If you register, you can do a lot more. And become an active part of our growing community. You'll have access to hidden forums, and enjoy the ability of replying and starting conversations.

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway General Discussion

Discussion in 'Narrow Gauge Railways' started by GWR4707, Jan 17, 2016.

  1. Ploughman

    Ploughman Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2008
    Messages:
    5,806
    Likes Received:
    2,649
    Occupation:
    Ex a lot of things.
    Location:
    Near where the 3 Ridings meet
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Kebabs should be ok.
     
  2. class8mikado

    class8mikado Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Jun 1, 2009
    Messages:
    3,610
    Likes Received:
    1,438
    Occupation:
    Print Estimator/ Repository of Useless Informatio.
    Location:
    Bingley W.Yorks.
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Too fatty, and lamb fats the worst - youll have flames right through the tubes !
     
    MellishR likes this.
  3. mdewell

    mdewell Well-Known Member Friend

    Joined:
    Mar 23, 2005
    Messages:
    1,653
    Likes Received:
    2,564
    Occupation:
    UK & Ireland Heritage Railways Webmaster
    Location:
    Ruabon, Wrexham
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    News that Ratty has been blocked by a landslide. Their website has the following
    "Due to a landslip caused by extreme weather conditions over the weekend, we have had to suspend train services until Saturday 9th October. Our cafés at Ravenglass & Dalegarth remain open for business.

    Our track gang are on site assessing the damage which has displaced approx. 160 yards of track. The teams will be working hard to clear the line and repair the track. We will keep the public updated on our Facebook page.

    Customers that have pre-booked tickets will be contacted by our office staff directly. Please do not call us as our phone lines are extremely busy.

    We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding and patience."

    Pictures show track buried and displaced, but the trackbed doesn't seem to be too bad. Hopefully they can repair quickly and resume running. Obviously they will also have to survey the area above the line to check stability.
     
    andrewshimmin likes this.
  4. GWR4707

    GWR4707 Nat Pres stalwart

    Joined:
    May 12, 2006
    Messages:
    18,046
    Likes Received:
    15,734
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Cumbria
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    I hope they don't suffer even more, the weather is absolutely abysmal in Cumbria today and forecast to be even wetter tomorrow!
     
  5. Robert F

    Robert F New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2013
    Messages:
    57
    Likes Received:
    28
    Gender:
    Male
    Some pics on this local media website, if you wish to avoid Facebook:-

    https://cumbriacrack.com/2021/10/03...QoBN2Arrmxc5m4Qmm9H5cTwoUAChfkTyUnq2_YDONScF4
     
  6. D6332found

    D6332found Member

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2016
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    179
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Dinting
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Found old pics of Irron Road, the station was previously with another window and door by 1900. Question is it looks like a pair of semis ,the left side is currently an open waiting room. so was it originally built at half the size?
    Edit going for the euro millions today if win will try and duel gauge it with 3foot 3rd rail!!!
    Do any drawings of Devon and Nab Gill still exist? A new built would be lovely but nowhere much to run it? Isle of Man or maybe Southwold one day?
     
  7. Steamie Boxes

    Steamie Boxes Member

    Joined:
    Aug 17, 2017
    Messages:
    696
    Likes Received:
    614
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Apprentice Enginner at NYMR
    Location:
    Cumbria
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Try reaching out to the Ravenglass Railway Museum as they might possibly have a set of drawings in the archive, I can ask tomorrow if you would like when I am down that way?
     
  8. D6332found

    D6332found Member

    Joined:
    Dec 3, 2016
    Messages:
    361
    Likes Received:
    179
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Dinting
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    That would be fabulous.. Might pop by this weekend if you turn up anything. Its for a garden rail project really, but there is a similar loco burnishing in a desert...
     
