Amberley Museum Railway
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The Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre Railway is a gauge railway based at the Amberley Museum and Heritage Centre, Amberley
, West Sussex
. It has a varied collection of engines and rolling stock ranging from gauge to gauge. It Operates passenger Trains from Amberley Narrow Gauge Station to Cragside via Brockham using a mixture of Steam, Internal combustion and Battery-electric locomotives.
Another issue has been that of carriage storage. Current storage arrangements mean that the two Penrhyn carriages are only occasionally in use, and all the wear and tear is on the Lydd coaches. With the recent arrival of the Thorpe Park coach body, the need for a dedicated carriage shed is increased, and options for this are being looked into.
A further project is the cosmetic restoration of Townsend Hook. Returned from Eastleigh in 2005 in a dismantled state from Eastleigh's abortive restoration, a small team of volunteers are returning the loco to 1930s condition to be displayed in the dedicated Betchworth Hall with other items of Betchworth stock. With the construction of a standard gauge demonstration line now ongoing, it is an ambition of the so-called 'Betchworth Crew' to bring all six surviving Dorking Greystone Lime Co. locos together, with No. 4 'Townsend Hook', No. 6 'Monty' and No. 7 'The Major' being joined by Beamish Museum's standard gauge T.H. Head 0-4-0VBT No. 1 'Coffee Pot'; the Bluebell Railway's standard gauge Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0T No. 3 'Baxter'; and privately owned 3' 2 ¼" gauge Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0T No. 5 'William Finlay'.
ticket office from Hove station
. In addition there is the Betchworth Hall shed, used for the restoration of Townsend Hook, and eventually will be used as a museum to display the Dorking Greystone Lime Co. exhibits (Townsend Hook, Monty, The Major, wagons 10 and 60, and some miscellaneous items).
The railway holds its annual Gala Weekend on the second weekend of July each year, in addition to two Industrial Trains Days in April and October. The 2012 gala will be held on the 14-15 July, by which time 'Polar Bear' is expected to be back in traffic.
Engines marked 'In occasional use' are generally only operated at railway special events and are usually either on display in the museum building or stored in one of the sheds or the tunnel.
, with the railway's storage tunnel appearing as the entrance to a mine. Later, engines HE3097 and 'Blue Star' were sent to Pinewood Studios
along with a quantity of wagons to film scenes 'inside the mine'. Many of the railway's skip wagons still carry 'Zorin
Green' livery.
In 2010 four of the museum's Hudson
flat wagons were sent to Pinewood Studios for use in the film, Captain America: The First Avenger
.
Amberley, West Sussex
Amberley is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.Amberley is situated at the foot of the South Downs. Its neighbours are Storrington, West Chiltington and Arundel. The village is noted for its many thatched cottages...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
. It has a varied collection of engines and rolling stock ranging from gauge to gauge. It Operates passenger Trains from Amberley Narrow Gauge Station to Cragside via Brockham using a mixture of Steam, Internal combustion and Battery-electric locomotives.
