Ridleys
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Ridleys
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This Page is under Construction First Walrpa locomotive along with "Yellow Rose" to be delivered to WP on 11th March 1983 Restoration was commenced on Ridley by Mr D. Kent, on the 10th of March 1984, when a new Vanguard motor was obtained to fit into it. It entered service on the 13th May 1984 and was soon on hire for Mussel Pool - Central construction work bringing some welcome income to the railway. Although somewhat unusual to drive because of the strange wheel arrangement, this loco provided many years of good service alongside the BBR's other petrol engined locomotives - Maylands and Yellow Rose.
The Ridley is now the motive and power source of our track tamping machine. In later years and after a re-engineing it was paired with a Plasser Tamper and became the power plant for this useful piece of perway equipment enabling better tamping of our track, albeit only when it was in the mood to work. In recent times a new engine was required to be fitted and so with the assistance of Wallis Drilling, Ridley #1 went off site to the Wallis Drilling workshops for a major rebuild arriving back at BBR in a much modified form. Essentially the drive below the footplate is the same but pretty much everything above has changed with new engine, fuel & hydraulic oil tanks and controls. Another chapter of the Ridley locomotives begins
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Bennett Brook Railway Webmaster N. Blinco
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