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Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a
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*Yorkshire Engine Company Janus class 0-6-0DE works No. 2791 "DE5" built in 1962. On display. Ex Exton Park Ironstone Quarries, Rutland & BSC, Scunthorpe.
*Yorkshire Engine Company 0-6-0DE works No. 2872 ''1382'' built in 1962. Operational. Ex Colsterworth Quarries and Easton Mines.
*Rolls-Royce Ltd 0-4-0DH works No. 10201 "BETTY" built in 1964. Operational. Ex Oxfordshire Ironstone, Banbury
*Rolls-Royce Ltd 0-4-0DH works No. 10204 "JEAN" built in 1965. Operational. Ex Oxfordshire Ironstone, Banbury
*Rolls-Royce Ltd 0-4-0DH works No. 10207 "GRAHAM" built in 1965. Undergoing restoration. Ex Oxfordshire Ironstone, Banbury
* John Fowler & Co. 0-4-0DH works No. 4220007 "KETTON No. 1" built in 1960. Undergoing restoration. Ex Ketton Cement Works.
* Ruston Class 165DE 0-4-0DH works No. 421436 "ELIZABETH" built in 1958. On display. Ex Rugby Cement, Barrington.
* Thomas Hill 4wDH works no. 186V "Mr D" built in 1967. On display. Ex Rugby Cement, Barrington.
* Thomas Hill 4wDH works no. 178V No. 8 built in 1967. On display. Ex Rugby Cement, Barrington.
* Ruston Class 48DS 4wDM works No. 207103 built in 1941. Undergoing overhaul. Ex British Benzol at Bedwas Coke Ovens.
* Ruston Class 88DS 4wDM works No. 306092 built in 1950. On display. Ex British Electricity Authority Bidder Street Power station, Canning Town, London.
* Ruston Class LPSE 0-4-0DE works No. 544997 "ERIC TONKS" built in 1969. Operational. Ex Hays Chemicals, Sandbach, Cheshire.
*Iron Ore Tippler rake
Numerous wagons from this list are available for use and can be seen in operation.
**British Steel Corporation Iron Ore Tippler Wagon 25197. Purchased from BR by British Steel Corporation.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B383560. Built in 1954.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B384428. Built in 1955.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B384768. Built in 1955.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B385005. Built in 1955.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B385997. Built in 1958.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B387245. Built in 1960.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B387643. Built in 1960.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B388815. Built in 1961.
*Hopper Wagon rake
Numerous wagons from this list are available for use and can be seen in operation.
**Appleby-Frodingham 21 ton peak-ended Iron Ore Hopper Wagon P210000. Built by Central Wagon, 1938.
**Sheepbridge Iron and Steel Co. Hopper Wagon 101011. Built by Charles Roberts, 1926. Last surviving example.
**BR Iron Ore Hopper Wagon B436275. Built in 1950 by Charles Roberts. Last surviving example.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M690379. Built in 1935.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691079. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691193. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691404. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691535. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691576. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691793. Built in 1939.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691804. Built in 1936.
**Private Owner Steel Mineral Hopper Wagon P15675. Built 1915 for Liverpool Corporation Electricity Supply by Cammell Laird, Nottingham.
*Ironstone Dump car wagons (last surviving examples)
**No. 144 (8555/50/72) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.125 (8555/50/53) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.148 (8555/50/76) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No. 141 (8555/50/69) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.97 (8555/50/25) Built by Birmingham C&W Co. in 1939. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.76 (8555/50/4) Built by Birmingham C&W Co. in 1939. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
*Chalk Tippler wagons
**Four Ex-Barrington Cement works tipplers, three rebuilt on 26ton iron ore tippler chassis and one original from the original Eastwoods fleet.
*Brake Vans
The brake vans are used both in the passenger and goods trains.
