Steam at Scunthorpe

Peckett 0-4-0 saddle tank and brake vans at Frodingham station

Saturday 7th March 2015

Today, a friend and I visited the Appleby Frodingham Railway Preservation Society at Scunthorpe. We were booked onto a four hour brake van ride (yes, four hours) around the TATA Steelworks complex hauled by the above steam locomotive. In the four hours we must have covered about fifteen miles of the 100 mile internal railway system and in the process saw the various stages in the production of iron, steel and the finished products. The brake vans were full and all three were heated (coal fired), we did have a break for lunch and a chance to visit the AFRPS shop and shed. A great day, many thanks to the AFRPS staff and TATA Steel for making it possible.