Industrial locomotive photographs

'Festiniogg' - Most of these photos, (except some prints of 100 plus years old photos) were taken by or for Vulcan Foundry personnel in 1957 after the loco was refurbished, mainly by VF staff who are on some of the photos. Photos identified by G P Quayle, Sept 2015, who worked on the railway in 1958. The 'Cob' is the embankment across the estuary between Portmadoc harbour station and Boston Lodge works. Abbreviations shown in brackets after first use:

Loco 'Taliesin' (T) near water tower, Harbour station (HS), rear view of manager Garraway

Inside Boston Lodge (BL) works, 'England Loco' and 4 wheel coaches T in BL yard

'Prince' in BL yard

T at HS

T + 3 coaches (3C) approaching BL from Portmadoc

'Prince' on threeway point at HS, view across harbour

View from carriage window on Cob approaching BL

T at Penhryn

Volunteers digging track at HS with 'Prince'

FR Society and pre-war 'Train on Ledge'

BL yard general view

T just arrived HS

View from above BL of T + 3C coming off Cob

T passing BL old loco shed, 'Merdinn Emrys' and coffin coach in view

'Prince' on elevated track in Minfordd yard near lower level standard gauge track

'Prince' in Minfordd Yard

T at Penhryn

Pre war and 1958- station mistress Bessie Jones in Welsh costume near her home at Tan-y-Bwlch station

Penhryn station view

T at HS

T coming onto Cob at BL

Double engine bogie in BL works

T at Minfordd

T at HS

T under trident signal on Cob

T leaving Penrhyn

T leaving HS

T just arrived Penhryn

T at HS

View of Minfordd station, vegetation part cleared, may be 56/ early 57 before services started

'Livingston Thompson' at Blaenau Ffestiniog

'Livingston Thompson'

Harbour station with a four wheeled coach

'Prince' at HS

Tracked Hovercraft photos, vehicle, track, linear motor

English Electric Diesel Engine drawings:

'Prototype 'U' engine + EE841 generator

Views of Preston engine test department

Engine components

1930's 6 cyl engines for shunters

Early 12 cyl SVT/SVM engine

Early 4 cyl industrial generator set

Shunter drawings

Ramsgate Olympia miniature trolley railway, vehicles and locos

Loco assembly shops, Vulcan, Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns and EE Preston, 1950's & 60's

EE control equipment, also Spanner boiler, ABB 25kV air blast breaker, and GECT 21CB Vacuum breaker

Bogie photos:

Class 20

Class 37/50/55

Silver painted 3 axle bogie, probably CIE or 'Black Bess' Gas turbine/ Elec loco prototype

Gloucester C&W forged Aluminium bogies with Metalastik rubber suspension, 1962

Swindon steam test plant, locos King 6001 and Merchant Navy 35027

Rugby test plant, MN 35022

Steam locos:

Turbomotive

Britannia, 70000

Stepenson's Rocket

'Trafalgar', 2-2-2, April 1849

NCB indusrial shunter 'Horden'

Scottish Central Rly, 2-2-2, 1847

RS&H 4-6-0 1907

Talyllyn 'Dolgoch' 1986

RS&H 'Kitchener', industrial 0-4-0

Rye, Sussex, Camber Sands 2-4-0

Vulcan for Woolwich Arsenal, 0-4-0

North Staffs tender loco, 0-6-0, 1855

Liverpool & Manchester 0-4-0 'Comet'

NER Bo-Bo Electric on main line

EE 0-4-0 factory shunter

Barrow Steel Co. 0-4-0 Electric loco

WG Bagnall 0-4-0 type E2087

Man demonstrating the use of a shunter's pole for wagon coupling

Photo of the painting of George Stephenson

A building described as 'Spares Depot, Singapore'

A cold chamber of the English Electric 'Thunderbird' weapon's rocket engine