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Isle of Wight Military Museum Managing Director Dave Arnold and his team of restorers take on the task of refurbishing a 1944-era World War II British Comet tank rescued from an army ordnance firing range. Hoping to have it ready for the museum's 2006 Tank fest, they have only 4 months in which to complete their task. “PzKpfw V Panther"
On the Isle of Wight neolithic occupation is attested to by flint tool finds, pottery and monuments. The Isle of Wight's neolithic communities were agriculturalists, farming livestock and crops. The Isle of Wight's most recognisable neolithic site is the Longstone at Mottistone, the remains of an early Neolithic long barrow. Initially ...
HMS Manatee, Landing craft, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight; HMS Marlborough, Electrical training school, Eastbourne [29] HMS Mastodon, Landing craft, Exbury House, Hampshire; HMS Mauritius, Mauritius; HMS Martelo, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lowestoft, (1 October 1945 – April 1946) HMS Medina, Landing craft and Fleet Air Arm, Puckpool, Ryde, Isle of ...
In 1980, it was brought for a price of £2 by a private owner and was given to the Isle of Wight Council who cosmetically restored it. It went to the Cothy Bottom Heritage Centre, Newport Quay and the Isle of Wight Bus Museum before being put away out of the public view. In 2018, ownership was transferred to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway (IOWSR).
Most were transferred away to the North Eastern Region in the early 1960s following electrification, but several locomotives (including some of the LMR allocation) were re-allocated to Eastleigh in 1965 for possible use on the Isle of Wight, replacing life-expired LSWR O2 class engines, which were all over 70 years old by then. However, this ...
Newport railway station was a pivotal station within the unique railway network on the Isle of Wight, [1] that began in 1862 when the Cowes and Newport Railway opened for business. Situated in the centre of the town, [ 2 ] the station was enlarged in 1875 with the opening of the Ryde and Newport Railway in December 1875, [ 3 ] which also ...
W24 Calbourne was bought by the Wight Locomotive Society, which in 1971 moved its headquarters to Havenstreet and became the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Calbourne was restored to operating condition, re-entering service in 1992, and had a further overhaul in 2010, hauling tourist trains over the line between Smallbrook Junction and Wootton. A ...
This type was only used for tank locomotives. In the UK 0-4-4 tanks were mainly used for suburban or rural passenger duties. In America, the wheel arrangement became known as the Forney, after a specific design of 0-4-4s, the Forney locomotive, became heavily used on the narrow curves of elevated railways and other rapid transit lines.