While going through an old photograph album, David Bathurst came across some black and white photos of ‘Sans Pareil’ on one of her visits to Chasewater Railway, round about 2000 – 2002.
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Sans Pareil is a replica of Timothy Hackworth’s 1829 locomotive which competed against Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’ at the famous Rainhill Trials.
This locomotive came to Chasewater in 2001 and 2002 and proved to be very popular with railway enthusiasts and the general public alike.
Passenger train services ran between Brownhills West and Chasewater Heaths, alternating between Sans Pareil and Sentinel.
Outside the loco shed
Loading up at Brownhills West
Chasewater Heaths
At Lakeside
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