  9. Robert F

    Robert F New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2013
    Messages:
    57
    Likes Received:
    28
    Gender:
    Male
  10. Julian Jones

    Julian Jones New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2007
    Messages:
    177
    Likes Received:
    158
  11. 30854

    30854 Resident of Nat Pres

    Joined:
    Mar 8, 2017
    Messages:
    12,172
    Likes Received:
    11,493
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Brighton&Hove
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
  12. Steamie Boxes

    Steamie Boxes Member

    Joined:
    Aug 17, 2017
    Messages:
    696
    Likes Received:
    614
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Apprentice Enginner at NYMR
    Location:
    Cumbria
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    Hopefully this helps
    FB_IMG_1667311260347.jpg FB_IMG_1667311277189.jpg
     
    30854 likes this.
  13. 30854

    30854 Resident of Nat Pres

    Joined:
    Mar 8, 2017
    Messages:
    12,172
    Likes Received:
    11,493
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Brighton&Hove
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Cheers @Steamie Boxes. Great lineup. I note the visitors scheduled to operate double headed with a home loco, whilst Katie gets solo runs. I'm guessing slightly different loadings are involved. :)
     
  14. Steamie Boxes

    Steamie Boxes Member

    Joined:
    Aug 17, 2017
    Messages:
    696
    Likes Received:
    614
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Apprentice Enginner at NYMR
    Location:
    Cumbria
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    I'm helping shunt the sets together tomorrow morning, but I believe the Kirklees engines will have 4 or 5 when solo
     
    30854 likes this.
  15. 30854

    30854 Resident of Nat Pres

    Joined:
    Mar 8, 2017
    Messages:
    12,172
    Likes Received:
    11,493
    Gender:
    Male
    Occupation:
    Retired
    Location:
    Brighton&Hove
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    No I do not currently volunteer
    Sounds a perfectly sensible case of seeing what they can do before they're let loose solo, just in case that only turns out to be blocking the line mid-section! Seems vanishingly unlikely as IIRC, all the Kirklees fleet have seen incremental improvements over the years.

    Have any of the KLR locos visited before? For some reason, the example of anything visiting Llanfair Caereinion springs to mind .... the railway loaning a loco generally seem to get something back with some useful ideas on how to improve their charge, if not a loco which has already had the odd tweakette here and there!
     
  16. Robert F

    Robert F New Member

    Joined:
    Jun 8, 2013
    Messages:
    57
    Likes Received:
    28
    Gender:
    Male
    Each of the two Kirklees locos ("Fox" and "Badger") has done a solo round trip this afternoon successfully with 8 empty coaches. As Steamie Boxes says above, their solo runs during the Gala will be with shorter rakes AIUI. My colleagues will be posting pics from today on "Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway" Facebook page soon, no doubt.
     
    andrewshimmin, 30854 and Chris86 like this.
  17. chrisveitch

    chrisveitch New Member

    Joined:
    Jan 11, 2011
    Messages:
    9
    Likes Received:
    0
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    I hope this is an appropriate place to post...

    I have a collection of Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Newsletters from 1967 up to around 1999 - is varying condition but mostly very good. Does anyone want to take them off my hands before they go in the recycling?
     
  18. black5

    black5 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Apr 1, 2006
    Messages:
    1,911
    Likes Received:
    2,468
    Occupation:
    Theatre
    Location:
    Merseyside>Bury
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
  19. 61624

    61624 Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Sep 27, 2006
    Messages:
    5,294
    Likes Received:
    3,596
    Heritage Railway Volunteer:
    Yes I am an active volunteer
    At the risk of being controversial, I paid a first visit to the R &ER for the first time in about 40 years last week, and greatly enjoyed the journey on it - but it didn't move me in a way that I thought it might. It came across as rather soul-less and very much the finished article, with nowhere much to go (or interest in) by way of further development. I couldn't find any guidebooks on sale - or any other literature relating to the railway, including information about the preservation society or how to join it. It was almost as if they don't want support for any future plans. As a general point, is this something we're going to see increasingly from smaller lines in particular when they find that they have reached the limits of their potential? Are there in fact any future development plans for the R&ER?
     
  20. 21B

    21B Part of the furniture

    Joined:
    Sep 2, 2009
    Messages:
    2,944
    Likes Received:
    6,303
    What do you mean by development?

    The Ratty is owned privately I think so
    A little different from many lines. But, why is the only marker of success a development plan? I get we’ve become used to that, but I look around many places and wonder if the infrastructure built isn’t actually more than can be maintained. I think you might have to get used to most places having more modest ambitions for the foreseeable future.
     

Share This Page