Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway

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The Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway (L&HR) is a Script error: No such module "convert". heritage railway in Cumbria, England.

History

Furness Railway operation of the branch line

The railway is a former branch line of the Furness Railway (FR) and was opened on 1 June 1869.[1] The line was served by local passenger trains which started their journey at Ulverston on the FR's main line from Carnforth to Barrow-in-Furness.

The FR branch trains travelled east to the triangular junction at Plumpton, then turned north via Greenodd and on to stations at Haverthwaite, Newby Bridge halt and Lakeside. The FR's weekdays passenger service in July 1922 comprised eight trains in each direction. There were advertised train-to-boat connections that were established in 1869. During the summer season, excursion trains from Lancashire and elsewhere used the east-to-north side of Plumpton Junction to reach Lakeside, where their passengers joined the boat sailings on the lake.

Closure of the branch and reopening by L&HR

British Railways closed the line to passengers on 6 September 1965, and to all traffic two years later.[2]

A group of enthusiasts, chaired by Dr Peter Beet, formed the Lakeside Railway Estates Company; they had the idea of preserving both the line and the former LMS 10A locomotive shed at Carnforth, to provide a complete steam operating system. However, although backed by then transport minister Barbara Castle, the need to build a number of motorway bridges and rerouting of the A590 road from Haverthwaite via Greenodd to Plumpton Junction, meant that the complete vision was unsuccessful. Beet acquired 10A in partnership with Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, which became the visitor attraction Steamtown from 1967. The venture folded as a public access visitor attraction in 1997, but the preserved site was taken over by businessman David Smith to become the base for his West Coast Railway Company.[3]

As a result, Austin Maher became chairman of the LREC, which then reopened the truncated Script error: No such module "convert". L&HR as a heritage railway on 2 May 1973.[4] Maher and fellow L&HR director Jim Morris each bought one LMS 2-6-4T Class 4MT, nos. 42073 (Maher) and 42085 (Morris), which were restored eventually as L&HR nos. 3 and 4, became the line's core steam power units.

Location

The L&HR runs from Haverthwaite, at the southern end of the line, via Newby Bridge to Lakeside at the southern end of Windermere. Some services are timed to connect with sailings of the diesel excursion vessels or steam vessels on Windermere, sailing from Lakeside to Bowness and Ambleside.

Stations

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Locomotives

Steam locomotives

Steam locomotives currently at the railway

Information below derived from the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Visitors Guide sixth edition and the IRS reference book.[5]

Operational
Number Name Built Builder Type Former Operator Notes Image
2333 DavidScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1953 Barclay 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Millom Ironworks Boiler ticket expires in 2029; painted in maroon lined out in black and yellow[6] File:2333, ‘David’ 0-4-0ST Andrew Barclay.jpg
2682 PrincessScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942 Bagnall 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Preston Docks Boiler ticket expires in 2029; painted in dark blue lined out in black and red[7] File:2682 "Princess" W.G.Bagnell 0-6-0T of 1942 - 53152950144.jpg
3698 RepulseScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1950 Hunslet 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix, Austerity Tank National Coal Board Boiler ticket expires in 2026; painted in lined black[8] File:Repulse at Haverthwaite railway station (6549).jpg
42073 1950 British Railways, Brighton works to an LMS design 2-6-4Template:Whyte suffix, Class 4MT British Railways Returned to service in 2014; painted BR black with late crest[9] File:Connecting To The Carriages.jpg
Inactive
Number Name Built Builder Type Former Operator Notes Image
2996 VictorScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951 Bagnall 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix, New Standard 18 Steel Company of Wales for Port Talbot Steelworks, Austin Motor Company Boiler ticket expired in 2024; painted in maroon lined out in black and yellow[10] File:2996 Victor 0-6-0ST Bagnell 1951.jpg
42085 1951 British Railways, Brighton works to an LMS design 2-6-4Template:Whyte suffix, Class 4MT British Railways Undergoing overhaul; painted BR black with early emblem[11] File:BR Fairburn 42085.jpg
46441 1951 British Railways, Crewe works to an LMS design 2-6-0Template:Whyte suffix, Class 2MT British Railways Running In, Boiler ticket expires in 2033. Painted BR maroon with late crest.[12][13]

46441 began its running in testing in November 2023 and is intended to return to revenue service in 2024.[14]Template:Pb

File:45441 Ivatt 2-6-0 Class 2MT.jpg

Steam locomotives formerly at the railway

The list of locomotives below contains those currently identified as having been resident at Haverthwaite in the past. It is, in all probability, not an exhaustive list.