Pre-Preservation
Before the advent of Amberley Museum, the site was a chalk quarry operated by Pepper & Sons. The site had it's own loco worked standard gauge railway, which connected with the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway at Amberley station. Over the years Peppers owned a range of locos, including Marshall and Aveling & Porter steam designs, and a Hibberd Planet petrol loco. When the site was abandoned in the late 1960s the track was lifted.Early Days
When the museum opened in the late 1970s a small industrial railway was envisaged, operating typical narrow gauge industrial trains. The first loco to arrive on site was Hibberd Simplex 1980 from the City of Chichester Sewage Works at Apuldram. In 1982 the Thakeham Tiles company, located a few miles from the museum, donated it's entire railway system including two Hudson Hunslet locos, several wagons and some track, a new conveyor system having started operation at the works. The donation was on the condition the whole lot was removed over a weekend. This was duly accomplished. Today some of the Thakeham track is still in use on non-passenger parts of the line, along with one of the locos (Hunslet 3653). The other, Hudson Hunslet 2208 is in store, having been used as a spares donor for the museum's other Hudson Hunslet locos. Also in 1982, the Brockham Museum in Surrey closed down and moved it's entire stock to Amberley. This influx, including several steam locos, gave the inspiration to expand the operation to a passenger carrying line.The Brockham Story
The story of the Brockham Museum starts in 1960, when the Dorking Greystone Lime Co. of Betchworth, Surrey, was disposing of it's railway stock and the company's general manager, Major Taylerson, was keen to see the locos preserved. The London Area Group of the Narrow Gauge Railway Society purchased one of the pair of 3' 2 ¼" Fletcher Jennings tank locos, 'Townsend Hook'. Initially this was placed on display at Sheffield Park station on the embryonic Bluebell Railway. However this was not a particularly satisfactory arrangement and efforts were made to find an alternative home. A site was found at a disused chalk pit in Brockham, only a stone's throw from Townsend Hook's old stamping grounds at Betchworth. Townsend Hook moved there in 1962. That year the two Orenstein & Koppel diesel locos from Betchworth, no.6 'Monty' and No. 7, later named 'The Major' in honour of Major Taylerson. The Brockham Museum Trust was formed as a separate entity to the NGRS, although the NGRS retained ownership of Townsend Hook and later acquisition 'Peter' (Bagnall 2067) until the early 2000s. In 1967 the now-flagship of the museum fleet was acquired, 1905 -built Bagnall 2-4-0T 1781 'Polar Bear', from the Groudle Glen Railway. The story goes that Brockham were offered both Polar Bear and her sister, 'Sea Lion', along with all the carriages for £50, but the museum couldn't raise that much money and instead purchased Polar Bear and two carriages, along with many spares from Sea Lion, which had been out of use since 1939 to keep Polar Bear in traffic. The museum continued to expand, becoming home to most of Amberley's current collection. However by the early 1980s the limited access to the site forced a transfer away from Brockham, and Amberley was deemed the best location to move to.The Combined Collection
A running line was built at Amberley from 1982 to 1984 running along one side of the pit between Amberley and Brockham stations. The inaugural train was hauled by Polar Bear, by that time back in steam. The Hudson Hunslet diesels 3097 and Blue Star were stalwarts of the passenger service in the 80s, until the the arrival of Motor Rail Simplex 60S prototype 11001. In the mid 1980s Decauville 0-4-0WT 'Barbouilleur' entered service, and following Polar Bear's boiler being condemned around 1987, was the sole steam locomotive available until 1993, when Peter entered traffic. Polar Bear re-entered traffic with a new boiler in 1993, and was joined that same year by 'Peter'. 'Townsend Hook' departed in 1995 to Eastleigh College for an ultimately ill-fated restoration attempt.Expansion
The 2000s showed significant expansion for the railway. In the early 2000s it was decided WW1 Baldwin 4-6-0PT 778 'Lion', which had been in store for many years, needed an alternative home for it to be restored, as it was far to big for the sharp curves on the Amberley system. It departed for the Leighton Buzzard railway, where it is now in service. A new exhibition hall for the railway, built with lottery funding, was opened in 2003. This building also serves as a carriage shed, the carriage fleet having suffered severe deterioration when stored outside beforehand. A new running shed was also built, opening in 2005. This building serves as a dedicated operating and restoration base for the passenger steam fleet, as well as a dedicated home and charging station for the battery electric locos. The steam fleet was bolstered in 2006 by the arrival of the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Trust's Bagnall 0-4-0ST 2091 'Wendy'. The running line was extended in the 2000s, with the extension round the top of the pit to the new Cragside station opening in mid-2007. In 2008 Hunslet diesel-hydraulic 8969, known as 'No. 12' on good days and 'The Yellow Peril' the rest of the time entered service as the main passenger loco. Another addition was made to the steam fleet in 2009 when HNGRT's other steam loco, Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST 542 'Cloister' arrived.The Current Situation
As of 2011 the main issue has been steam loco availability, with only 'Peter' in traffic. This has meant only a handful of steam passenger days, with it being neccesary to reduce the risk of it not being available for Driver Experience days. Both Polar Bear and Wendy are under overhaul, although it is not clear whether Wendy will remain at Amberley when it's overhaul is completed. The other two passenger steam locos, Cloister and Barbouilleur, face longer waits to return to steam, and as with Wendy Cloister may not remain at Amberley in the long term.Another issue has been that of carriage storage. Current storage arrangements mean that the two Penrhyn carriages are only occasionally in use, and all the wear and tear is on the Lydd coaches. With the recent arrival of the Thorpe Park coach body, the need for a dedicated carriage shed is increased, and options for this are being looked into.