**LMS 12 ft Goods Brake Van M286341. Built in 1926.
**LMS 16 ft Goods Brake Van 731874. Built in 1944.
**WD 16 ft Brake Van 49006. Built in 1941. Built to Southern Region design.
**BR Shark Ballast Plough Brake Van DB993734. Built in 1953.
The official website of Rocks by Rail
{{Coord, 52.7143, -0.6890, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Heritage railways in Rutland Railway museums in England Museums in Rutland
Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (US usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) i ...
on part of a former Midland Railway
The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It ama ...
mineral branch line. It is situated north east of Oakham
Oakham is the county town of Rutland in the East Midlands of England, east of Leicester, south-east of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. It had a population of 10,922 in the 2011 census, estimated at 11,191 in 2019. Oakham is to the west o ...
, in Rutland
Rutland () is a ceremonial county and unitary authority in the East Midlands, England. The county is bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.
Its greatest len ...
, England.
Overview
The museum offers an open-air site dedicated to recreating an ironstone tramway system in its entirety from the extraction of iron ore from a 'first cut' quarry face reproduced in the quarry viewing area to the exchange sidings with the BR rail head. The museum aims to preserve and operate industrial locomotives and mineral wagons from local quarry railways as well as artefacts related to quarry railways in general. The museum site is based on a typical 1950s or early 1960s quarry system when both steam and diesel power was evident in the industry. The branch line linked to theMelton Mowbray
Melton Mowbray () is a town in Leicestershire, England, north-east of Leicester, and south-east of Nottingham. It lies on the River Eye, known below Melton as the Wreake. The town had a population 27,670 in 2019. The town is sometimes promo ...
to Oakham main line at Ashwell Signal Box. Exchange sidings were once located at the museum serving three separate private quarry railway systems associated with the past extraction of iron ore. The museum site was known locally as Cottesmore Iron Ore Mines Sidings.
The concrete tipping dock built for Cottesmore quarries has been conserved, along with the locomotive running shed from Woolsthorpe Quarries on the Lincs/Leics border, in its entirety. Also preserved are several items of quarry machinery including a 22RB Ruston-Bucyrus
Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd was an engineering company established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby based in Lincoln, England and Bucyrus-Erie based in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the latter of which had operational controlThe Amazing ...
face shovel, a 22RB Ruston-Bucyrus
Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd was an engineering company established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby based in Lincoln, England and Bucyrus-Erie based in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the latter of which had operational controlThe Amazing ...
dragline
A dragline excavator is a piece of heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining.
Draglines fall into two broad categories: those that are based on standard, lifting cranes, and the heavy units which have to be built on-site. ...
excavator and a Euclid
Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of ...
dump truck as used in local quarry systems. The cab of the massive Ransomes & Rapier
Ransomes & Rapier was a major British manufacturer of railway equipment and later cranes, from 1869 to 1987. Originally an offshoot of the major engineering company Ransome's it was based at Waterside Works in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Ransome's split
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dragline
A dragline excavator is a piece of heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining.
Draglines fall into two broad categories: those that are based on standard, lifting cranes, and the heavy units which have to be built on-site. ...
excavator Sundew
''Drosera'', which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. 2 volumes. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginou ...
is on display along with a cab from 110RB Ruston-Bucyrus
Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd was an engineering company established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby based in Lincoln, England and Bucyrus-Erie based in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the latter of which had operational controlThe Amazing ...
dragline
A dragline excavator is a piece of heavy equipment used in civil engineering and surface mining.
Draglines fall into two broad categories: those that are based on standard, lifting cranes, and the heavy units which have to be built on-site. ...
from the Barrington Cement Works quarry railway.
Also present at the museum is the Simon Layfield Exhibition Centre which comprises three roads of locomotive/wagon exhibits and related displays concerning former local quarry railways.
Also on display at the museum is Hawthorn Leslie
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilder and locomotive manufacturer. The company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.
History
The company was form ...
locomotive "SINGAPORE" works number 3865 built in 1936. This locomotive was exported to Singapore Royal Navy Dockyard
Royal Navy Dockyards (more usually termed Royal Dockyards) were state-owned harbour facilities where ships of the Royal Navy were built, based, repaired and refitted. Until the mid-19th century the Royal Dockyards were the largest industrial c ...
and was captured in February 1942 by the Japanese during World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...
. The locomotive features superficial bullet and shrapnel damage sustained during air raids on the dockyard from Japanese aircraft. The locomotive HL3865/36 "SINGAPORE" is an honorary member of the FEPOW organisation.
