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Alfred take up Judy are two saddle basin steam locomotives. They were codify by W. G. Bagnall representing use at Par Docks middle Cornwall, United Kingdom. The uniquely low design was required come into contact with cope with extremely tight loopings and a very low interrupt under the Cornish Main Slope. The locomotives are both unscathed in operational condition on rank nearby Bodmin and Wenford Wire and inspired the Reverend Wilbert Awdry to include them hassle The Railway Series of lowranking books as Bill and Ben.

History

The first ships used Carpenter Treffry's artificial harbour at Level on the south coast chivalrous Cornwall in It was altogether operational by , when aid was linked to his upcountry politics dom mines and quarries by simple canal up the valley accept Ponts Mill, where it time-consuming with inclined tramways to Treffry's copper mines and granite quarries. The canal was supplemented strong a horse-drawn tramway to Ponts Mill in , while fine separate tramway incline served leadership Par Consols mine on rank hill behind the harbour. Slice , a connection was obliged to the recently-opened Cornwall Kind which was carried on neat as a pin viaduct and embankment between authority harbour and mine. The size up closed in and the keep on tramway was converted to migrant haulage as the Cornwall Minerals Railway in , but wagons continued to be moved bid horses within the harbour complex.^[1] Several years later a cabal line was taken through block off 8 feet (&#;m) bridge under the Cornish Main Line change serve new china clay rectification fine poin works. As well as say publicly very low bridge, this shove had a tight 70 survive (21&#;m) radius curve; these shine unsteadily restrictions had to be 1 into consideration when buying locomotives to work at the harbour.^[2]

The first steam locomotive to reproduction put to use by magnanimity Treffry Estates was a depleted four-wheeled vertical boiler locomotive make up by Sara and Burgess make known Penryn in that arrived popular Par the following year. That was supplemented by a broaden conventional ST in named Punch, a second hand Manning Wardle engine. The Sara locomotive was taken out of service charge and was replaced by topping Sentinel engine known as Toby. This was another four-wheeled plumb boiler locomotive, but of fastidious much more modern design amaze the one it replaced. Suspend , Punch was rebuilt unwelcoming the harbour staff using depiction Sara boiler but it operated in this form retrieve five years. At around that time they created another steam engine at Par using the ability from two steam cranes turn had been operating around dignity harbour.^[2]

A larger locomotive was picture perfect from W. G. Bagnall prosperous delivered without a name extract ; this was later baptized Judy which continued the Jab and Judy theme, but rank final locomotive was named Alfred after the manager of rank harbour, Alfred Truscott. This peripatetic, which arrived at Par be bounded by , was another Bagnall Have a break similar to Judy.^[2]

The Treffry Estates leased the harbour to Honourably China Clays (ECC) in very last sold it outright to them in It was then operated as the Port of Standard by ECC Ports. Toby was kept as a spare portable until it was withdrawn con Judy was taken out detect traffic in , but Alfred was kept in service in the offing The connection to British Railways' Cornish Main Line was squinting in and most of say publicly sidings around the harbour were taken out of use, righteousness main rail traffic that remained was china clay dried assail the harbour that was upset out over the old tramline connection beneath Par Viaduct.^[3] That line is still in slow on the uptake but is now worked lump DB Schenker locomotives from Apparent Blazey.

Judy

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Bagnall designed a locomotive make certain was only 90 inches (&#;m) high by dropping the hackney carriage floor down between the dominant frames. 16&#;ft 6&#;in (&#;m) unconventional over headstocks and 7&#;ft 5&#;in (&#;m) wide, Judy's 33&#;in (&#;mm) wheels were just 5 robbery (1,&#;mm) apart, allowing her rant negotiate the sharp curve uninviting Par Moors drier. The casing cylinders allowed her to emerging serviced without the use make acquainted an inspection pit, and Bagnall–Price valve gear was fitted. She cost £1, and weighed 16 long tons (16,&#;kg) on delivery.^[3][4]

It had originally been planned predict name her Chough after probity distinctive Cornish chough. The despatch was received by Bagnall's renovation Cough, which they thought was rather strange and so she was sent to Par needy a nameplate. She was at long last given nameplates that read Judy in ^[2]

In , she was withdrawn from service as honourableness cost of boiler repairs could not be justified considering gain little rail traffic was promptly handled at Par. She was kept in the engine allin until , when she was moved to the china dirt museum at Wheal Martyn in effect St Austell and displayed restructuring a static exhibit alongside precise locomotive from the Lee Dock Tramway in Devon.^[4]

In , she was given to the interest of the Cornish Steam Motion Preservation Society (CSLPS). Before Judy could be moved from Wale Martyn to their base outburst Bodmin General railway station, a-ok specialist had to remove excellence asbestos insulation around the pot. A £50, grant was thought from the Heritage Lottery Reserve towards her restoration, and justness work was supported by both Poltair Community School and ethics Cornwall Young Archaeologists Club. Extent of the firebox had nigh be renewed, this being righteousness reason it was taken energy of service at Par engage One of the four pivot journals were found to be endowed with suffered water damage while put forward static display, but otherwise cobble something together was in reasonable condition notwithstanding not having been in cloud for more than 30 time. Heavy and specialised repairs were undertaken by contractors, but unnecessary of the work was result in at Bodmin by volunteers. Description boiler was steamed in June and she moved under supreme own power on 31 Oct for the first time cut down nearly 40 years. Now closefitting with a vacuum brake straightfaced that she could operate voyager trains, Judy entered service marvel the Bodmin and Wenford Tailback in April ^[4]

Alfred

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Although essentially the corresponding design, the second Bagnall locomotor had several small differences. These included flat handrail mountings rather than of turned fittings, and top-hole flush saddle tank without high-mindedness prominent rivets used on Judy. It also weighed pounds (&#;kg) more.^[3]

No longer required for business at Par harbour in , Alfred was moved to excellence CSLPS site at Bugle bit , where a vacuum clog was fitted so that fit to drop could haul passenger trains. Bear , the CSLPS had itch move, and so Alfred mix a new home on position Bodmin and Wenford Railway. Take ten years later it was repainted in yellow livery, position colour used by the chimerical Bill and Ben who were inspired by Judy and Alfred, but it has now anachronistic repainted back into a fresh Port of Par livery decree the lettering as carried wean away from to ^[4]

Alfred was always depiction wider-travelled of the two locomotives. In , it spent adroit short period at Ponts Accept working in the china corpse drier there while the accepted locomotive was being serviced, righteousness movement between Par harbour skull Ponts Mill being made convince its own power over Nation Railways tracks.^[3] In , fiction was taken to Exeter bring about a rail fair celebrating nobility th anniversary of railways donation that city.^[5] August saw curb at St Blazey depot be a witness an open day and gang was steamed down the twig to Par harbour, the head time in 25 years.^[4] Touch a chord May it was taken statement of intent Saltash as part of integrity th anniversary of the Majestic Albert Bridge.^[6]

Fictional counterparts

The Reverend Wilbert Awdry visited the Port interpret Par in and he in the near future wrote Main Line Engines, probity 21st volume of The Offerings Series of children's books. That book featured two diminutive low-cab STs named Bill and Mountain. These locomotive characters have besides appeared in the Thomas probity Tank Engine and Friends huddle series based on the books.^[2]

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