Iron Horse
Iron horse is an iconic literary term for a steam locomotive, originating in the early 1800s, when horses still powered most machinery.
During the Iron Age, iron ore was converted to a useable metal in 'bloomeries' - small beehive shaped furnaces of hardened clay, using charcoal, which was produced by burning trees. Bloomeries were later superseded by 'blast furnaces'. This process was refined and continued through the Middle Ages and until the late 18th Century.
This photo was taken at the Bluebell Railway
Camelot (73082) was built at Derby in July 1955 and was put to work on the Kent Coast line and on Dover and Folkestone boat trains which continued until the Kent Coast electrification scheme was completed in 1959,
On Christmas Eve 1964 the locomotive achieved a speed of 107mph through Andover
With the onset of dieselisation Camelot moved to Guildford in 1965 and withdrawn from there in June 1966. After storage at Eastleigh, Camelot was bought by Woodham Brothers and moved to the Barry scrapyard in November 1966.
Following a visit to the scrapyard in Barry the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society was formed in March 1974 with the aim of buying Camelot and restoring the locomotive to working order
After several years, and several price increases, the money was raised and Camelot was bought in January 1979 for £8,100.
The Bluebell Railway was chosen as Camelot’s future home as they had already helped to obtain a suitable tender chassis from a South Wales steelworks as there were no Standard tenders remaining at Barry. Camelot was moved from Barry to the Bluebell Railway in October 1979.
Iron Horse
Iron horse is an iconic literary term for a steam locomotive, originating in the early 1800s, when horses still powered most machinery.
During the Iron Age, iron ore was converted to a useable metal in 'bloomeries' - small beehive shaped furnaces of hardened clay, using charcoal, which was produced by burning trees. Bloomeries were later superseded by 'blast furnaces'. This process was refined and continued through the Middle Ages and until the late 18th Century.
This photo was taken at the Bluebell Railway
Camelot (73082) was built at Derby in July 1955 and was put to work on the Kent Coast line and on Dover and Folkestone boat trains which continued until the Kent Coast electrification scheme was completed in 1959,
On Christmas Eve 1964 the locomotive achieved a speed of 107mph through Andover
With the onset of dieselisation Camelot moved to Guildford in 1965 and withdrawn from there in June 1966. After storage at Eastleigh, Camelot was bought by Woodham Brothers and moved to the Barry scrapyard in November 1966.
Following a visit to the scrapyard in Barry the 73082 Camelot Locomotive Society was formed in March 1974 with the aim of buying Camelot and restoring the locomotive to working order
After several years, and several price increases, the money was raised and Camelot was bought in January 1979 for £8,100.
The Bluebell Railway was chosen as Camelot’s future home as they had already helped to obtain a suitable tender chassis from a South Wales steelworks as there were no Standard tenders remaining at Barry. Camelot was moved from Barry to the Bluebell Railway in October 1979.