The museum operates passenger rides on a length of track and occupies an area of nearly 9 acre
The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial and US customary systems. It is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, of a square mile, 4,840 square ...
s (28,000 m²). Passenger rides are provided in restored brake vans, typical of those formerly used in freight trains in the area. The museum welcomes any related donations of artefacts or information which may help further its aims.
Locomotives
Steam locomotives
*Hawthorn Leslie
R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, usually referred to as Hawthorn Leslie, was a shipbuilder and locomotive manufacturer. The company was founded on Tyneside in 1886 and ceased building ships in 1982.
History
The company was form ...
0-4-0ST works No. 3865 "SINGAPORE" built in 1936. On display, subject of a fund-raising appeal for an overhaul to working condition. Ex HM Dockyards Singapore, Ex HM Dockyards Chatham
* Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST works No. 1931 built in 1927. Operational. Ex British Sugar BSC, Wissington, Norfolk
* Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST works No. 2088 "SIR THOMAS ROYDEN" built in 1940. Operational. Ex CEGB, Stourport
* Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST outside cylinder works No. 2350 "BELVOIR" built in 1954. On display. Ex Woolsthorpe quarries, Lincs.
*Avonside
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History
The suburb was named after Holy Trinity Avonside, which was built beside the Avon River in 18 ...
0-6-0ST works No. 1972 "STAMFORD" built in 1927. On display awaiting restoration. Ex Pilton quarries, Rutland
*Peckett & Sons
Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Locomotive Works on Deep Pit Road between Fishponds and St. George, Bristol, England.
Fox, Walker and Company
The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, ...
0-4-0ST works No. 1257 "UPPINGHAM" built in 1912. On display awaiting restoration. Ex James Pain ironstone quarries
*W.G. Bagnall
W. G. Bagnall was a locomotive manufacturer from Stafford, England which was founded in 1875 and operated
until it was taken over in 1962 by English Electric.
History
The company was founded in 1875 by William Gordon Bagnall. The majority ...
0-6-0ST outside cylinder works No. 2668 "CRANFORD No. 2" built in 1942. On display. Ex Cranford, Northamptonshire.
*Yorkshire Engine Company
The Yorkshire Engine Company (YEC) was a small independent locomotive manufacturer in Sheffield, England. The company was formed in 1865 and produced locomotives and carried out general engineering work until 1965. It mainly built shunting engi ...
0-6-0ST No. 2521 built in 1952. On display. Ex Appleby Frodingham "Ore Mining Branch" Scunthorpe
*Peckett & Sons
Peckett and Sons was a locomotive manufacturer at the Atlas Locomotive Works on Deep Pit Road between Fishponds and St. George, Bristol, England.
Fox, Walker and Company
The company began trading in 1864 at the Atlas Engine Works, St. George, ...
0-4-0ST works No. 1759 "ELIZABETH" built in 1928. Undergoing overhaul. Ex Mountsorrel quarries, Leics.
*Hudswell Clarke
Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited was an engineering and locomotive building company in Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
History
The company was founded as Hudswell and Clarke in 1860. In 1870 the name was changed to Hud ...
0-6-0ST No. 1308 "RHOS" built in 1918. Dismantled, awaiting restoration. Ex Stewarts & Lloyds Corby quarries
*Hunslet Engine Company
The Hunslet Engine Company is a locomotive-building company, founded in 1864 in Hunslet, England. It manufactured steam locomotives for over 100 years and currently manufactures diesel shunting locomotives. The company is part of Ed Murray & So ...
0-4-0ST works No. 287 "VIGILANT" built in 1882. Undergoing restoration. Ex Corby Iron Ore Co.
Diesel locomotives
*Yorkshire Engine Company Janus class 0-6-0DE works No. 2791 "DE5" built in 1962. On display. Ex Exton Park Ironstone Quarries, Rutland & BSC, Scunthorpe.
*Yorkshire Engine Company 0-6-0DE works No. 2872 ''1382'' built in 1962. Operational. Ex Colsterworth Quarries and Easton Mines.
