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Compton Down comes to the Silverdale Light Railway (North)

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:49 pm
by SLRmidge
Today I received the loco's & stock that I won on the Compton Down auction. :D :D :D

'Compton Steel', an 0-4-0 battery diesel, a wagon & a coach

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'Lyonese' a 2 1/2" gauge static example of an Isaac Boulton industrial loco

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Many thanks Kes

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:57 pm
by 90733
ooooooooooooooooooo very nice. Look good on your line, suits it.
Hopefully my stuff will arrive soon :D :D :D

Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:34 pm
by laalratty
Nice stuff, look forward to seeing it :D

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:13 pm
by kes
ahhhh, does a girls' heart good to see.... good to find out more about Lyonesse too.

Looks to be a great line - some good lookin' buildings in the background.

Thanks for posting, lovely to see :D

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:17 pm
by LMS-Jools
Well the Blue Diesel, coach and wagon had a brief push pull run on the LMS this afternoon and very nicely they looked and ran too !

sadly no pics.   8)

Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 8:34 pm
by taliesin001
Some nic stuff there. :D

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:02 pm
by SLRmidge
Yet more has come to the SLR(N) from the Compton Down Rly in the form of No 8, a Colin Binnie/Eric Lloyd mamod rebuild. :D
The regulator is the dome on top!

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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 10:23 pm
by kes
that really looks the part there.... 8) excellent

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 9:05 am
by taliesin001
looks very nice :D

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:32 pm
by SLRmidge
No 8 travelled to the SLR(S) this teatime & ran over the old wooden trestle bridge which I think looks appropriate :)

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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 8:34 pm
by laalratty
Looks a lot more at home in that pic then the one on shed at Silverdale Road