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Hi again, Moma P.
I don't think your photos are of the old Sutton Park Railway. The engines and rolling stock seem a lot smaller. If my memory is reliable, the Sutton Park line was 11" gauge. There were two locomotives - the Sutton Flyer and the Sutton Belle. The track wound around what is now the Wyndley Leisure Centre. After the line was removed, the rolling-stock was bought by a Mr Hunt of Hunt Brothers Castings Ltd in Oldbury. It stayed in storage there for a number of years, until it was bought and taken to - I think - somewhere in Kent, although I'm not sure of this. Hunt Brothers also refurbished full-size steam locos, almost as Mr Hunt's hobby. I visited many times on business, when I worked in the foundry trade.
Regards,
Big Gee
Hi again, Moma P.
I don't think your photos are of the old Sutton Park Railway. The engines and rolling stock seem a lot smaller. If my memory is reliable, the Sutton Park line was 11" gauge. There were two locomotives - the Sutton Flyer and the Sutton Belle. The track wound around what is now the Wyndley Leisure Centre. After the line was removed, the rolling-stock was bought by a Mr Hunt of Hunt Brothers Castings Ltd in Oldbury. It stayed in storage there for a number of years, until it was bought and taken to - I think - somewhere in Kent, although I'm not sure of this. Hunt Brothers also refurbished full-size steam locos, almost as Mr Hunt's hobby. I visited many times on business, when I worked in the foundry trade.
Regards,
Big Gee
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