A further project is the cosmetic restoration of Townsend Hook. Returned from Eastleigh in 2005 in a dismantled state from Eastleigh's abortive restoration, a small team of volunteers are returning the loco to 1930s condition to be displayed in the dedicated Betchworth Hall with other items of Betchworth stock. With the construction of a standard gauge demonstration line now ongoing, it is an ambition of the so-called 'Betchworth Crew' to bring all six surviving Dorking Greystone Lime Co. locos together, with No. 4 'Townsend Hook', No. 6 'Monty' and No. 7 'The Major' being joined by Beamish Museum's standard gauge T.H. Head 0-4-0VBT No. 1 'Coffee Pot'; the Bluebell Railway's standard gauge Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0T No. 3 'Baxter'; and privately owned 3' 2 ¼" gauge Fletcher Jennings 0-4-0T No. 5 'William Finlay'.
The Line Today
The main line runs from Amberley station near the museum entrance along the side of the pit past the De Witt lime kilns to Brockham station, currently the only intermediate stations. From Brockham the line curves round the top of the pit and passes the running shed and ends up at Cragside station, across the pit from Brockham. The industrial (non-passenger) lines connect to the main line at Brockham station. At Amberley station there is a rarely-used siding into the woodyard. Brockham has a small siding on Platform 2, as well as a former London, Brighton and South Coast RailwayLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its apex, practically the whole coastline of Sussex as its base, and a large part of Surrey...
ticket office from Hove station
Hove railway station
Hove railway station is in Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. The station and the majority of trains serving it are operated by Southern. The only other operator is First Great Western, who provide a limited number of services each day to Wales and the West Country. However Gatwick Express...
. In addition there is the Betchworth Hall shed, used for the restoration of Townsend Hook, and eventually will be used as a museum to display the Dorking Greystone Lime Co. exhibits (Townsend Hook, Monty, The Major, wagons 10 and 60, and some miscellaneous items).
The railway holds its annual Gala Weekend on the second weekend of July each year, in addition to two Industrial Trains Days in April and October. The 2012 gala will be held on the 14-15 July, by which time 'Polar Bear' is expected to be back in traffic.
Locomotives
Listing as of October 2011.Engines marked 'In occasional use' are generally only operated at railway special events and are usually either on display in the museum building or stored in one of the sheds or the tunnel.
Steam locomotives
| Name | Works Number | Type | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Owner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polar Bear Polar Bear (locomotive) Polar Bear is a Bagnall steam locomotive built in 1905 for the Groudle Glen Railway, to supplement the similar Sea Lion. The two Bagnalls were temporarily taken out of service in the 1920s when they were replaced by a pair of battery locomotives. These proved unsatisfactory, and Polar Bear and... |
1781 | 2-4-0T | W.G. Bagnall W.G. Bagnall W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. It was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall and ceased trading in 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric Co Ltd. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castle Town, Stafford... |
1905 | Groudle Glen Railway Groudle Glen Railway The Groudle Glen Railway is a narrow gauge railway north of Douglas in the Isle of Man which is owned and operated by members of the Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters' Association and operates on summer Sundays; May to September and Wednesday evenings in July and August along with a number of... |
Under overhaul | Amberley Museum | Expected to be back in traffic for 2012 season | |
| Peter | 2067 | 0-4-0ST | W.G. Bagnall W.G. Bagnall W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. It was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall and ceased trading in 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric Co Ltd. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castle Town, Stafford... |
1917 | Cliffe Hill Quarry Co. | In use | Amberley Museum | Boiler Certificate expires in 2019 | |
| Wendy | 2091 | 0-4-0ST | W.G. Bagnall W.G. Bagnall W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England. It was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall and ceased trading in 1962 when it was taken over by English Electric Co Ltd. The company was located at the Castle Engine Works, in Castle Town, Stafford... |
1919 | Dorothea Quarry | Under overhaul | Hampshire Narrow Gauge Trust | Expected to be back in traffic for 2012 season. | |
| Cloister | 542 | 0-4-0ST | (Nominally 2') |
Hunslet Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... |
