Dudley Zoo railway - regauging query

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Dudley Zoo railway - regauging query
Topic Started: 23 Jun 2009, 11:40 PM (298 Views)
john new	23 Jun 2009, 11:40 PM Post #1
Porter Posts: 47 Group: Member Member #332 Joined: November 25, 2007	With the fantastic assistance of fellow readers of this and one other forum I have collated a history of three locomotive survivors of which photographs were collected by the late SLS Member, Stanford Jacobs. (That story is covered elsewhere.) The common thread discovered unexpectedly (as two are 10 1/4 inch gauge the other 15 inch gauge) is that all three ran at Dudley Zoo, at some time between their construction date and arriving at their current homes. So a new question - Is there a good history of the Dudley Zoo Railway on-line anywhere a reader can recommend which I can add a link to from the relevant pages of info' about the locomotives?
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AJcoulls	24 Jun 2009, 08:38 PM Post #2
Operations Manager Posts: 706 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #52 Joined: October 24, 2006	I don't knowof one John, but there was an excellent article in a back issue of the Narrow Gauge News in the late 1990s if I recall rightly.
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colinpeake	24 Jun 2009, 08:59 PM Post #3
MRW Digest Editor Posts: 1,659 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #6 Joined: August 15, 2006	'Trevor Guest and the Dudley Zoo Railway' by Dave Holroyde appeared in The Narrow Gauge issue 158, Autumn 1997. Colin
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john new	25 Jun 2009, 11:38 AM Post #4
Porter Posts: 47 Group: Member Member #332 Joined: November 25, 2007	Thanks chaps. I will try to track down a copy of the mentioned mag as it isn't one I have back copies of. AJ - glad to see you using the avatar photo of the SLS engine Orion by the way.
	John V Chair & Webmaster Wessex Assoc' Mod' Rly' Clubs. http://www.wamrc-railway-modellers.org.uk/ \| Web & Publicity Officer for Stephenson Locomotive Soc. - http://www.stephensonloco.org.uk \| York Model Rly Show - http://www.yorkshow.org.uk \| Waggonway Research Circle http://www.waggonways.fsnet.co.uk


Nick Tozer	25 Jun 2009, 01:47 PM Post #5
Chief Engineer Posts: 363 Group: Member Member #88 Joined: January 30, 2007	John You might like to see my advert in the For Sale/Sell etc section Nick



AJcoulls	26 Jun 2009, 11:53 AM Post #6
Operations Manager Posts: 706 Group: MRMT Trustees Member #52 Joined: October 24, 2006	Thanks John, it's me driving the engine in October 2006 for the Heywood Society visit, with the late lamented Robin Butterell in the background. Lovely! Cheers Anthony
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