A trip to Lakeside

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A trip to Lakeside


I recently had a trip down to the bottom of lake Windermere to the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway. I was fortunate that on the day of my visit, Bagnall "Victor" was in steam. This was a nice change for me as every time I visit it seems to be "Repulse" or "Princess" out. 




"Victor" was built in 1951 for Steel Company of Wales and was used at their Abbey, Margam and Port Talbot works. 3 locos were built, "Victor" (2996), "Vulcan" (2994) and "Valiant" (2995). The 3 were replaced by diesels in 1957 and "Victor" & "Vulcan" were sold to the Austin Motor Company in Birmingham. "Valiant" ended up with the NCB in South Wales, but was sadly scraped in 1967.


Both "Victor" & "Vulcan" worked at Longbridge till 1973 when they were again replaced by diesels. Both engines were preserved and moved to the West Somerset Railway. "Vulcan" was sold to the North Tyneside Steam Railway in 1986, and still operates there to this day. It was recently out shopped in its original Steel Company of Wales livery. A video of it in action can be found here.


"Victor" moved a few years later to the Strathspey Railway in Scotland and then onto the Battlefield line, Great Central and Tyseley. From there it was moved to the Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, where it returned to steam in 2015.

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