found this today in Tullamore

[brianmcs]

[jhb171achill]

Superb!!

But - have we set a stopwatch to see how long before it’s vandalised?

[K801]

Beautiful but that builders plate is not sadly going to last long 

[minister_for_hardship]

Something new for teens to take their angst out on.

[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, minister_for_hardship said:

Something new for teens to take their angst out on.

I'm only surprised it hasn't had rainbows painted all over it already.

[minister_for_hardship]

2 hours ago, Horsetan said:

I'm only surprised it hasn't had rainbows painted all over it already.

Needs "Thomas" paint scheme, face and fake chimney.

[Mayner]

Not the brightest of ideas basically an accident waiting to happen with kids climbing on a stuffed and mounted loco in a public park.

Although you cannot claim for personal injury in New Zealand railway locos and stock on display in parks and reserves are often stored under cover and securely fenced.

The rail tractor was a conversion of a road truck used for hauling log trains on a Bush  Logging) Tramway 

[Broithe]

Bagnall's 'Isabel' was outside Stafford station for many years.

Fully accessible and the scene for many heirloom photographs.

Eventually, there was some deterioration to the point that things became a little 'difficult'.

However, she was repaired, after a false start, and now runs again on the Amerton railway a few miles away.

 

A couple of hundred yards away, in the play park, was a steam roller, with rather larger drops available from it.

Edited October 11, 2022 by Broithe

[decauville1126]

On 11/10/2022 at 11:43 AM, Broithe said:

 

Eventually, there was some deterioration to the point that things became a little 'difficult'.

However, she was repaired, after a false start, and now runs again on the Amerton railway a few miles away.

 

The "false start" did produce an all-welded saddle tank which was rejected for a new riveted one when Isabel finally got restored. Today this tank adorns "Peter" at Amberley Museum.