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Posted: 22 Jun 2021

Taken: 04 May 2013

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Steam Elephant passing a very old looking fence!

Steam Elephant passing a very old looking fence!
A very old locomotive from around 1815.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_Elephant


Look carefully, and you will see it is a geared 0-6-0 locomotive, as opposed to the later direct drive and coupling rods.

StoneRoad2013, Diana Australis, Dimas Sequeira, Percy Schramm and 30 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Diana Australis
Diana Australis club
I was very excited to see this Peter as we rode on it in 2018! At Beamish.
Fabulous……
It is an amazing beast…as is the whole place.
Belated HFF..sorry
Hope your week is WONDERFUL
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
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Hi Diana,

I am so pleased that you remember riding on this, and not so long ago.
I must say Beamish is a fantastic museum!

Have a great weekend!
Best wishes
Peter
2 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
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Hi Dimas,
Your visit is much appreciated. Thank you!
I'm pleased that you have enjoyed it!
Best Wishes, a good week ahead, and keep safe!!
Peter
2 years ago.
 StoneRoad2013
StoneRoad2013 club
Wonderful view, Peter - it brings back happy memories of going to Beamish, both as a visitor and in connection with doing restoration work for the Museum. They have expanded so much that these days, you really need a couple of days to see everything. There's another big expansion of the "Town" being planned (covid permitting, that's something I'm looking forward to seeing)...

I find the Steam Elephant fascinating ... and back in 1990 (at Gateshead Garden Festival) I spent some time driving the Locomotion replica. So I'm wondering just how similar they would be to drive.
As for that lovely fence - the split rails were probably produced by riving branches with a froe. There's some useless information for you ...
2 years ago.
 Peter_Private_Box
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Hi Sara,
Thank you so much for your very kind visit.
I am pleased you found it interesting. Certainly Beamish has so much to see!
As for differences in driving, maybe not so much, except that this is a geared locomotive, so possibly more akin to a traction engine..
Best Wishes, and keep safe!!
Peter
2 years ago.

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