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Apedale Valley Light Railway + TRAIN RIDE - Apedale Heritage Centre - Ch...
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Oops, another oc just dropped. Meet Amos, an easy going traction engine who, of course, served in The Great War! Felt like making a little doodle of him in a similar fashion to Dave's first drawing. Amos is a kind and gentle soul. He's always willing to help, even if his occasional clumsiness gets in the way.
Character inspired by the Foden Steam Wagon that participated in the 2014 Tracks to the Trenches event on the Apedale Valley Railway.
Uh that's all I got for now! I've been taking a break from drawing big projects recently but I should return very soon!
#ttte#ttte fanart#thomas the tank engine#thomas and friends#ttte oc#ttte oc: Amos#traction engine#trengine#ww1oc#ww1 au
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World’s worst miners!
With my parents at Apedale this Mother’s Day, as part of our legacy, my grandad having worked at nearby Wolstanton Colliery.
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Ashanti por Nigel
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S9 “Ashanti” Hudswell Clarke 1238 of 1916 is seen on a visit to the West Lancashire Railway on 6th August 2023. The engine normally resides at the Apedale railway.
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OH HELLO!
Yes I know It's been a while but we just love it when LIFE gets in the way.
Anyways, today I'm bringing you NOT JUST ONE but TWO models that I have recently finished. The first being of my Kerr Stuart Joffre.
So a bit about the KS Joffres before we get into my model.
The Kerr Stuart Joffres were ordered by the French Government for use on the War Department Light Railway network. Kerr Stuart built 70 members of this class which looked identical to the French Company's Decauville 0-6-0 Well/Side Tanks.
They were built in three Batches;
Batch 1 (1915) Nos. 2402 – 2416
Batch 2 (1915) Nos. 2428 – 2457
Batch 3 (1916) Nos. 2995 – 3019
After the war most of these locomotives were sold across France and worked on the Various 2ft/600mm gauge railways alongside Baldwins, Alcos, Hunslets and so on.
After the War, Kerr Stuart, with a stock of the parts used on the Joffres, made an identical design called the Haigs, these were essentially the Joffres but with Stove Pipe Chimneys instead of Baloon Spark Arrestor Chimneys and the lack of a Well Tank between the frames.
After a majority of the French Narrow Gauge Railways closed down, a number of Joffres were purchased for A Museum Project at Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry, before this project was moved to the Gloddfa Ganol Slate Quarry complex near Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales. They remained there for some years until the Museum closed down.
Most of the Joffres have been lost or scrapped, however 5 members have been preserved in the UK, all coming from Gloddfa Ganol.
2451 - 'Axe' - Preserved at the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.
2405 - 'Joffre' - Preserved at the West Lancashire Railway.
3014 - Preserved by the Mosely Railway Trust at the Apedale Railway.
2442 - Privately owned in Kent.
3010 - Preserved at the Statfold Barn Railway.
Now onto my little fake history for my Joffre 3020:
Built in 1916 for use overseas in France, Kerr Stuart Works No.3020 was apart of the WDLR Stock commissioned by the French their artillery railways. The Joffre’s bore a similar design to the Decauville built 0-6-0s, so many parts, despite being built by different manufacturers, ended up being used on 3020. 3020 remained in France and found on many different railways.
The Locomotive was going to be called “Le Souvenir” or “Remembrance” but as it was sold to so many different railways, the locomotive never received its intended name. Instead the locomotive was nicknamed “Joffre” or “Joff” which stuck, leading the locomotive to be known as Joffre ever since. In 1945 at the end of the Second World War, Joffre found itself at the bottom of a quarry in the south of France, people claiming to be never seen working again. However, there was hope for the engine.
In 1974, nearly 30 years later, a preservation team went and rescued the engine, before it was moved via road to a dockyard in the north of France. There Joffre met some of its other siblings, and was loaded onto a ferry named “Free Enterprise VII” on the 11th October that same year. 3020 was repatriated to the UK alongside some of it’s siblings and was moved to a museum project at Pen-yr-Orsedd Quarry in North Wales.
Joffre was moved again to Gloddfa Ganol Slate Quarry Museum and was plinthed with a short rake of wagons to look like a quarry train. The locomotive was painted a bright yellow and was known as “The Happy Train by the Gift Shop!” Eventually Gloddfa Ganol closed and the locomotive was put up for sale in 1998. It languished in the quarry while it's siblings were purchased by Railways and private owners. Rust had left holes in the tank and its yellow paint had faded to an off white. It didn't look like the happy train anymore.
Luckily the locomotive was purchased by a private owner and was restored. People questioned why the owner decided to restore the locomotive to its Gloddfa Ganol look, with its bright yellow paint and red lining. The response always being "How often do you see a Yellow Engine in Preservation?"
Joffre goes about visiting railways frequently and has become "the Happy Train" once again.
