Beverley Museum of Army Transport - What happened to the locos?

[alexl92]

I only ever had the pleasure of visiting the Museum of Army Transport once, as a young lad, but I do remember there being a small number of steam locomotives on static display. I presume these were WD Austerities.

Just wondering if anyone knows which locomotives these were, and what happened to them after the museum closed? I believe much of the collection moved to London somewhere.

Thanks

 

[Phil.]

The locomotives became part of the strategic reserve and are currently with the rest of the fleet in a secret tunnel near Box.

Some say they went to the Isle of Wight steam railway.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

This is what the nice people at Wikipedia say:

"The Museum of Army Transport was a museum of British Army vehicles in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The collection was wide ranging not just including a diverse collection of armoured vehicles and support vehicles (many of which were part of the National Army Museum), but also railway locomotives and rolling stock, and the only remaining Blackburn Beverley - aircraft XB259, the first production Beverley.

The museum went into administration after it was faced with a £140,000 repair bill for its roof, closing in summer 2003. The collection has been split, with the Beverley now nearby at Fort Paull Museum, Armouries and Visitors Centre *. Some of the collection was privately owned, and other parts of the collection owned by the National Army Museum have been relocated, some into storage, some to The Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, Dorset.

Kitchener's railway coach is now at the Royal Engineers Museum at Chatham Dockyard. The former military steam railway locomotive, WD92 "Waggoner", owned by the National Army Museum was lent to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in 2005, after a period in storage. In May 2008 the National Army Museum transferred ownership of this, and another locomotive (WD198 "Royal Engineer"), to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The small 1893 locomotive "Gazelle", which had been on display at the Longmoor Military Railway, and later became part of the National Army Museum collection on display at the Museum of Army Transport, is now on display at the Colonel Stephens Railway Museum, Tenterden."

* The address of this site is Fort Paull, Battery Road, Paull, Near Hull, East Yorkshire HU12 8FP

 

[alexl92]

Thanks - thats very interesting!

 

[swissrailpassion]

Gordon 2-10-0 was also there.

 

[matt]

Gordon 2-10-0 was also there.

Wikipedia claims it has been at the Severn Valley since leaving Longmoor.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Gordon 2-10-0 was also there.

Wikipedia claims it has been at the Severn Valley since leaving Longmoor.

Yes, it's definitely there:

Locomotives on display in The Engine House - Visit The Engine House at Highley to see these locomotives . . .

No. 600 'Gordon'
Ex-Longmoor Military Railway
Designed by: R. A. Riddles
Built: North British, Glasgow, 1943
Class: WD
Wheel arrangement: 2-10-0
Boiler pressure: 225 psi
Owner: SVR(H)

 

[John Webb]

I visited the Museum in 2003 a few months before its closure was announced. I can confirm that "Gordon" was not at the museum - indeed, I'm not certain how it could have fitted in due to its size. (The Beverley aircraft was in the open.)

Great shame it closed - it was a very broad range of exhibits yet with a common thread linking them together which made viewing quite interesting.

John Webb

 

[paul1609]

This is what the nice people at Wikipedia say:

"The Museum of Army Transport was a museum of British Army vehicles in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.

The collection was wide ranging not just including a diverse collection of armoured vehicles and support vehicles (many of which were part of the National Army Museum), but also railway locomotives and rolling stock, and the only remaining Blackburn Beverley - aircraft XB259, the first production Beverley.

The museum went into administration after it was faced with a £140,000 repair bill for its roof, closing in summer 2003. The collection has been split, with the Beverley now nearby at Fort Paull Museum, Armouries and Visitors Centre *. Some of the collection was privately owned, and other parts of the collection owned by the National Army Museum have been relocated, some into storage, some to The Tank Museum at Bovington Camp, Dorset.

Kitchener's railway coach is now at the Royal Engineers Museum at Chatham Dockyard. The former military steam railway locomotive, WD92 "Waggoner", owned by the National Army Museum was lent to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in 2005, after a period in storage. In May 2008 the National Army Museum transferred ownership of this, and another locomotive (WD198 "Royal Engineer"), to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The small 1893 locomotive "Gazelle", which had been on display at the Longmoor Military Railway, and later became part of the National Army Museum collection on display at the Museum of Army Transport, is now on display at the Colonel Stephens Railway Museum, Tenterden."

* The address of this site is Fort Paull, Battery Road, Paull, Near Hull, East Yorkshire HU12 8FP

" Gazelle" is now part of the national collection, it is on long term loan to us at the Kent & East Sussex Railway and as stated is on display at the Colonel Stephens Railway Museum which is next to our Headquarters at Tenterden Town Station admission is free to ticket holders. http://www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk/locomotives/gazelle

 

[Ploughman]

Gordon was never at Beverley.
Longmoor and Severn Valley only with an outing to Rainhill.

 

[Hull D]

Fort Paull still has the Beverley aircraft. It also has a Royal Corps of Transport railway carriage on site. I visited last year and pass it often. Unfortunately the whole site could do with some TLC which is a shame as it is a hidden gem. I would say it's worth a visit when the weather's better.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Fort Paull still has the Beverley aircraft. It also has a Royal Corps of Transport railway carriage on site. I visited last year and pass it often. Unfortunately the whole site could do with some TLC which is a shame as it is a hidden gem. I would say it's worth a visit when the weather's better.

I must admit that until I looked for information for my earlier posts, I'd never heard of Fort Paull.

It's now on my list of places to go when I visit that part of the UK next ... but when that will be, I don't know.

 

[cav1975]

After 10 years of fairly intensive use at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, WD92 Waggonner is on display at Havenstreet in the exhibition building known ad Train Story. It's overhaul will likely start next year after the completion of the overhaul of WD198 Royal Engineer.