15" gauge B-BPM 'Wendy' at Whorlton Lido Railway. Wycliffe, Co.Durham. 28/06/92.
Most miniature railway locomotives are based on something representing a design or shape to be found on the "Big Railway". The B-BPM named 'Wendy' that ran on the the Whorlton Lido Railway didn't really fit that pattern being a cross between a Super Clayton and the Fell locomotive in body shape. It was built by Coleby-Simkins Engineering Ltd of Melton Mowbray in 1972 and spent many years going round this 750yd long dumbell shaped line at this County Durham tourist attraction. Alas the line appears to have closed after the 2004 summer season and the whole site has become a matter of local controversy.
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15" gauge B-BPM 'Wendy' at Whorlton Lido Railway. Wycliffe, Co.Durham. 28/06/92.
Most miniature railway locomotives are based on something representing a design or shape to be found on the "Big Railway". The B-BPM named 'Wendy' that ran on the the Whorlton Lido Railway didn't really fit that pattern being a cross between a Super Clayton and the Fell locomotive in body shape. It was built by Coleby-Simkins Engineering Ltd of Melton Mowbray in 1972 and spent many years going round this 750yd long dumbell shaped line at this County Durham tourist attraction. Alas the line appears to have closed after the 2004 summer season and the whole site has become a matter of local controversy.
www.teesdalemercury.co.uk/Articles/Latest-plans-for-Whorl...