La'al Ratty

At Ravenglass in West Cumbria, midway between Barrow in furness and Whitehaven the Raveneglass & Eskdale Railway, known locally as "La'al (little) Ratty" begins. It terminates at Dalegarth, a small village in the waestern Lake District. This narrow gauge railway has steam locos, some are replicas of pacific types famous in steam's heyday. None of the rolling stock is more than five feet high.
Shown here is the link motion of a 2-6-0 loco, the Northern Rock. Named after the building society perhaps? Who knows.
La'al Ratty is no toy railway. It runs services up the Esk Valley winter and summer. But less frequently in winter.

Norman