1891 | Dinorwic Quarries, North Wales | Static Display | Hampshire Narrow Gauge Trust | Awaiting Overhaul. |
| Barbouilleur | 1126 | 0-4-0WT | (Nominally 2') |
Decauville Decauville The Decauville manufacturing company was founded by Paul Decauville , a French pioneer in industrial railways. Decauville's major innovation was the use of ready-made sections of light, narrow gauge track fastened to steel sleepers; this track was portable and could be disassembled and transported... |
1947 | L'enterprise Gagneraud | Static Display | Privately Owned | Awaiting Overhaul |
| Scaldwell | 1316 | 0-6-0ST | Peckett Peckett and Sons Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Works in St. George, Bristol, England.-Fox, Walker and Company:The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, Bristol, as Fox, Walker and Company, building four and six-coupled saddle tank engines for industrial use... |
1913 | Scaldwell Ironstone Quarries, Northants | Static display | Amberley Museum | Cosmetic overhaul likely after Townsend Hook is completed. | |
| Townsend Hook | 172L | 0-4-0T | Fletcher Jennings | 1880 | Dorking Greystone & Lime Co Ltd, Betchworth | Undergoing cosmetic restoration | Amberley Museum | Currently partially dismantled, restoration scheduled to be completed 2013/14 | |
| 23 | 23L | 0-4-0T | Wm. Spence | 1920 | Guinness Brewery, Dublin | Static display | Amberley Museum | Cosmetic restoration completed 2009 |
Internal combustion locomotives
| Name | Works Number | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0001 | 3751 | Baguley-Drewry | 1980 | RNAD Dean Hill, Wiltshire | In occasional use | Privately Owned | |
| Peldon | JF21295 | Fowler John Fowler & Co. thumb|right|John Fowler & Co. [[steam roller]] of 1923John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England produced traction engines and ploughing implements and equipment, as well as railway equipment. Fowler also produced the Track Marshall tractor which was a... |
1936 | Essex Water Authority, Abberton | Under repair | Amberley Museum | |
| FH1980 | Hibberd | 1936 | City of Chichester Sewage Works | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | ||
| - | FH3627 | Hibberd | 1953 | North Bierley Sewage Works, Bradford | Awaiting minor repairs | Amberley Museum | |
| - | 45913 | Hudson Robert Hudson Ltd Robert Hudson Ltd was a major international supplier of light railway materials, based in Gildersome, near Leeds, England. The name was later changed to Robert Hudson Ltd.- The business :... |
1932 | Midhurst Whites Ltd, Midhurst | Static display | Amberley Museum | |
| - | HE2208 | Hudson Hunslet Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... |
1941 | Thakeham Tiles, Storrington | Awaiting restoration | Amberley Museum | |
| - | HE3097 | Hudson Hunslet Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... |
1944 | Borough of Merton Sewage Works | In use | Amberley Museum | |
| - | HE3653 | Hudson Hunslet Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... |
1946 | Thakeham Tiles, Storrington | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | |
| Blue Star | Unknown | Hudson Hunslet Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... |
Unknown | Star Construction, Billingshurst | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | |
| - | DM686 | Hudswell Clarke Hudswell Clarke Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.-History:... |
1948 | National Coal Board National Coal Board The National Coal Board was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the mines on "vesting day", 1 January 1947... , Tilmanstone Colliery |
Awaiting restoration | Amberley Museum | |
| No.12 | HE8969 | Hunslet Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for... |
1980 | BAE Bishopton, Glasgow | In use | Amberley Museum | |
| - | L33937 | Lister R A Lister and Company R A Lister & Company was founded in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 1867 by Sir Robert Ashton Lister , to produce agricultural machinery. The family was originally from Yorkshire but Ashton's father relocated to Dursley in 1817.... |
1949 | William H Collier Ltd, Marks Tey | In occasional use | Privately Owned | |
| - | L34521 | Lister R A Lister and Company R A Lister & Company was founded in Dursley, Gloucestershire, in 1867 by Sir Robert Ashton Lister , to produce agricultural machinery. The family was originally from Yorkshire but Ashton's father relocated to Dursley in 1817.... |
1949 | Cumberland Moss Litter Industries, Carlisle | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | |
| Redland | OK6193 | Orenstein & Koppel | 1937 | Redland Pipes Ltd., Ripley | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | |
| Monty | OK7269 | Orenstein & Koppel | 1936 | Dorking Greystone & Lime Co Ltd, Betchworth | Awaiting minor repair | Amberley Museum | |
| The Major | OK7741 | Orenstein & Koppel | 1937 | Dorking Greystone & Lime, Betchworth | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | |
