When the Isle of Man Railway company replaced the Basket Bridge at Sulby in 1914, the new structure was tested with three locos and a couple of carriages; there is a photograph of the wet November day in 1914 when this happened.
I built a model of the Basket Bridge a few years ago, but it finally succumbed to the weather, so a replacement has been built from laser cut acrylic, embellished with around 1500 Cambrian rivets (yes, I know!). Yesterday saw the testing re-enacted, albeit with one less locomotive and better weather:
I built a model of the Basket Bridge a few years ago, but it finally succumbed to the weather, so a replacement has been built from laser cut acrylic, embellished with around 1500 Cambrian rivets (yes, I know!). Yesterday saw the testing re-enacted, albeit with one less locomotive and better weather:
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