Zebedee
This narrow gauge (15 in (381 mm)) 0-6-4T locomotive was built by Alcester based Severn Lamb in1974 and was rebuilt from its original 0-6-2T configuration in 1990. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles. The of the 'T' refers to this being a tank engine. Notice that it is parked next to the water tower to replenish the tank after each run.
This locomotive is on the Lappa Valley Steam Railway which is a 15 in (381 mm) narrow gauge railway located near Newquay in Cornwall. The railway functions as a tourist attraction, running from Benny Halt to East Wheal Rose, where there is a leisure area.
The railway was established by Eric Booth (contested as the first inventor of rigid transistor contact lenses) in the 1970s. The trackbed was cleared of the thick undergrowth that had grown since the closure of the railway in 1963, and the 15 in (381 mm) gauge track was laid for 1 mile (1.6 km) between Benny Halt and East Wheal Rose. At the time this brand new steam locomotive Zebedee was built for the line by Severn Lamb, arriving in early 1974 with 4 locally built carriages. The railway opened to the public on the 16th June 1974. A large boating lake was dug at East Wheal Rose in 1975 to drain the area, and the whole East Wheal Rose area landscaped. More locomotives arrived from Longleat in 1976, with more carriages also being built at the time. In the 1970s a 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge railway was laid around a smaller boating lake, whilst a third railway, of 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge, running a further 1⁄2 mi (805 m) along the old trackbed was opened in May 1995.
At East Wheal Rose, The 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Newlyn Branch Line and 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge Woodland Railway depart from the top station on the Newlyn Branch Line and at the other end is another children's play area.
Also there are two lakes the biggest being the boating lake, the second smaller lake being the wildlife lake, a crazy golf course and many children's play areas. Along with a gift shop and licensed café, and a brick path maze depicting the first steam locomotive built by Richard Trevithick, along with many walks through the valley.
The name Zebedee comes from the father of James and John, who were two disciples of Jesus. However noting the date of manufacture of this Locomotive the name probably refers to a character in the childrens' stop motion animation TV series The Magic Roundabout. It was a French-British programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot, with the help of Ivor Wood and Wood's French wife, Josiane. The series was originally broadcast between 1964 and 1971 on ORTF,originally in black-and-white.
the BBC later produced a version of the series using the original stop motion animation footage with new English-language scripts, written and performed by Eric Thompson, which bore little relation to the original storylines. This version, broadcast in 441 five-minute-long episodes from 18 October 1965 to 25 January 1977, was a great success and attained cult status.
Zebedee was an almost human creature in a yellow jacket with a spring instead of feet. He always appeared and disappeared with a loud "boing"-sound and usually closed the show with the phrase "Time for bed". In the first episode he was delivered to Mr Rusty in a box which he burst from like a jack-in-the-box, hence the spring.
Zebedee
This narrow gauge (15 in (381 mm)) 0-6-4T locomotive was built by Alcester based Severn Lamb in1974 and was rebuilt from its original 0-6-2T configuration in 1990. Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-4 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles. The of the 'T' refers to this being a tank engine. Notice that it is parked next to the water tower to replenish the tank after each run.
This locomotive is on the Lappa Valley Steam Railway which is a 15 in (381 mm) narrow gauge railway located near Newquay in Cornwall. The railway functions as a tourist attraction, running from Benny Halt to East Wheal Rose, where there is a leisure area.
The railway was established by Eric Booth (contested as the first inventor of rigid transistor contact lenses) in the 1970s. The trackbed was cleared of the thick undergrowth that had grown since the closure of the railway in 1963, and the 15 in (381 mm) gauge track was laid for 1 mile (1.6 km) between Benny Halt and East Wheal Rose. At the time this brand new steam locomotive Zebedee was built for the line by Severn Lamb, arriving in early 1974 with 4 locally built carriages. The railway opened to the public on the 16th June 1974. A large boating lake was dug at East Wheal Rose in 1975 to drain the area, and the whole East Wheal Rose area landscaped. More locomotives arrived from Longleat in 1976, with more carriages also being built at the time. In the 1970s a 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge railway was laid around a smaller boating lake, whilst a third railway, of 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge, running a further 1⁄2 mi (805 m) along the old trackbed was opened in May 1995.
At East Wheal Rose, The 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Newlyn Branch Line and 7 1⁄4 in (184 mm) gauge Woodland Railway depart from the top station on the Newlyn Branch Line and at the other end is another children's play area.
Also there are two lakes the biggest being the boating lake, the second smaller lake being the wildlife lake, a crazy golf course and many children's play areas. Along with a gift shop and licensed café, and a brick path maze depicting the first steam locomotive built by Richard Trevithick, along with many walks through the valley.
The name Zebedee comes from the father of James and John, who were two disciples of Jesus. However noting the date of manufacture of this Locomotive the name probably refers to a character in the childrens' stop motion animation TV series The Magic Roundabout. It was a French-British programme created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot, with the help of Ivor Wood and Wood's French wife, Josiane. The series was originally broadcast between 1964 and 1971 on ORTF,originally in black-and-white.
the BBC later produced a version of the series using the original stop motion animation footage with new English-language scripts, written and performed by Eric Thompson, which bore little relation to the original storylines. This version, broadcast in 441 five-minute-long episodes from 18 October 1965 to 25 January 1977, was a great success and attained cult status.
Zebedee was an almost human creature in a yellow jacket with a spring instead of feet. He always appeared and disappeared with a loud "boing"-sound and usually closed the show with the phrase "Time for bed". In the first episode he was delivered to Mr Rusty in a box which he burst from like a jack-in-the-box, hence the spring.