#quarry hunslets

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Quarry Hunslet Appreciation Post!!!

[hazel-of-sodor]

Next up: Sapphire is the Cronk and Harwick No.5 in my AU. Shes a early cousin on the quarry hunslets.

[duncandonuts06]

Stow Maries is a little quarry Hunslet with a BIG attitude. This turd thinks he's all that and more. He was named for the last surviving Great War aerodrome of the same name, Stow Maries, which sits just off the English coast in Essex. He's gained a great fascination with World War One aircraft over the years and wants desperately to one day visit this special place he's named for. He knows absolutely nothing about World War One outside of his aeroplanes, and does not understand what folks like Schatzchen had to go through in the trenches. Stow is a dreamer and incredibly shallow. All he ever thinks about is himself. Speaking of Schatzchen- they just so happen to become railmates in present day. They live on the Dovedale Light Railway just outside of Ipswich. As you might guess they don't get along very well. Schatzi cannot stand Stow's ignorance, and Stow is not *willing* to understand the sad, pathetic, old German who's trying to open his eyes.

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Happy 100th birthday, Y 542!

100 years ago to the day Y 542 [Hunslet 1444/1923] was built for the Ministry of Works (known colloquially as the Public Works Dept, PWD) as № 542 where she was involved in various projects surrounding the construction of the East Coast Main Trunk Line with sister engines 543 and 544.

542 spent her working life first at the Tauraroa Ballast Quarry, between Portland [NB: not to be confused with Portland on the North Island Main Trunk, near Whangārei] and Huarau before being sold to New Zealand Railways in 1930.

As an NZR loco, she was transferred to the Mechanical Branch and made part of the newly minted Y Class, which consisted of 542, 43, and 44. She was posted to the Auckland Locomotive Sheds where she was used as a coal shunter, moving coal to be used as fuel.

In 1957 she was sold to Wilson's Portland Cement Co (becoming their №3), where she shunted cement waggons to Portland Station on the NZR network (this is the Portland near Whangārei) or to the wharf for coastal ships. She was donated to MoTaT in 1985 after being deemed surplus to requirements and has been a mainstay since then. Very little in the way of restoration work has been done on Y 542, owing to how well Hunslet built her.

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West Lancs 3 por Nigel Por Flickr: Irish Mail is an 0-4-0 saddle tank, built by the Hunslet Engine Co. of Leeds in 1903, works no.823. It worked at the Dinorwic slate quarries in North Wales is on the left. S9 “Ashanti” Hudswell Clarke 1238 of 1916 is seen in the middle and to the right, not in steam 1906 Bagnall Steam Loco Sybil. A massive thanks to the volunteers for arranging Ashanti and Sybil in the hopes the sun would stay out as Irish mail passed, for once we won

[bolters-and-rivets]

Hey all!

I finished painting the Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 'Ogee' tank "Atgier". I decided to experiment with Citadel Paints' contrast range, playing with the mottled finish on large flat surfaces to build up multiple layers of "Ork Flesh" creating a deep emerald. The effect I was aiming for was of an exceptionally old locomotive, it's paint stained and tarnished by decades of repeated wipe downs with a paraffin-soaked rag, but otherwise spotless.

You'll have to excuse the mismatched cylinders, the chassis is for the Bachmann Quarry Hunslet "Britomart" which I intend to keep in running condition. My long-term goal is to obtain another quarry hunslet chassis to use that chassis as dedicated power for this locomotive.

I also got another locomotive painted today, this is the display model for my kit of the Kerr Stuart "Tattoo" class, designed for the Bachmann Peter Sam chassis

Lastly I finished painting another display model, the Glynn Valley Tramway guard's van

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Hunslet 0-4-0ST 'Linda' by Ron Bowyer Via Flickr: At Port Penrhyn on the Penrhyn Quarry Railway in June 1961. Copyright © Ron Bowyer.

Pretty much the equivalent of taking a photo of some random old fork lift at a lumber yard today .

[pinkyberet]

TTTE Narrow Gauge Ocs: Archer And Faith

Names: Archer & Faith

Basis’: Hunslet 2-4-0 589 ‘Blanche’ (Archer) & Hunslet 2-4-0 590 ‘Linda’ (Faith)

Genders: Male (Archer), Female (Faith)

Jobs: Pulling Passenger Trains/Goods Trains, Pulling Trucks From/To Quarries (Sometimes)

Friends: Skarloey, Rheneas, Ella-Rose (Closest Colleague On The Previous Railway), Sir Handel, Peter Sam, Rusty, Luke, Duncan (When He Behaves), Francesca, Freddie, Duke, Mighty Mac

