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No. 1001 The Monarch 10¼" |
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The Monarch was designed and built in 1932 by H. C.
S. Bullock (the first of his large 10¼ inch gauge 4-6-2 locomotives)
in Farnborough, Hampshire, UK for Captain Holder of "Keepings",
Beaulieu, Hampshire. Capt. Holder renamed the engine "Audrey" and
converted it to a 4-6-4. During World War II he loaned the engine to
the War Department to demonstrate to commando troops how and where
to most effectively place explosives in order to destroy enemy
locomotives!
In 1952 "Audrey" was sold to Mr. Dudley Alexander of Meadow End,
Brockenhurst, Hampshire who changed her name to "Bubbles" after a
favourite pony. "Bubbles" ran over 1300 miles earning some £2000 for
local charities.
In 1964 the engine was sold to John Fowles of the Stonecot Hill
Railway in Surrey and at this point the history of the engine
becomes a little vague. We learnt from H.C.S. Bullock's late son,
Ken, that the locomotive went to Hayling Island and onto
Guildford. Then it was purchased by Brian Hollingsworth, the late
well known railway author, for use on his private 7.¼" inch gauge
railway near Porthmadog in Wales. Brian had 1001 re-gauged from
10¼" to 7.¼", converted back to a 4-6-2 and re-named and
re-numbered 8032 "White Fire".
Eastleigh Lakeside Railway bought her in September 1994 and, after a
few runs, we moved it to our workshops and began an extensive
overhaul and rebuild. Finally we painted the engine in the colours
of "Gordon" from the "Thomas the Tank Engine" stories and reinstated
the original name and number "The Monarch" No 1001. It seems
particularly appropriate that this engine should come back to
Hampshire so near to where it all began in 1932. In October 2001 we
converted
her back to 10¼".
No 1001 is a powerful engine which is a joy to drive and fire. By
way of experiment we have placed sixteen loaded carriages behind the
engine and she coped admirably, emitting a tremendous exhaust beat
as she hauled this heavy load up our steepest gradient.
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No. 1002 The Empress 10¼" |
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The Empress was Bullocks second 10¼ inch locomotive
built for Mr Cookson of Billinghurst
in Sussex in 1933. After several owners it was bought by Bob
Bullock ( no relationship to the builder) who over many years have
restored her to her former glory.
Eastleigh Lakeside Railway purchased her in January 2004
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No. 2006 Edward VIII 10¼" |
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Edward VIII was Bullocks sixth 10¼ inch locomotive
(his favourite) built in 1936 first ran at Fox Hill then transferred
to the Surrey Border and Camberley railway in 1938. After the line
closed at the end of 1939 she was laid up until 1943 moving to
Dunley Hall near Stourport renaming her Princess Elizabeth again
changing hands twice near Stourport. In 1969 she was sold to North
Tawton miniature Railway in Devon changing hands again in the 1970s
were she has been laid up for many years. Eastleigh Lakeside Railway
purchased her in March 2007.
The first picture shows her as purchased the second picture was
taken 2nd February 2008 restored by Jesse Moody with Empress's
tender on its first test run.
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No. 7 Sandy River 10¼" |

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Sandy River is a modified version of the late Don
Young's "Maxi Lucky Seven" 2-4-2 design. Representing a locomotive
from the now defunct 2 foot gauge Sandy River and Rangely Lakes
Railroad, Maine, USA, the engine and tender weigh approximately 1.75
tonnes. Built in 1982 for operation on the Lowther Park Miniature
Railway in Cumbria and
named "Big Emm", No 7 was purchased in 1991,
ran at Moors Valley Railway for a short time and was then
extensively rebuilt; removing the side water tanks and making a
new tender to hold the water (the previous one was originally built
to accommodate a gas cylinder). She was subsequently transferred to
Eastleigh Lakeside Railway along with William Baker at the opening
of the Railway in 1992.
During our busy times, No 7 has comfortably pulled 12 plus coach
trains (giving a train weight without the engine and tender of
approximately 9000 lbs or 4080 kg) around our tight curves, some of
which slope up at an average 1 in 55 gradient.
The tender holds a maximum of one hundred gallons of water and
holds about 1cwt 50 kg of coal.
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No. 70055 Rob Roy 10¼" |
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Rob Roy a Britannia 4-6-2 was built by Roy Pullen
using the chassis and boiler from a previous loco built in 1948
On loan to Eastleigh Lakeside Railway.
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No. 850 Lord Nelson 10¼" |
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Lord Nelson 850 was built in 2007
by Jesse Moody for Eastleigh Lakeside Railway. He has spent a lot of
time fully detailing the locomotive copying from the full size Lord
Nelson.
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No. 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley 10¼" |
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Sir Nigel Gresley was built by William Kirkland in
1964 (It took him 12 years to build)
He ran her at Thoresby Hall Nottinghamshire from 1966 to 1988.
During the1990s Sir Nigel was based at Stapleford Park
Leicestershire. After Bills death in 2001 the engine was sold by
auction at Bonhams to two members of The South Downs Light Railway
from where Eastleigh Lakeside Railway purchased her in August 2003
Since then we have taken over 5 years rebuilding and converting to 3
cylinders. Put back into service April 2009.