| - | MR872 | Motor Rail Motor Rail Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways... |
1918 | C V Buchan & Co Ltd | Static display | Privately Owned | |
| MR1381 | Motor Rail Motor Rail Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways... |
1918 | War Department | Static display | Privately Owned | ||
| No.27 | MR5863 | Motor Rail Motor Rail Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways... |
1934 | Joseph Arnold, Leighton Buzzard | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | |
| - | MR10160 | Motor Rail Motor Rail Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways... |
1950 | London Brick Works, Arlesey | Static display | Privately Owned | |
| MR11001 | Motor Rail Motor Rail Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways... |
1956 | London Brick Co., Yaxley | In use | Amberley Museum | ||
| Burt | MR9019 | Motor Rail Motor Rail Motor Rail was a British locomotive-building company, based in Bedford. Formed in 1911 as The Motor Rail & Tramcar Co Ltd, they built petrol and diesel engined locomotives, mainly narrow gauge. During World War I over 900 locos were supplied for use on temporary military supply railways... |
1959 | Burt, Boulton and Haywood Timber, Erith | In occasional use | Amberley Museum | |
| - | RR80 | Ransomes and Rapier Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Ransomes, Sims and Jeffries was a major British agricultural machinery maker producing a wide range of products including traction engines, ploughs, lawn mowers, combine harvesters and other tilling equipment. They also manufactured aeroplanes during the First World War... |
1936 | Chinnor Cement & Lime Co Ltd | In use | Amberley Museum | |
| - | RH166024 | Ruston & Hornsby | 1933 | Colne Valley Water Co, Rickmansworth | Dismantled, awaiting restoration | Amberley Museum | |
| - | RH187081 | Ruston & Hornsby | 1937 | City of York Sewage Department | In occasional use | Privately Owned | |
| Jenny | 5239 | Schöma Schöma Schöma is a company based in Diepholz, Germany, specialising in the construction of small diesel railway engines.-External links:*... |
1991 | Taylor Woodrow Greenford, Middlesex | In use | Privately Owned | |
| - | 4 | Thakeham Tiles | c1946 | Thakeham Tiles, Storrington | In occasional use | Privately Owned | |
| - | 5 | Thakeham Tiles | c1950 | Thakeham Tiles, Storrington | In occasional use | Privately Owned | |
| WD904 | 3403 | Wickham & Co | 1943 | MoD Eastriggs | In occasional use | Privately Owned |
Battery-electric locomotives
| Works Number | Gauge | Builder | Year Built | Previous Operator | Status | Owner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16303 | Brush Traction Brush Traction This article is about a British rail-locomotive maker. For the Detroit auto-maker, see Brush Motor Car CompanyBrush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, part of the FKI group , based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, England situated alongside the Midland Main Line.-... |
1917 | Royal Ordnance Factory | Awaiting Restoration | Privately Owned | |
| 16306 | Brush Traction Brush Traction This article is about a British rail-locomotive maker. For the Detroit auto-maker, see Brush Motor Car CompanyBrush Traction is a manufacturer and maintainer of railway locomotives, part of the FKI group , based at Loughborough in Leicestershire, England situated alongside the Midland Main Line.-... |
1917 | Royal Ordnance Factory | Dismantled, incomplete. Spares for 16303. | Privately Owned | |
| 4998 | Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Ltd of Kirkby, Liverpool, built industrial vehicles including both small electrically motorised trolleys and electric locomotives , largely for use in mines and by tunnelling contractors.... |
1953 | Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood | Operational | Amberley Museum | |
| 5031 | Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Ltd of Kirkby, Liverpool, built industrial vehicles including both small electrically motorised trolleys and electric locomotives , largely for use in mines and by tunnelling contractors.... |
1953 | Dismantled, source of spares for other battery electric locos. | Amberley Museum | ||
| 5034 | Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Ltd of Kirkby, Liverpool, built industrial vehicles including both small electrically motorised trolleys and electric locomotives , largely for use in mines and by tunnelling contractors.... |
1953 | Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood | Operational | Amberley Museum | |
| T8033 | Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Wingrove & Rogers Ltd of Kirkby, Liverpool, built industrial vehicles including both small electrically motorised trolleys and electric locomotives , largely for use in mines and by tunnelling contractors.... |
1979 | Redland Brick Ltd, North Holmwood | Operational | Amberley Museum |
Passenger Stock
- 1x RAF Fauld coach. Can run on its own or with the Lydd or Penrhyn coaches.
