A trip to Lakeside
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 so