Appleby Frodingham Railway
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Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society (AFRPS) | |
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![]() 1912 Peckett locomotive with a train at Frodingham platform | |
Locale | Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire |
Commercial operations | |
Name | British Steel Limited Scunthorpe |
Original gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Preserved operations | |
Operated by | Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society |
Preserved gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
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The Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society is based at Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. The society owns locomotives and rolling stock but not the railway it runs on. The name comes from the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company, now known as British Steel Limited Scunthorpe after the companies buyout by Greybull Capital in 2016, and after going into compulsory liquidation in 2019, . The railway operates entirely within the Steelworks limits over tracks normally used for moving molten iron, steel and raw materials. Trains travel between 7 and 15 miles (11 and 24 km), all within the steelworks.
History[]
Occasional excursion trains were run around the Scunthorpe Steel Works site (such as in 1986) using the works' own locomotives. Then in 1990, steam-hauled passenger trains were run as part of a works anniversary celebration, using a locomotive borrowed from the Rutland Railway Museum. This was popular enough for further events to be planned using locomotive and carriages borrowed from the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. The society now owns (or is responsible for) several steam and diesel locomotives. On occasions the internal steelworks (radio controlled) locomotives have been used on passenger trains.
Locomotives[]
Number | Class | Name | Current Livery | Year built | Status |
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No.1 (Works Number: 2877) | Yorkshire Engine Company 0-6-0ST Janus | - | Appleby Frodingham Steel Company (Apple Green) | 1963 | Operational |
Works Number: 3138 | 0-6-0T steam locomotive built by Fabryka Lokomotyw im. Feliksa Dzierzynskiego, Chrzanów, Poland | Hutnik | AFRPS Maroon | 1954 | Currently awaiting restoration |
No.1 (Works Number: 1438) | Peckett 0-4-0ST steam locomotive | (Nechells No.1) | Nechells Power Station Green | 1916 | Awaiting overhaul (Boiler Ticket expired: April 2018) |
Works Number: 2661 | 0-6-0DE diesel electric Half Janus locomotive built by the Yorkshire Engine Company | Arnold Machin | Eccles Slag Company, Scunthorpe (Grey) | 1958 | Under restoration |
Works Number: 8368 | 0-4-0DH diesel hydraulic W. G. Bagnall locomotive built by RSH in 1962 | Horsa | CEGB Goldington (Bedford) | 1962 | Under restoration |
No.22 (Works Number: 3844) | 0-6-0ST Hunslet Austerity steam locomotive | - | United Steel Company Maroon | 1956 | Operational (Returned to steam in April 2021) |
No.3 (Works Number: 1919) | 0-6-0ST Avonside Engine Company steam locomotive | Cranford (Avonside No.3) | Staveley Coal and Iron Company (Unlined Green) | 1924 | Operational (Returned to steam in April 2016) |
No.8 (Works Number: 2369) | 0-4-0ST 16" Andrew Barclay steam locomotive | - | NCB East Ayr Area | 1955 | Under overhaul |
Class 144 017 | BR Class 144 'Pacer' 3-Car DMU (DMS 55817 - MS 55853 - DMSL 55840) | - | Northern Rail unbranded | 1986 | Operational |
Rolling Stock[]
Class / Type | Number(s) | Current Livery | Owner | Status |
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BR Class 108 DTCL | 56207 | Carmine & Cream | AFRPS | Operational |
BR Class 108 TBSL | 59245 | Carmine & Cream | AFRPS | Operational |
Operating Department
Instruction Saloon |
395280 (M30106M) | Loadhaul Orange and Black | AFRPS | Under Restoration |
BR 20T Shark Ballast Plough Brake Van | DB993829 | Departmental Grey | AFRPS | Operational |
BR Standard 20T Brake Van | 7605 | BR Marroon | AFRPS | Operational |
BR Standard 20T Brake Van | B955160 | BR Grey | AFRPS | Operational |
BR Standard 20T Brake Van | - | BR Railfreight | AFRPS | Stored |
BR Standard 20T Brake Van (Chassis Only) | DB953867 (4702) | - | AFRPS | Operational / Used for Storage |
LMS 20t Goods Brake Van | - | LMS Light Grey | Mike Sugden | Operational |
MK1 Tourist Second Open Coach
(Converted to a Lounge Car) |
E4668 | BR / GWR Chocolate & Cream | AFRPS | Operational |
GWR Toad 20T Goods Brake Van | BW68494 | - | Privately owned | Under Restoration |
ex-Internal LUMB Mill Roller Wagon | - | Internal Grey | AFRPS / BSC | On Display |
"MELD" ex-Internal Iron Ore Hopper Wagon | 197 | - | AFRPS | Stored |
ex-Orgreave UCC Tar Tank Wagon | 33 | Orgreave Grey | AFRPS | Under Restoration |
BR 27t Steel Mineral Wagon | 8552 or 8553 | Plain Grey | AFRPS | Operational / Used for Storage |
ex-Internal 4w Bolster Wagon | 4023 | - | AFRPS | Operational / Stored |
ex-BR Frodingham / Internal Plate Layers Van
(converted 12t Fish Van) |
975329 (Internal: 6005) | BR Frodingham Red | AFRPS / BSC | Operational / Used for Storage |
ex-Internal Short Flat Wagon | 4311 | - | AFRPS | Operational / Used for Storage |
BR Mk3 Trailer Guards Standard | 44059 | First Great Western | Scunthorpe Industrial Heritage Railway Ltd | Stored |
BR Mk3 Trailer Standard | 42504 | First Great Western | Scunthorpe Industrial Heritage Railway Ltd | Stored |
BR Mk3 Trailer Standard | 42511 | First Great Western | Scunthorpe Industrial Heritage Railway Ltd | Stored |
Special Events[]
Irregular special events are organised such as 'Diesel Days' where Corus and other visiting locomotives operated a series of trains through the day. For example, in 2003 one of each type of internal steelworks locomotive: a Yorkshire Engine Co 'Janus', a Hunslet 'Anchor' Locomotive and a '', together with an EWS Class 08 were used on the Gala trains, each making one round trip of around 6+3⁄4 miles (10.9 km) using the societies Brake Vans and Class 108 DMU Carriages.
It is not unusual for the passenger trains to be stopped to allow steelworks trains to pass. It is sometimes possible to see trains carrying molten iron from the "Queens" - Blast Furnaces.
External links[]
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