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No. 10 Sir Arthur Heywood 7¼" |
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Built by Ken Williamson in 1994, Sir Arthur Heywood
is a half scale replica of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's
"Northern Rock". The wheel arrangement is 2-6-2 and, in working
order, the locomotive and tender weigh over one ton. The late Sir
Arthur Heywood was a pioneer of minimum gauge railways and firmly
believed that the so-called miniature gauges around 15" could be
used economically and cost effectively. The prototype on the
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway was originally to be called "Sir
Arthur Heywood" in his memory but was subsequently named "Northern
Rock" after the building society of that name contributed towards
the cost of building the engine.
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No. 1908 Ernest Henry Upton 10¼" |
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Formally Sir A. Montgomery 4-4-2 was built in 1937
by G&S Engineering It ran at Dudley Zoo before the war ending up at
Weymouth. In 1990 it was sold and left in store until 2000 when it
changed hands again and brought to Eastleigh Lakeside Railway.
Eastleigh Lakeside Railway purchased the engine in February 2002
since then it has been totally rebuilt and renamed in October 2005
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No. 6220 Coronation 10¼" |
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Coronation was built in 1946 by E. Dove and ran at
Christchurch in Dorset moving to Syon Park Brentwood with the
Royal
Scot featured next. The line closed in 2005 We have given her a
major overhaul and repaint
On loan to Eastleigh Lakeside Railway
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No. 6100 Royal Scot 10¼" |
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The Royal Scot built in the late 40s by Carland
engineering, ran at Syon Park until the railway closed in 2005.
We have overhauled her and her first outing was in July 2007
On loan to Eastleigh Lakeside Railway
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David Curwen 7¼" |
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David Curwen was built by David Curwen for Dobwells
Railway in the early days but was not used
in later years as it was not powerful enough, after been sold a
couple of years ago one of our volunteers
bought her in January 2007
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Blundells 7¼" |
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932 Blundells Southern Railways Schools Class 3
cylinder 4-4-0 was built in 2000 by Jesse Moody
A truly scale locomotive from the full size.
Purchased February 2009
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Ernie 1 10¼" |
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Ernie1 is a rebuild of D1994 Eastleigh 7.25" diesel
hydraulic B-B built in 1994. Originally Eastleigh had a
Lister/Petter 2.2 litre air cooled diesel with a Linde 20HP variable
swash plate pump and two Linde 10hp motors one on each bogie but was
found this to be somewhat overpowered so the engine had been
replaced with a smaller water cooled diesel. Eastleigh was used
mainly as standby engine in case of a failure of one of the steam
locomotives or to cater for sudden fluctuations in the number of
passengers.
Ernie 1 along with Jubilee will feature on our Day out with Ernie
events and unlike our passed Thomas events they will also run in
normal service during the year.
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No. 4789 William Baker 7¼" |
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William Baker is a freelance standard gauge Atlantic
(4-4-2) named after her builder. The locomotive was bought in 1991
just prior to the initial construction of Eastleigh Lakeside
Railway. Her number 4789 comes from the year she was built, 1947,
and the year she was first steamed, 1989. She is diminutive
alongside our larger engines but nonetheless will pull three full
coaches without complaint. She is a free steaming, well proportioned
engine of pleasing appearance. Occasionally prone to wheel slip, she
requires a gentle hand on the regulator.
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No. 3 Francis Henry Lloyd 7¼" |
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No. 3 is a freelance 4-8-4 of USA outline, built in
1959 by Trevor Guest and the apprentices of
F. H. Lloyd and Co. for operation on the Hilton Valley Railway.
Rebuilt by A. J. Glaze in 1970 No 3 was purchased in 1990 from
Weston Park Railway (having being transferred there after Hilton
Valley Railway closed down). The locomotive has undergone a full
restoration and considerable modification in our workshop.
The picture shows her ex workshop 23rd. December 2000.
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No. 1A Saint-Leonard 7¼" |
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No. 1A 0-4-0 + 0-4-4 is based on the first Garratt
in Africa. The full size ran on the Chemins de Fer du Mayumbé. It
was built under licence from Beyer Peacock at the works of Société
Anonyme de Saint-Léonard of Liegé Belgium in 1911 and ran in the
Belgian Congo between Boma and Tchela. 1A was finished being built
in December 2001. Originally intended to run on the Rode Woodland
Railway but this closed in October 2000 due to the sale of the
grounds.
1A is privately owned.
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Sgt. Murphy 7¼" |
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A third scale model of a Kerr Stuart "Haig" class
0-6-6T based on a Decauville design and named after the 1923 Grand
National winner.
Sgt. Murphy is privately owned.
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No. 92 Florence 10¼" |
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Florence was built in 1999 by us and is
powered by a Kubota two cylinder water cooled diesel hydraulic
drive. Florence is named in memory of a lady who died at the age of
92 and left a legacy to the railway
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Jubilee 10¼" |
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Jubilee's electric propulsion system
was designed and built by three master's degree students at
Southampton University as a project sponsored by various companies,
including Eastleigh Lakeside Railway
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Taw 7¼" |
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Taw was built in 1999 by J. Horsfield to
the Manning Wardle 2-6-2T design for the famous Lynton and
Barnstable 2 foot railway. She first ran at a garden centre in
Cheshire then at Oldown until it closed in 2004.
In the summer of 2005 Taw was moved to the Langford and Beeleigh
Railway in Essex where the present owner ran her until moving her to
Eastleigh Lakeside Railway Christmas 2005.
Taw will run in service at least once a month.
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Sanjo 7¼" |
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Sanjo is based on the well known Romulus design.
Built by her late owner was regularly in steam two or three times a
month
on a Saturday pulling 3 of our large coaches.
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