Marshwood Vale Railway
Charmouth & Bridport Town
BHTC – Bridport Harbour Tramway Company
Locomotives
| No. | |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | River Char? Malachite Green |
| 3 | “River Asker” |
| 4 | “Bodicia” |
| 5 | Baldwin |
| 6 | Baldwin Black |
| Baldwin 50hp gas Mechanical, kit by Neil Sayer. Railmatch GW Indian-Red | |
| – | K1 Garratt |
| BHTC | “Victoria” 2-6-2T Hunslet tram engine similar to the War Department design. Railmatch Indian Red, GWR Loco lining. |
Carriages
| Railway | No. | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MVLR | 3 | Manx Northern Railway |
| 4 | Brake Composite. Roxey Mouldings etched brass kit for the Manx Northern Railway’s “Foxdale” coach | |
| 5 | Composite. | |
| 6 | Brake | |
| MVR | 8 | |
| MVR | 7 | Brake |
| MVR | 14 | Third Class Tramway Coach |
| MVR | 15 | Brake. Scractchbult Red Oxide. (Former BHTC No.4) |
| BHTC | 1 | First. Tramway-style balcony-ended coaches Branchlines for the Irish Clogher Valley Railway without the clerestory roof. varnished teak livery |
| BHTC | 2 | Third |
| BHTC | 3 | |
| BHTC | 4 | Brake Van |
Wagons
| Railway | No. | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brake Van | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | Brake Van | |
| 4 | Open Scratchbuilt using thin plywood with riveted brass strip for the metalwork | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | Open Scratchbuilt | |
| 8 | Convertible goods/cattle van | |
| 9 | ||
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 12 | ||
| 13 | ||
| 14 | Van | |
| 15 | Van. Scratch built to match a limited-edition basswood kit from the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association. Timber and canvas roof. | |
| 16 | Van. Limited-edition Narrowcraft basswood kit from the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association. Irish-style corrugated iron roofs. Sitting on a Peco OR40 Plastic Wagon Chassis Kit. | |
| 22 | Open | |
| BHTC | 1 | |
| BHTC | 2 | Open. Welshpool style from Dorset Kits. Darker grey, Humbrol 27 |
| BHTC | 3 | Open. Welshpool style from Dorset Kits. Darker grey, Humbrol 27 |
| BHTC | 4 | Open. Welshpool style from Dorset Kits. Darker grey, Humbrol 27 |
| X 2 x sheeted open X 2 x Bogie Bolster X Open | ||
- “Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock (An Irish Railway Pictorial)” by Desmond Coakham, Ian Allan Publishing
- “The Clogher Valley Railway (Second Edition)” by Dr. EM Patterson (Additional Material by Norman Johnston), Colourpoint Books
- “The County Donegal Railways Companion (A Handbook for Modellers & Historians)” by Roger Crombleholme, Midland Publishing
Of these, the first has probably supplied the most information and is a definitive reference work on the subject of Irish NG rolling stock.
Other useful references are:
“The Irish Narrow Gauge in Colour” by Norman Johnston, Colourpoint Books
“The Last Years of The Wee Donegal (The County Donegal Railways in Colour 1950-59)” by Robert Robotham, Colourpoint Books
More Information
- Taylor, David. “Charmouth.” Railway Modeller, vol. 46, no. 536, June 1995, pp. 242-248.
- Taylor, David. “On the Fiddle.” Railway Modeller, vol. 47, no. 553, November 1996, pp. 492-495.
- Taylor, David. “Improvements at Charmouth” Railway Modeller, vol. 49, no. 568, February 1998.
- Taylor, David. “The Locomotives of Charmouth.” Railway Modeller, vol. 50, no. 584, June 1999, pp. 284-288.
- Taylor, David L. “Rolling Stock for Bridport Town.” Railway Modeller, vol. 52, no. 604, February 2001, pp. 60-
- Taylor, David. “Charmouth Retrospective” Narrow Gauge & Industrial Railway Modelling Review, vol. 10, no. 73, pp. x-x.