Pete in Lincs Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I had a beer delivery to Barrow Hill restoration centre today, although I didn't know that until I got there. (There's a beer festival on soon). I had a quick wander around and found it quite surreal, almost like being shrunk to HO scale and wandering around someone's train set, with some of Hornby's finest partially dismantled. There were also some lovely ones 'newly unboxed' though. There's some building work going on of (I think) a visitors centre so it will be worth a visit when done. Oh, it's somewhere near Chesterfield. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 A real gold mine for the rail enthusiast. Their beer festivals are always well subscribed. I was there six years ago for a look around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 10, 2017 Author Share Posted May 10, 2017 The guys said it was part lottery funded, and someone else told me Pete Waterman has an interest & rolling stock in the site. I dropped off half a van full of Fullers beers and Cornish Orchard cider BTW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Barrow Hill is well known as a preservation site and holds a couple of galas a year. It has recently received funding for a new visitor centre as Pete saw. I have not been for years, but had some interesting stuff. It apparently is the only working railway roundhouse left in the country still in use for it's original purpose without Bing rebuilt etc, like the NRM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 There were some steam engines in the roundhouse which is probably what made me feel so small. A dark red engine with the number 1000 on the tender. An 0-6-0 which I think was called a jinty? A small 0-4-0 and another 0-6-0 or 2-6-0 with tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Jones Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 2 hours ago, Pete in Lincs said: A dark red engine with the number 1000 on the tender. . Midland Railway 1000 class 4-4-0 , built in 1902. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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