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A 1913 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 ST steam locomotive on the Fawley Hill Railway. It was delivered to Sir Robert McAlpine and used on a series of major projects including Wembley Stadium. An acknowledged railway enthusiast, McAlpine returned to Hayes depot during the Beeching Axe to find that the company's Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0ST No.31 was for sale ...
Fawley Hill Railway is a privately owned heritage railway on the Fawley Hill estate of the late Sir William McAlpine at Fawley in Buckinghamshire, England. An acknowledged railway enthusiast as well as a director of the construction company Sir Robert McAlpine , McAlpine returned to Hayes depot during the Beeching Axe to find that the company's ...
The formal reopening of the railway in time for its 160th anniversary was on 1 June 2019. [6] A visiting locomotive, Ruston 48DS No.294266, the first diesel to ever transverse the line, and fittingly once owned by Sir William McAlpine himself, had the honour of reopening the line. The loco is based at the nearby Mid Suffolk Light Railway ...
Built in 1913 for the Sir Robert McAlpine company. The locomotive was eventually put up for sale and bought for £100 by Sir William McAlpine in the early 1960s. No. 31 now operates on the Fawley Hill Railway, on Sir William's estate. Currently under overhaul as of July 2024. [70] No. 1208 Nightingale and Seacole: 0-6-0 ST
Undergoing Overhaul, owned by the North Norfolk Railway. On loan. 1604 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0 ST: Under restoration. 304470 Alston: Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0 DM Class 165 Operational, mostly used for shunting. [2] 294266 Sir William McAlpine: Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0 DM Class 48 Operational, mostly used for shunting. Bought directly from Sir William ...
It had earned considerable fame in preservation under the ownership of, successively, Alan Pegler, William McAlpine, Tony Marchington, and, since 2004, the National Railway Museum. 4472 became a flagship locomotive for the LNER, representing the company twice at the British Empire Exhibition and in 1928, hauled the inaugural non-stop Flying ...
Sir Alfred Robert McAlpine, 3rd Baronet (1907–1968) Sir Thomas George Bishop McAlpine, 4th Baronet (1901–1983) Sir (Robert) Edwin McAlpine, 5th Baronet (1907–1990) (created Baron McAlpine of Moffat in 1980) Sir William Hepburn McAlpine, 6th Baronet (1936–2018) Sir Andrew William McAlpine, 7th Baronet (born 1960) The heir apparent is the ...
The Great Whipsnade Railway, also known as The Jumbo Express, is an English, ... Named after Sir William McAlpine. 11 Edward Lloyd: Ruston Hornsby: 4w DM: 435403