County Gate locomotives
 
 
Manning Wardle plans Baldwin plans  
 Backwoods 2-6-2 'Lew' . Chassis built by Peter Wallace Backwoods 2-6-2 'Lew' . Chassis built by Peter Wallace Backwoods 2-6-2 'Lew' . Chassis built by Peter Wallace
Backwoods chassis for 'Exe'  'Exe' ready for the paint shop Exe and Taw after lining and lettering by Tony Freestone

Exe and Taw		 'Lyn' close to completion 'Lyn' close to completion
'Lyn'  completed 'Lyn'  completed 'Lyn'  completed
experimental railcar experimental railcar tractor unit County Gate on display at Tewkesbury 2007 exhibition  -  Mick Thornton
The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon' under construction The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon' The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon'
The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon' The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon' The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon'
The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon' The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon' The 'Mad Mallet' 'Avon'
 
'River Avon' crosses the East Lyn Viaduct towards Minehead railcar No 201
Atlantic Airstream		  


 

no 1  2-6-2 Hunslet
built 1975
 		 no 1  2-6-2 Hunslet
 		 the new no 1  2-6-2 Hunslet
 		 the new No1 Hunslet draws out its first goods from County Gate
 
no 4 Garratt
built 1975		 no 4 Garratt
 		 no 4 Garratt
 		 No 4 goes visiting
 
 
No 4 goes visiting No 4 goes visiting No 6 Alco after Pilton Yard rebuild but already a bit dirty!  
 
no 9 4-6-0 Baldwin
built 1975		 no 9 4-6-0 Baldwin no 10 4-6-0 Baldwin  

visiting locomotives
 
double heading with Peter Smith's 'Taw' double heading with Peter Smith's 'Taw' 'Little and Large'
The Garratt with Peter Smith's extraordinary scratch built de Winton "Mary Anne"		 the remarkable scratch built de Winton 'Mary Ann' by Peter Smith
the remarkable scratch built de Winton 'Mary Ann' by Peter Smith This is 'Mary Ann' one year later Simply Humongous
Julien Webb's Roundhouse consolidation, 'Vicky Pollard'. We served an ASBO on this engine due to its excessive loading gauge!		 Exe built by Bob Barnard which ran during our visit to the Cotswolds 009 exhibition

Lyn built by Bob Barnard which ran during our visit to the Cotswolds 009 exhibition

 Lew built by Bob Barnard which ran during our visit to the Cotswolds 009 exhibition Taw...finished before transfers available  built by Bob Barnard which ran during our visit to the Cotswolds 009 exhibition Yeo built by Bob Barnard which ran during our visit to the Cotswolds 009 exhibition
   
Now for something completely different...Bob just could not resist building it. It was none too well behaved at County Gate though and nearly earned an ASBO kit built Alco but with a proper chassis by Bob