Enemies: Jordan, Duncan (Mostly When He Grumbles, Complains And Causing Trouble), Sir Handel (Back Then Before He Became More Mature For Pretty Much Kinda The Same Reason As Duncan)

Likes: Pulling Passenger Trains, Remenacing On Their Old Days (Sometimes Accompanied With Skarloey & Rheneas Too), Being Really Useful Engines, Engines Learning Their Lesson(s)

Dislikes: Engines Causing Trouble, Engines Ignoring Their Advices/Warnings, Having To Lecture Engines About Consequences Of Certain Actions (Unfortunately, These 2 Can Get Impatient From That Pretty Easily)

Personas: Basically Like Skarloey & Rheneas But With Some Minor Differences (yeah…), Mentor Figures For Ella-Rose And Somewhat Later For Francesca Too

[the-time-lord-oracle]

Bachmann's narrow-gauge range at the 2022 Warley exhibition, with Double Fairlies, Quarry Hunslets, the Penryn Mainline trio and Porthmadog Harbour station.

[ryan-rts]

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.

[man-to-engine]

Charles is a 1ft 10¾" gauge 0-4-0 saddle tank locomotive, with inclined outside cylinders 10in x 12in and coupled wheels of 2ft 1in diameter.

Mr. Percival as

(I don't know the model's name) Also, if you have any other suggestions, please reblog below

[minestland]

Quarry Hunslet pair 'Cloister' (works number 542 of 1891 of Dinorwic Quarry), and 'Jack Lane (works number 195 of 2006) storm away from the shed with an afternoon run up to the quarry. The steep climb up to the quarry top was clearly a challenge in the wet slippery conditions and the little Hunslets were putting in some spectacular performances during the climbs. 29th July 2017.https://flic.kr/p/W3nu5K

[hazel-of-sodor]

What’s Lost is Found

Ch.5: The Hound

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Screech thundered down the line, coal cars from the Henaint mines stretched behind her, and Avon's mid-day train in front of her. The strain of constantly starting the long train was hard work even for an engine of her size...

Screech loved it. The feeling of hard work stretching her cylinders and motion, of actually being challenged as she took the weight of both trains. Avon had initially tried to pull her share of the weight until she saw Screech happily panting after the first run. She had rolled her eyes and grumbled something about crazy mainline engines that Screech didn't quite catch. The next run Avon had just pulled enough to keep her weight off the train and let Screech do the work.

The climb to Din failed to slow the train. Screech whistled in gleeful challenge, the passengers shuddering at the feeling of the sound twisting around their minds.

The sound startled the birds from the vibrant green treetops around them, and the sky was filled with fowl and smoke.

They plunged into the tunnel, Avon's answering whistle echoing along its length even as they burst through onto the viaduct. Hikers in the valley below stopped to take in the sight of the two engines racing atop the stone arches.

 They reached Din early, stopping at the points to uncouple Screech and her train, allowing Avon to continue to the station while Screech shunted the coal trucks into their sidings.

Once their trains had been sorted the two were parked at the shed while their crews took their lunch break in the crew hut.

For a moment all was quiet. Avon sighed happily in the shade of the shed. Screech took the chance to unfurl herself without risking her human crew, the shadows and light twisting around her in a nauseating kaleidoscope of angled and colors, tendrils sprouted and lay on the ground around her like Medusa's mane, and her eyes glowed as brightly as the sun above them. The two, engine and beast, had almost dozed off before a commotion erupted behind the shed.

Mali came skidding around the corner, clutching something to her chest, snarling and yapping coming from behind her.

Before either engine could react she had leaped onto Screech's running-board and pressed herself against the eldritch engine.

Her pursuer rounded the corner, only to come face to face with Screech. The mongrel stared down the eldritch behemoth before it, matted fur standing in end at the sight as countless tendrils rose into the air, ready to strike.

"I would suggest you hunt elsewhere," Gwyllgi suggested mildly, the ground shaking under the restrained power of her voice.

Unfortunately, the mutt had less sense than grooming and chose to growl at the shadow before it.

Screech's eyebrow twitched before she stretched a tendril toward"s the mongrel. 

Flick

***

Bowrooooooooo...

The town of Din looked up to see a mangy hound flying north towards the sea as if thrown by a giant.

***

Far away on the Cronk and Harwick Narrow-gauge Railway...

"And how would you care for a dog?" Sapphire asked amusedly. The quarry Hunslet was basking in the sun before her next train.

"Our crews could feed and water it." The 2-6-4 across from her bounced excitedly as she shunted the wagons of hay together.

Jenning stirred lazily next to Sapphire, "It's not your crew's job to care for your pet."

