Some detailed shots of K1 - the High pressure engine unit

The balace pipe at the bottom leads to the low pressure engine. The snifting valves in the chests close above a certain pressure so with small regulartor openings they emmit the engines "chuff"

A look in the cab shows the controls and inparticular the lifting injectors with inspection wholes in them

The view ahead from K1s footplate is considerably more improved than that of the NGG16s

In a breif moment of sun for this year K1 starts off shed

In the platform at Dinas with the station building and cottages either side

Into the up platform with a B wagon and stock

Starting the train the simpling valve is opened blowing live steam out the chimney as well as into the low pressure cylinders

Backing past the waiting room

past th NG15 waiting attention in the bay

Anglesea is just visible in the extreem background here

K1 ready to depart down showing the enlarged coal bunker

Depart up showing the low pressure engine and builders plate

Back in the cab the simpleing valve is primer green centre, next to the vacumn ejector (a noisy thing) and the steam operated drain cocks for both ends

The 15 inch gauge Tasmanian Garratt based on K1 visiting from Perrygrove for Garratt 50

The front unit of the Perrygrove Garratt shows the makers plate and the live and exhaulst steam pipes from the rear unit - this engine not being a compound.

Bush Mills number 3 starts towards us from the other end of Dinas yard

7 1/4 modle of a 1911 Garratt that ran in the Belgian Congo and normally residant on the Eastleigh Lakeside Raiwlay

The Cab of the Rhodeasian 14A

5 inch gauge Rhodeasian Railways 14A 2-6-2+2-6-2 Garratt

Another view of the 14A

William Rufus from the Mores Valley Railway

This is based on the two locomotive built in 1913 for Burma. They were 2ft 6in gauge and were the second smallest Garratt ever built

The cab of number 3

Another Small Garratt was those that went to Ziear and very similar to the Congo engines. This is a 5 inch model bassed on the design using Maxitrax parts

Close up of the front of the Burmeas engine

Number 3 is 7 1/4 inch gauge and often runs on the Echills Wood Railway

A 2 1/2 inch gauge Kenyan wartime garratt

Front view of imposing 14a 512 which was built to the 1920's 14th class design in 1958

The imaculate cab of the Congo Garratt compleat with paint brush

Prince is worming up outside the south yard shed with 143 and 138s boiler inside

138 had some hot riviting done on its boiler which is having a 10 year overhaul

A look in the cab of the Bush Mills Garratt

Bush Mills number 3 is fussed over while the original K1 runs onto the headshunt behind

Standard Gauge saddle tank 1827 built in 1879 was the Beyer Peacock works shunter until 1966 and ran on a demonstartion line towering over everything else, just.

K1 runs under the Dinas road bridge to the sheds on Friday

Prince now warmed though was breifly shunted onto the mainline

On the very wet Saturday morning 143, whos party this was, and Prince came off shed together and sat in the down platform

Looking up the yard you can see how wet it really was with mini K1, shunter 1827, Bush Mills 3 and 143 all in view here

1827 gave footplate rides which were popular all day even in the very visible rain

K1 runs up from Cearnafon and passes Prince

15 inch gauge Bush Mills 3 and 7 1/4 inch gauge mini K1 under the rail loading gantry

Close up of the name plate of another fine Garratt

Rain getts the better of me as all three K1s run side by side for a short distance

A very soggy shunter

In the marquee were the larger static exhibits and this display of modeles includeing a Midland Garratt

This Cab Forward haed been modified to British appearance compleat with class 47 style cab

Gresleys Masterpiece 6 cylinder Garratt centre stage

This Astralian AD60 has been painted BR green and named City of Gorton

Another kit bashed cab forward now marskerading as an articulated Duchess

This finely detailed 3 1/2 inch gauge K1 drew much attention

The Cab of the baby K1

K1s front unit details

Outside was mini K1 built by Milner Engineering in 1990 normally on a pritate railway.....

..the engine is aptly named Confidence

Builders plate dedicating the engine to the Duchess of Westminster

Condidence in the rain with Bush Mills 3 and the works shunter behind

This was the first time this working 4-4-0 built by HW Garratt has been on public display

More model Garratts on display including a Rhodeasian 20th class and more NGG16s

The Garratt operators layout had this NG15 under there coaling tower - there layout appears in other collections