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found this today in Tullamore

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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.

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

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

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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.

Isabel - Picture of Amerton Railway, Stafford - Tripadvisor

 

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

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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.

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