The Golden Valley Light railway

In the past most railway workshops had a resident cat, but the GVLR has gone one better, as a dragon has now setup home in the GVLR Running Shed.

The as yet un-named dragon, gave our CME , Eddie Draper, the fright of his life, when he came to open the smokebox door, to clean the tubes of 0-4-2 IST "Joan"

"I nearly ended up in the pit" said Eddie, after the shock of the dragon jumping out of the smokebox at him. "Well at least we wount have any trouble with security" he quiped after picking himself up.

Resident steam locomotive 0-4-2 IST "Joan", prevoiously known as "Pearl 2" has been repainted from it's former Red, to Dark Blue.

The repainting was carried out during March/April 2010 in the GVLR Running Shed. After lining out the plates were refitted

The loco will be used on GVLR Steam Footplate Experience days. For full details of a day to remember, driving and firing this loco, please see our Steam Footplate Experience Days page