Steam Engineman Course on the WSR Part 1

Course No. 2. After 8 months since I did the last course I came back to take Course 2 of the Steam Engineman Course, with 3 round trips from Minehead to Williton and back participents driving and firing either ways.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• west
• somerset
• railway
• wsr
• 3850

[JBTEvans]

What locos are at Minehead?

[ryskinner]

GW prarie 4160, BR (W) Manor 7820, rebuilt prarie/mogul 9351, LMS 4f 44422. Thats the current steam fleet

[JBTEvans]

Where was 5553 and 88?

[ryskinner]

No. 88 is right in front of 3850 (though you can see it in the 2nd shot) and 5553 was inside the shed at Minehead

[KJH115]

How is 7820 in the current steam fleet? She is awaiting overhaul and has been for a couple of years now. Same case with 7828 which is under going overhaul at Minehead.

[ryskinner]

yh 7828s are at the Minehead shed and all is now is awaiting its boiler at Crewe I think..

[DrBenwilliams]

@ShaurntheSheep It's a freight enginge. Winding reverser's were put onto passengre engines for smoother winding.

[Jason37037]

The flats are on the Southern Region Brakevan, it's had them for sometime now. We leave them to wear themselves out

[Jason37037]

The Southern Brakevan has had wheel flats for quite sometime, it takes a while before they wear themselves out

[hux100]

sounds like a flat on one of those wheels on the brake van

[ShaurntheSheep]

unusual to hav a noch reverser on a big engine.

[littlegiant18794]

you are sooo lucky to be able to do this, my parents wudn't let me, it wud be too expensive