South Wales Industrial Steam Gala at The Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway 17/09/2011

On a wild and blustery day over 1,300 feet above sea level, the Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway celebrated the opening of the Big Pit Branch, by holding a South Wales Industrial Stam Gala, which featured are the following locos

* RSH 'Austerity' 0-6-0ST No 71515 'Mech Navvies Ltd'
* Bagnall 0-4-0ST No 19 'HM Dockyard Devonport'
* Peckett 0-4-0ST No 1163 'Whitehead'
* Peckett 0-6-0ST No 2150 'Mardy Monster'
* Peckett 0-6-0ST No 1859 'Sir Gomer'
For me the star of the show was the mighty 1954 built Peckett 0-6-0 ' Mardy Monster' This impressive loco has a tractive effort of over 29,000 lbs, which is more than many larger main line locos, and makes a terrific sound when working hard.
Congratulations for all the staff and volunteers at the P&BR for putting on such a tremendous show.

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Travel & Events

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• Ponypool & Blaenavon Railway
• Bagnall
• Peckett
• The Mardy Monster
• Mech Navvies Ltd
• HM Dockyard Devenport
• Sir Gomer
• 17/09/2011

[WoelkerVideo]

SUPER!!!

This is a fantastic video with two steamlocomotives Bob.

[robmasterman]

@WoelkerVideo Vielen Dank Gunter, es war ein sehr angenehmer Tag ... Bob

[PhilbruProduction]

As always, perfect and very enjoyable to watch. Thank you Bob

Philippe

[robmasterman]

@PhilbruProduction Vous êtes trop gentil Philippe, ce fut une visite très agréable .... Bob

[noelist]

I really like the look of this railway Bob, will have to look up where it is, well how to get there, the topography is amazing, so many branches here and there, agree about the sound of the Mardy Monster, thanks for the introduction, marvelous.

[robmasterman]

@noelist Thanks Leon, it's near The Big Pit Museum, and is situated West of Abergavenny, and North of Pontypool in Monmouthshire....Bob

[boodyxx]

@johnwood57 well, get up close to mardy and you will realise, she isnt a little tank engine haha, i work on her and she is a beast

[robmasterman]

@acw71000 Every year this railway gets better and better Austin, and also has the advantage of being within a world heritage site, has plenty of support towards it's future growth. It's also a splendid location at over 1,300 ft to watch industrial locos at work....Bob

[acw71000]

Excellent video Bob, the Mardy Monster is well named, tremendous sound. Enjoyed Mech Navvies at the Foxfield last year. This line has come on quite a bit recently, hope thaey continue to do so