Number Name Built Builder Type Former Operator Notes Image
1 (works Nº 1925) CalibanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1937 Peckett 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix, OY class Courtaulds, Preston At the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston[15][16] File:Peckett 1925.jpg
5 (works Nº 1631) 1929 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Stewarts & Lloyds Acquired November 1970; now at Tyseley[17][18] File:Hudswell Clarke 1361.jpg
6 (works Nº 1366) 1919 Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Renishaw Ironworks Nº 6 Acquired November 1970; now at the Tanfield Railway[19][20] File:Hudswell Clarke No.1366.jpg
20 1863 Sharp Stewart 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix, FR class 17, Rush class A5 Furness Railway, Barrow Steelworks Built as an 0-4-0; rebuilt for Barrow Steelworks as an 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix, running as Nº 7; rebuilt in preservation to original configuration. Owned by the Furness Railway Trust[21] and operational at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston[22][16] File:Furness Railway No 20.jpg
1550 Sir JamesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1917 Barclay 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix War Department, Gretna On static display at HM Factory, Gretna[23][24] File:Sir James. The fireless locomotive. Andrew Barclay builders. Eastrigg. Dumfries & Galloway.jpg
1900 1936 Peckett 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Courtaulds, Holywell Operated during the summer of 1983; now at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre[25][26] File:Peckett Sons No. 1900.jpg
3794 CumbriaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1953 Hunslet 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix, Austerity Tank Ministry of Defence Owned by the Furness Railway Trust[21] and normally operational at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston, but currently operating at the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway; boiler ticket expires in May 2025; painted in FR red[27][16][28] File:Cumbria at Shackerstone (29072874125).jpg
5643 1925 GWR, Swindon Works 0-6-2Template:Whyte suffix GWR, British Railways Owned by the Furness Railway Trust[21] and normally operational at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston but currently undergoing extended maintenance at the East Lancashire Railway in Bury[29][16][30] File:5643LB.jpg
44806 MagpieScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1944 LMS, Derby Works 4-6-0Template:Whyte suffix, Black 5 LMS, British Railways Acquired November 1970; moved to Steamport Southport; now at North Yorkshire Moors Railway with plans to return to the mainline[31][32] File:LMS Stanier Class "5MT" 4-6-0 No.44806 - 30408442224.jpg

Diesel

Diesel locomotives currently at the railway

Information below derived from the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Visitors Guide sixth edition and the IRS reference book.[5]

Operational
Number Name Built Builder Type Former Operator Notes Image
8 1959 British Railways, Swindon Works 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Class 03 British Railways as D2117 Operational File:D2117.jpg
AD601 1945 LMS, Derby Works 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Class 11 War Department Operational. One of a batch of locomotives built for the War Department, the design of which led to the class of locomotives that eventually became BR Class 11.
D2072 1959 British Railways, Doncaster Works 0-6-0Template:Whyte suffix Class 03 British Railways as TOPS 03 072 Operational File:03 072 Swindon 204HP 0-6-0DM.jpg
20 214 Austin MaherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1967 English Electric Bo-Bo Class 20 British Railways Operational File:Lakeside ^ Haverthwaite Railway - geograph.org.uk - 2194025.jpg
52071+52077 1961 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Class 110 DMU British Railways Operational File:Class 110 Calder Valley DMU.jpg
Inactive
Number Name Built Builder Type Former Operator Notes
2098 RachelScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924 Motor Rail & Tram Car Co. 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Burneside Paper Mills Tramway On display, undergoing restoration
Self-powered diesel crane

Not a locomotive in the traditional sense but is capable of, and has been used for, limited shunting operations.