"Further," Sapphire continued before Leek could answer, "where would you even find a dog?"

The large tank engine pouted, "I'm sure I could find one."

Sapphire snorted, "I'll make you a deal Leeks," the 2-6-4 perked up. "If a stray dog finds its way to the sheds, we'll ask our crews if you can keep it."

"Deal!"

Jennings rolled her eyes, "here we go again."

Sapphire smirked and whispered to Jennings, "Unless one falls from the sky, there's no way a stray dog makes it to the shed without a child claiming it." 

The 0-4-0 considered a moment before nodding in agreement, "Fair enough."

Leeks tilted her head, "what's that noise."

The engines all listened.

A sound could barely be heard in the distance, growing louder quickly.

"AaarrrrrrooooooooooooooOOOOO!"

Crash!

A black shape hurtled from the heavens, smashing into the line of hay wagons. Hay and wood flew everywhere as the object plowed through the wagons, finally slamming to a stop against the back wall of the last truck before Leeks.

Silence reigned in the yard for a long moment. Leeks had flinched back from the impact, closing her eyes against the rain of hay and splinters. She slowly opened her eyes, peering cautiously at the back form in the wagon before her. The shape groaned, raising a matted head drunkenly.

"Aroo?"

"A dog!" She exclaimed, her safety valves lifting in excitement. "The Lady sent me a dog!"

"Are we even sure that's a dig and not a bloody gremlin!" Screech swore. 

"Gremlin. Yes, that's their name! Who's a good gremlin!"

 The mongrel managed to tiredly wag its tail under the hay.

Sapphire flinched back from the glare from Jennings's direction.

***

Screech collapsed herself back into hiding, grimacing at the nosebleed Mali had already developed.

Mali slowly uncurled from her position on Screech's footplate, her hand clasped around something.

Freda and Gwyn came around the corner followed by Avon's crew, drawn by the commotion.

"Mali dear are you alright?" Freda asked, pulling out a rag to wipe at the nosebleed.

"Yes Miss Freda," Mali said, wincing as the blood was scrubbed away. "I lept onto Screech's running board to get away from a dog and she was unfurled..."

"Be grateful that was all that happened Little Thief." Screech warned, "Had you looked too closely you could have been driven mad."

"Well, I had to save her!"

'Who is this her,' the whisper sighed.

When Screech repeated the question, Mali opened her hands.

Mew?

A small soot-covered kitten pressed itself into the girl's hands, staring at Screech apprehensively.

"A kitten!" Avon exclaimed delightedly.

"I saw the dog chasing her," Mali explained, "I just grabbed her and ran."

The kitten stared at the eldritch behemoth unblinking.

The giant snorted. "It has far too much attitude for something its size," she said, tapping the kitten's nose with a tendril.

The kitten hissed and swatted at the tendril.

Screech chuckled, the sound rumbling through the ground beneath them.

"It's certainly unafraid of you." Freda laughed. She began rubbing the kitten under its chin, causing it to pur, struggling to maintain its starring contest with

Screech.

Screech gave the engine equivalent of a shrug, "Animals seem to see more of me than humans. Their simpler minds are better at accepting my existence without crumbling. She most likely already has a far better idea of what I truly look like than you do."

"One would think that would make her more afraid of you," Gwyn observed.

"It's a cat," Screech stated dryly. "The only thing they hold in awe is food."

[airmanisr]

RD17019. JERRY M. by Ron Fisher Via Flickr: RD17019. Over the weekend 22nd - 24th June, 2018 the 2ft gauge Ffestiniog Railway in North Wales held a gala to celebrate the 125th birthday of the 1893 built Hunslets LINDA and BLANCHE. Lots of other 2ft gauge engines built in Leeds by the Hunslet Engine Company came to the party and this is Quarry Hunslet 0-4-0ST JERRY M, built in 1895, in Minffordd Yard. JERRY M is larger than some of the other Quarry Hunslets being built to work at the Dinorwig Slate Quarry at Llanberis where it was employed on the line connecting the slate mills to Gillfach Ddu where the 2ft gauge slate wagons were transferred to transporter waggons on the 4' gauge Padarn Railway. JERRY M is now part of the Hollycombe Collection near Liphook in Hampshire. See the comments box below for a picture of JERRY M on its home turf. Saturday, 23rd June, 2018. Copyright © Ron Fisher.

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I'm finally starting to draw the Quarry Hunslets.

The first one I drew, was Holy War.

[guerrerense]

backyards and telegraph poles por midcheshireman Por Flickr: hunslet 0-4-0 t britomart , built for pen y orsedd quarry,heads a blaenau - tanygrisiau shuttle through the village of tanygrisiau