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Great Western Drive, TELFORD, TF4 3UG

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An industrial 0-4-0ST steam saddle tank locomotive, built by Peckett & Sons Ltd of Bristol, in 1940, for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority's power station at Ironbridge. It retired from there in 1980 and was purchased by the Steamport Museum at Southport. It was sold in 1984 to the Telford Steam Railway. It sometimes plays the role of Thomas the Tank Engine, but currently it is out of service, requiring a new firebox and boiler overhaul. Photographed on the sidings at Spring Village.

An industrial diesel locomotive, built for the National Coal Board in 1964. It worked near Conisbrough in Yorkshire. It worked mainly there, and at Malby, for well over 20 years, before moving into preservation. Since then it seems to have moved around the country, but ended up being restored at the Rutland Railway Museum. It moved from there to the Telford Steam Railway on the 18th August 2010. It is picture on the sidings at Spring Village.

On the other side of this gate, on the left, is the platform of Spring Village Railway Station, from which all passenger trains currently depart. On the right, are sidings used to store railway stock. Image

The level crossing, across this very minor road, is required for vehicles to be transferred between the loco shed and the rest of the railway. This probably doesn't happen very often, but when it does, the two white gates are swung out across the road, to warn road traffic to stop. Behind the gate on the left, is Spring Village Railway Station, which currently is the main station on the railway, and where passenger trains commence. Behind the gate on the right, is a further gate across the track, which can be seen here:- Image Image

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This is the entrance to part of the site. The wonderful little narrow gauge steam tram can be found here, as well as the loco shed. In the distance can be seen the end of a railway carriage. This is not in service, but is used to accommodate the volunteers who keep the railway and the tramway running. The red vehicle to its right, is the carriage of the steam tram. The main part of the Telford Steam Railway is on the other side of Pool Side, where there are various facilities and the platform for train trips. The railway, which is standard gauge, is connected to the loco shed by track which crosses Pool Side by a level crossing. Image

This building dates from 1860, and was designed as a goods transhipment shed, which had originally permitted the transfer of goods from the Severn Junction Railway, to the Coalbrook Company's narrow gauge plateway system. For the last 30 years or so, the Telford Steam Railway has used the building as their loco shed. Coming out of the main door can be seen a railway line. This goes across the lane known as Pool Side by a level crossing, to connect with the rest of the Telford Steam Railway. Image Image

The engines for steam trams are always self-contained vehicles, which pull a carriage in which the passengers sit. This was the practice when they were used on town and city streets a hundred years or more ago, and this fairly modern narrow gauge version is the same. The legislation governing the use of steam trams on public roads was always very restrictive, although this tram is not, of course, running on a roadway. The carriage has bench seating running down the two sides, and a half-door opening onto a balcony at each end. The windows are open to the elements, but the vehicle does not normally operate outside of the April to September period. In this view, the tram was about to start its short journey to the loco shed, from where it returns in reverse. The line has no turning facilities. The letters TTT stand for Telford Town Tramway, as for its first few years it ran in Telford Town Park. Image

This is where the narrow gauge tramway route starts, and passengers get on and off the tram. The route is quite short, and is more or less in a horseshoe shape, the other end being at the loco shed. Image