Number Name Built Builder Type Former Operator Notes
20 1952 Jones 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix KL100 crane Operational

Diesel locomotives formerly at the railway

The list of locomotives below contains those currently identified as having been resident at Haverthwaite in the past. It is, in all probability, not an exhaustive list.

Number Name Built Builder Type Former Operator Notes
2 (works Nº 21999) FluffScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1937 Fowler 0-4-0Template:Whyte suffix Barrow Steelworks The first locomotive purchased by, and still owned by, the Furness Railway Trust.[21] Currently at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston[16] after having spent time on display at Locomotion at Shildon, County Durham[33]
D5301 1958 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Bo-Bo Class 26 British Railways as TOPS 26 001 Now at the Caledonian Railway, Brechin, Angus, Scotland[34]
D5370 1962 Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Bo-Bo Class 27 British Railways as TOPS 27 024 Now at the Caledonian Railway, Brechin, Angus, Scotland[34]

Rolling stock

Coaches

Information below derived from the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Visitors Guide sixth edition.

Number Built Builder Type Notes Image
3881 1953 BR York Works Mk. 1 TSO (Tourist Standard Open) Crimson and cream livery File:Train in Haverthwaite station - geograph.org.uk - 6658914.jpg
3962 1954 BR Eastleigh Works Mk. 1 TSO Crimson and cream livery
4255 1956 BR York Works Mk. 1 TSO Crimson and cream livery
4410 1957 BR Swindon Works Mk. 1 TSO Crimson and cream livery
4760 1957 BR York works Mk. 1 TSO Crimson and cream livery
9218 1953 BR Doncaster Works Mk. 1 BSO (Brake Standard Open) Crimson and cream livery File:West Tunnel at Haverthwaite Station - geograph.org.uk - 7246427.jpg
25337 1957 BR Wolverton Works Mk. 1 SK (Standard Corridor) Crimson and cream livery
25364 1957 BR Wolverton Works Mk. 1 SK Crimson and cream livery
35309 1962 BR Wolverton Works Mk. 1 BSK (Brake Standard Corridor) Crimson and cream livery
35362 1962 BR Wolverton Works Mk. 1 BSK Crimson and cream livery

Wagons

There are a selection of assorted goods vehicles.

In fiction

In Christopher Awdry's book Thomas & Victoria, the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway is featured as part of the railway route where Victoria worked along both Helena and Albert before coming to Sodor. In the Thomas the Tank Engine TV series, the railway was filmed for a series of short educational segments entitled Down at the Station.

In the adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, Dumb Witness, by ITV for its television series, Agatha Christie's Poirot, the opening scene was filmed at the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, at the Lakeside terminus.

The railway and Haverthwaite station are featured in the video to Never Went to Church by alternative hip hop band The Streets.[35]

References

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  7. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - W G Bagnall Works No 2682 Princess 0-6-0ST Retrieved 4 March 2023
  8. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - Hunslet Works No 3698, NCB 11 Repulse 0-6-0ST Retrieved 4 March 2023
  9. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - 42073 Retrieved 4 March 2023
  10. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - W G Bagnall Works No 2996 Victor No 403 0-6-0ST Retrieved 4 March 2023
  11. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - 42085 Retrieved 4 March 2023
  12. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - 46441 Retrieved 4 March 2023
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  21. ↑ a b c d Locomotives of the Furness Railway Trust Retrieved 2 March 2023
  22. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - Sharp, Stewart & Co, Works No 1448, 20 0-4-0 Furness Railway Retrieved 2 March 2023
  23. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - Andrew Barclay, Works No 1550, Sir James GF10 0-6-0F Retrieved 2 March 2023
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  29. ↑ Preserved British Steam Locomotives - 5643 Retrieved 2 March 2023
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Bibliography

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