb?.. the bogies are almost identical to those used on the cclr ex-longleat coaching stock, and the ex-bushmills coaches. I did have some pictures, but lost them all when my computer went all 'female' and Inexplicably went 'off on one' and deleted the content of my external hard drive which i was using to store all my picys & drawings for my loco!...
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DevilDrummer	9 Jul 2008, 06:36 PM Post #12
Director Posts: 2,055 Group: Member Member #300 Joined: November 2, 2007	glastonrail 8 Jul 2008, 09:39 PM Odd-looking cab on Muffin - where's the regulator do you know? :huh At a guess i'd say the lever protruding from the box on the top of the backhead, which can just be seen in this pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/timmydunn/2649761071/in/set-72157606057620759/
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ChrisM	9 Jul 2008, 06:57 PM Post #13
Porter Posts: 18 Group: Member Member #120 Joined: April 25, 2007	craiggluyas 9 Jul 2008, 04:52 PM ChrisM 9 Jul 2008, 01:11 AM I think you've just opened a can of worms there, Tim, calling the HST a DMU!!! Good pix though DEMU to correct you Tim!!! I was referring to the fact that it's not really a multiple unit, now, is it!? 2 class 43s top and tailing as I see it, would it be a DEMU with 2 47s top and tailing, or an EMU with 2 87s!?!? coat>door>slam



penrose	9 Jul 2008, 07:02 PM Post #14
Manager Posts: 484 Group: Member Member #7 Joined: August 15, 2006	If I remember correctly, the carriages were all built locally on Severn Lamb bogies. Not the comfiest carriages I've ever been on, though the first class carriage is quite nice and a change from the standard ones! I seem to recall someone saying the spare tender was Zebedee's but was/is rarely used....
	Charles O'Mahoney Penrose Light Railway, Cornwall


Timbo	9 Jul 2008, 07:52 PM Post #15
Timbo Posts: 1,371 Group: Moderators Member #53 Joined: October 24, 2006	Perhaps it's full of fuel to enable Gladiator to do a full trip of the line without needing a refill? Makes a sorry comparison to this: (Image from Longleat Rly website) But then from what I heard, the High Speed Miniature Urban Transit Minirail dream isn't over yet! (At least in some heads...) Imagine what a restored Gladiator (to Amber Arrow style) would be like... apart from being a deathtrap, with a generator van in tow or with modern battery technology it would be brilliant. There aren't enough railcars and railbuses on miniature railways, IMHO. Edited by Timbo, 9 Jul 2008, 07:54 PM.
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