*Rolls-Royce Ltd 0-4-0DH works No. 10201 "BETTY" built in 1964. Operational. Ex Oxfordshire Ironstone, Banbury
*Rolls-Royce Ltd 0-4-0DH works No. 10204 "JEAN" built in 1965. Operational. Ex Oxfordshire Ironstone, Banbury
*Rolls-Royce Ltd 0-4-0DH works No. 10207 "GRAHAM" built in 1965. Undergoing restoration. Ex Oxfordshire Ironstone, Banbury
* John Fowler & Co. 0-4-0DH works No. 4220007 "KETTON No. 1" built in 1960. Undergoing restoration. Ex Ketton Cement Works.
* Ruston Class 165DE 0-4-0DH works No. 421436 "ELIZABETH" built in 1958. On display. Ex Rugby Cement, Barrington.
* Thomas Hill 4wDH works no. 186V "Mr D" built in 1967. On display. Ex Rugby Cement, Barrington.
* Thomas Hill 4wDH works no. 178V No. 8 built in 1967. On display. Ex Rugby Cement, Barrington.
* Ruston Class 48DS 4wDM works No. 207103 built in 1941. Undergoing overhaul. Ex British Benzol at Bedwas Coke Ovens.
* Ruston Class 88DS 4wDM works No. 306092 built in 1950. On display. Ex British Electricity Authority Bidder Street Power station, Canning Town, London.
* Ruston Class LPSE 0-4-0DE works No. 544997 "ERIC TONKS" built in 1969. Operational. Ex Hays Chemicals, Sandbach, Cheshire.
Wagons
The museum has a selection of typical quarry wagons which are used for demonstrations on open days. Details are below. The list is not exhaustive.
*Iron Ore Tippler rake
Numerous wagons from this list are available for use and can be seen in operation.
**British Steel Corporation Iron Ore Tippler Wagon 25197. Purchased from BR by British Steel Corporation.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B383560. Built in 1954.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B384428. Built in 1955.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B384768. Built in 1955.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B385005. Built in 1955.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B385997. Built in 1958.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B387245. Built in 1960.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B387643. Built in 1960.
**BR Iron Ore Tippler Wagon B388815. Built in 1961.
*Hopper Wagon rake
Numerous wagons from this list are available for use and can be seen in operation.
**Appleby-Frodingham 21 ton peak-ended Iron Ore Hopper Wagon P210000. Built by Central Wagon, 1938.
**Sheepbridge Iron and Steel Co. Hopper Wagon 101011. Built by Charles Roberts, 1926. Last surviving example.
**BR Iron Ore Hopper Wagon B436275. Built in 1950 by Charles Roberts. Last surviving example.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M690379. Built in 1935.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691079. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691193. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691404. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691535. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691576. Built in 1938.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691793. Built in 1939.
**LMS Iron Ore Hopper Wagon M691804. Built in 1936.
**Private Owner Steel Mineral Hopper Wagon P15675. Built 1915 for Liverpool Corporation Electricity Supply by Cammell Laird, Nottingham.
*Ironstone Dump car wagons (last surviving examples)
**No. 144 (8555/50/72) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.125 (8555/50/53) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.148 (8555/50/76) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No. 141 (8555/50/69) Built by Metro-Cammell in 1940. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.97 (8555/50/25) Built by Birmingham C&W Co. in 1939. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
**No.76 (8555/50/4) Built by Birmingham C&W Co. in 1939. Ex-Gretton Brook, Corby.
*Chalk Tippler wagons
**Four Ex-Barrington Cement works tipplers, three rebuilt on 26ton iron ore tippler chassis and one original from the original Eastwoods fleet.
*Brake Vans
The brake vans are used both in the passenger and goods trains.
**LMS 12 ft Goods Brake Van M286341. Built in 1926.
**LMS 16 ft Goods Brake Van 731874. Built in 1944.
**WD 16 ft Brake Van 49006. Built in 1941. Built to Southern Region design.
**BR Shark Ballast Plough Brake Van DB993734. Built in 1953.
References
External links
The official website of Rocks by Rail
{{Coord, 52.7143, -0.6890, type:landmark_region:GB, display=title Heritage railways in Rutland Railway museums in England Museums in Rutland