Qualla: Dolphin and Walrus https://qualla.com/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Dolphin and Walrus https://qualla.com/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives Dolphin and Walrus: Introduction https://qualla.com/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives/ Photo credit GKA, CC BY-SA 3.0. There is a fake dome on Walrus that is, on closer inspection, half a gas cylinder welded to the cladding. There is a sheet-metal half-cab with oval windows, a false chimney, and dummy side tanks. The whole arrangement is designed to make a small 1952 diesel locomotive look like a Victorian steam engine, the exhaust redirected out of the false chimney so that the engine appears to be steaming along. None of it is original; all of it tells the story of how a working locomotive built for a Twickenham gravel pit became a pleasure-park attraction in Gloucestershire, and ended up as the workhorse that brought the Groudle Glen Railway back from the dead.

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives-wp/gcsu-dolphin-and-walrus-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Dolphin and Walrus: Built for a Sand Pit https://qualla.com/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives/ Photo credit GKA, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1952 the Hunslet Engine Company built three small diesel locomotives for the firm Robert Hudson - which explains why the manufacturer's title cast prominently into each locomotive's radiator frontage is Robert Hudson rather than Hunslet. The three were sent to work a sand and ...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives-wp/gcsu-dolphin-and-walrus-built-for-a-sand-pit.mp3 0:06 2 full Dolphin and Walrus: Rescued for the Glen https://qualla.com/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives/ Photo credit GKA, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Groudle Glen Railway on the Isle of Man had been built in 1896 to carry tourists down a narrow glen on the eastern coast to a small zoo at Sea Lion Rocks. It had run sporadically through the twentieth century and had fallen out of service entirely by the 1960s. In 1982 volunt...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives-wp/gcsu-dolphin-and-walrus-rescued-for-the-glen.mp3 0:06 3 full Dolphin and Walrus: Workhorses, Then Stars https://qualla.com/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives/ Photo credit GKA, CC BY-SA 3.0. From 1982 until 1987, Dolphin and Walrus did everything. They hauled public trains, they ran works trains, they did all the permanent-way duties. They wore a green livery and wooden nameplates. When Sea Lion - the original 1896 steam locomotive - returned to service in 1987, the ...

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]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/s/u/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives-wp/gcsu-dolphin-and-walrus-workhorses-then-stars.mp3 0:06 4 full Dolphin and Walrus: A Liverist's Life https://qualla.com/dolphin-and-walrus-locomotives/ Photo credit GKA, CC BY-SA 3.0. Dolphin has been many colours. She arrived in 1983 wearing a light green. In 1992 she was repainted in darker Brunswick green. In 1998 she got an unusual all-over grey livery - buffers, side frames, cab interior, everything - that didn't last long. By the summer of 2001 a fresh r...

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