- 2x LyddLydd RangesLydd Ranges is a military firing range south of Lydd, in Kent, England. It extends as far as the coast.It has been used for military training for over 150 years and is part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest...
coaches. From Lydd RangesLydd RangesLydd Ranges is a military firing range south of Lydd, in Kent, England. It extends as far as the coast.It has been used for military training for over 150 years and is part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest...
in Kent. Can run together as a set or with the Fauld coach to make a 3-car set. - 2x Penrhyn QuarryPenrhyn QuarryThe Penrhyn Slate Quarry is a slate quarry located near Bethesda in north Wales. At the end of the nineteenth century it was the world's largest slate quarry; the main pit is nearly long and deep, and it was worked by nearly 3,000 quarrymen. It has since been superseded in size by slate quarries...
coaches. Open top coaches, have to run with the Fauld coach due to lack of a brake position or air brake reserve tanks. - 4x Groudle Glen RailwayGroudle Glen RailwayThe Groudle Glen Railway is a narrow gauge railway north of Douglas in the Isle of Man which is owned and operated by members of the Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters' Association and operates on summer Sundays; May to September and Wednesday evenings in July and August along with a number of...
coaches. Usually run with Polar BearPolar Bear (locomotive)Polar Bear is a Bagnall steam locomotive built in 1905 for the Groudle Glen Railway, to supplement the similar Sea Lion. The two Bagnalls were temporarily taken out of service in the 1920s when they were replaced by a pair of battery locomotives. These proved unsatisfactory, and Polar Bear and...
, but can run with certain other diesel and steam locos if no other coaches are available. - Wickham trolley 3404. Originally trailer car for powered trolley 3403, now converted to push-pull trailer to run with battery loco 4998.
- 1x Thorpe ParkThorpe ParkThorpe Park is a theme park located in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK. It was built in 1979 on the site of a gravel pit which was partially flooded, the intention of creating a water based theme for the park. The park's first large roller coaster, Colossus, was added in 2002...
coach. Body frame only, new bogies are to be ordered for this coach.
In popular culture
The railway made an appearance in the 1985 James Bond film, A View To A KillA View to a Kill
A View to a Kill is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the fourth Bond film after The Spy Who Loved...
, with the railway's storage tunnel appearing as the entrance to a mine. Later, engines HE3097 and 'Blue Star' were sent to Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios is a major British film studio situated in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, approximately west of central London. The studios have played host to many productions over the years from huge blockbuster films to television shows to commercials to pop promos.The purchase of Shepperton...
along with a quantity of wagons to film scenes 'inside the mine'. Many of the railway's skip wagons still carry 'Zorin
Max Zorin
Max Zorin is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. He was portrayed by Academy Award winner Christopher Walken...
Green' livery.
In 2010 four of the museum's Hudson
Robert Hudson Ltd
Robert Hudson Ltd was a major international supplier of light railway materials, based in Gildersome, near Leeds, England. The name was later changed to Robert Hudson Ltd.- The business :...
flat wagons were sent to Pinewood Studios for use in the film, Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger is a 2011 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. It is the fifth installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
.