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Brian Kidman

Brian Kidman

On behalf of the Bluebell Railway, does anyone out there have a fully operational machine they would be prepared to loan while ours is away being repaired? We have a Type 18A which is used with a trailer. My understanding is that Type 18s were desigend to haul trailers, while Type 27s were not. Ideally we would like to borrow a Type 18, but a Type 27 would also be considered. Any information gratefully received.

Jonathan Flood avatar

Jonathan Flood

Hi Brian

Just to clarify, both Type 18 & Type 27 Trolleys can haul trailers.

Type 18 Trolleys are larger / heavier than Type 27 Trolleys and thus can haul larger / heavier trailers.

Brian Kidman

Brian Kidman

Hi Jonathan

My apologies for not having responded to your reply on this forum sooner, but we have of course been in touch by email and I'm very grateful to you for your advice and assistance. As you know, we have agreed terms with the Isle of Wight Steam Railway to borrow one of their Permaquip personnel carriers, DX68800, which is anticipated will arrive at Bluebell on 14th or 15th January. Ahead of this, 4 of our Infrastructure members are travelling to IoWSR on 9th January for driver training. Meanwhile, following up on your kind lead, the Weardale Railway has very generously gifted to us a spare Type 18 driving axle and direction change gearbox, which arrived at Bluebell earlier this month. We are hopeful that these parts will enable us to repair our Wickham in due course.