The Battlefield Line Railway

During 1940's Event in Market Bosworth UK (basically WW2 reenactors)


Just a lovely couple in period costume.

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Good selection of images of a very unusual looking engine!

Really nice set.

I'm surprised they can still use those tracks.....at least the way they look in picture one and three. Those babies are really warped out of shape. Need to get the gandy dancers in there.

Thanks for the comments Photosguy + Saea501

PhotosGuy wrote in post #18528459
Good selection of images of a very unusual looking engine!

Yeah, maybe it's because it doesnt have a coal tender? It's a short branch line locomotive, built in 1928.

Shackerstone station to Shenton station is just over 5 miles. Funny how some loco's have several tonne tenders, and this one can get by with that little box in the back.

saea501 wrote in post #18528543
I'm surprised they can still use those tracks.....at least the way they look in picture one and three. Those babies are really warped out of shape. Need to get the gandy dancers in there.

Yeah I thought the same thing

Crimzon wrote in post #18528443
unfortunately the only ww2 relics that were near the tracks was this german motorcycle. I cloned out the swastika. You can't have a reenactment without the Nz's , but the Nz symbols, and memorabilia was quite unsettling.

If they are historically correct, why shy away from **** symbols? We won't benefit from our history if we only try to blank it out. What happened in Europe in the 1930s and 40s was real. Forgetting it is the last thing we should try to do.

DaviSto wrote in post #18528962
If they are historically correct, why shy away from **** symbols? We won't benefit from our history if we only try to blank it out. What happened in Europe in the 1930s and 40s was real. Forgetting it is the last thing we should try to do.

Truer words were never spoken. Unfortunately, that's the way the world has become. Block it out, don't teach it in schools.......it never happened.

It's very disappointing that you cloned out the swastikas.

I'm not having swastikas in my photos.

Crimzon wrote in post #18529443
I'm not having swastikas in my photos.

Think of them as Native American Peace Signs. ; )

Crimzon wrote in post #18529443
I'm not having swastikas in my photos.

Your choice, but their display in a historical context doesn't glorify the evils of that group. It just seems odd to see that stuff in the shot with a UK background (English signs). Like an alternate history where they did invade.
The pictures are otherwise nice.

PhotosGuy wrote in post #18529479
Think of them as Native American Peace Signs. ; )

Or a symbol of India, who used the symbol long before WW2, and still use it. https://timesofindia.i​ndiatimes.com …ns/articleshow/​994390.cms

Capn Jack wrote in post #18529526
Or a symbol of India, who used the symbol long before WW2, and still use it. https://timesofindia.i​ndiatimes.com …ns/articleshow/​994390.cms

I think that's the one I was originally thinking of but couldn't remember where it came from. The downstroke on the top left was on the right side: https://www.quora.com …nd-the-****-swastika-sign

Great photos. I get a kick out of all those tubes and pipes in the operating cab.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #18529632
Great photos. I get a kick out of all those tubes and pipes in the operating cab.

Like this?

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Perfectly Frank wrote in post #18529632
Great photos. I get a kick out of all those tubes and pipes in the operating cab.

Like this?

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Yes, thanks for sharing.

Yeah I love that stuff too.

STICKY2 wrote in post #18532232
Like this?

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Is that the battlefield lines cab? I didn't get a good look inside. If not, which engines cab is that?

It's a restored New Zealand train: engine number AB663, Sharon Lee