My Model of the Joffre is one of the Chivers Five79 Joffre Kits, which depicts the locomotive in its Gloddfa Ganol condition. I chose this against 3D printed representations of the model on a number of factors. 1- I prefer this look for the Joffres, I don't know why, but I think it's because I prefer the Stove Pipe Chimneys. And 2- the kit is white metal, meaning I didn't have to add any weight into the body as the kit provided all the weight.
The chassis is from one of the Narrow Gauge 0-6-0s that the company produces. This loco was sent to me by accident when I ordered another loco for a different project. However I realised what I could do with this loco (making the Joffre), so I emailed the shop, told them their mistake and the money difference was sorted.
When the body kit arrived, I had a slight issue. While the motor and chassis are identical, the Kit was designed for the Roco N gauge BR80, not their 009 0-6-0. The worm gear, I think, is mounted lower on the BR80, so I had to try and file away at the worm house casing on the NG 0-6-0 to get the body to sit down correctly. While I was faffing with the chassis. The kit was cleaned in a tub of fairy liquid and water, whiped down and constructed with Loctite Superglue. It was then primed and painted in May layers of Yellow. The front bufferbeam I had to fit to the chassis. So, got get the profile correct I had to file down the front end a lot. Something I also did was I filed down the tops of the cylinders to get the familiar slant of the real life Joffre cylinders. The final thing added to the body before the endless layers of red and yellow paints (why are they the worse colours to paint!) Was the addition of wheel guards. These are mounted to the bottom of the bufferbeams on the real life Joffres, but they weren't included in the kit. So something I did was use bits of cut down 009 gauge rail and glued them in place, which makes a good substitute and is something that was commonly done in the early days of narrow gauge preservation.
The paints I used were revell aqua colour. The Blacks are their matt and gloss types, while the yellow is their Lufthansa-Gelb silk matt yellow. The red bufferbeams were done with Humbrol Gloss 19, my usual preference for bufferbeam red, and the red lining is 0.35mm thick lining from Fox Transfers.
I'm very happy with my Joffre, it stands out amongst my other 009 gauge engines in their reds and greens, and it looks oddly nice at the head of Talyllyn Railway liveried coaches.
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Getting involved with Trackwork at the Apedale Valley Light Railway
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@loopama #progress #progreso #avance #progression #progresso #avancer #advance #ciclos #cicles #future #futurociclista #apedales #ridefutures #ciclismo
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SAVE Chatterley Whitfield www.chatterleywhitfieldfriends.org.uk
#museums#coal#coal board.coal mine#coal mining#chatterley whitfield#stoke#stoke on trent#stoke city#pit#coal pit#mining#apedale#chell#biddulph#hesketh#english heritage
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Chatterley Whitfield - As heard on Radio Stoke
#coal#coal board.coal mine#coal mining#chatterley whitfield#stoke#stoke on trent#stoke city#pit#coal pit#mining#apedale#chell#biddulph#hesketh#english heritage
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Spooky train #halloween #apedale #apedalerailway #apedaleminingmuseum (at Apedale Valley Light Railway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVuv4G1AUlm/?utm_medium=tumblr
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coucil property by midcheshireman
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a 1930 built hudswell clarke narrow gauge 0-6-0t once the property of surrey county council highways dept seen at apedale sidings-- wonder what it was used for during it's working life
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Apedale by b3tarev3 https://flic.kr/p/Tgi9WR
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Two seasons in one day, as I headed out from my home in Butt Lane (birthplace of Reginald Mitchell) to the cross at Talke (1253) in heavy snow.
Soon after Saint Martin’s churchyard (the church was built in 1552) the snow rather unsportingly began to melt, so I could not do the full winter photoshoot I had hoped for when I set off.
I still, though, made it to (5) the memorial to the Diglake Disaster of 1895, in which 77 men lost their lives and others lived thanks to the selfless sacrifice of their mates in rescuing them. The mining culture, which my grandad was part of, is something that is much missed as there are fewer and fewer people alive who were actually part of it.
Then to the Wedgwood Memorial, in tribute to John Wedgwood (1760-1830), which is still imposing, though only a quarter of the size it enjoyed before most of it was knocked down by a storm in 1976. (6 is a ‘before’ picture) and you can learn more about the Wedgwoods at World of Wedgwood factory and museum.
By the time I got to Apedale, the snow had all gone, but I went to the fine mining museum, inspired by the Diglake men, and was able to get back for (9,10) which really are from the same day as the others, but after spring had beaten winter in the battle of the seasons, hopefully for good.
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coucil property por midcheshireman
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a 1930 built hudswell clarke narrow gauge 0-6-0t once the property of surrey county council highways dept seen at apedale sidings-- wonder what it was used for during it's working life
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Proper brew after a 3 mile power walk up to Apedale. Got chased by a horse, but it was worth it for this cuppa 👍
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