[quote=""WillPS""]I think there were 2 locomotives, with another coming over from Trentham Gardens (along with the handful of rides they had).
I'm pretty sure one of them was far more prone to failure than the other, I have a feeling it was Altonia, and the other was used almost if not totally exclusively in the late 80s and 90s.[/quote]
I think you are right in saying that eventually there were three locomotives at the Towers. The one from Trentham Gardens was the
Golspie, which is now at the Amerton Railway, and I don't think it ever ran at the Towers but was just used for spares. I believe the rolling stock at the Hayling Seaside Railway are the rolling stock that came with this train, and I'm again not sure these ever ran at the park. (I can't recall seeing any pictures of enclosed rolling stock on the tracks at Alton, only opensided/open top ones)
The two trains that did run at the Towers were the Altonia and a black train (if I remember rightly) I've only ever seen a couple of pictures of over the years.
The Altonia originally was the only train running at the park from the 1950s onwards and I have a feeling the black train was added when the track was rerouted in the early 80s (no doubt a second train was required as visitor numbers increased with the arrival of the amusement park years). I also have a feeling that the Altonia was actually the more reliable of the two trains, partially as it operated as the only train for such a long time, but also pictorial evidence seems to suggest this as well, as almost all the pictures existing of the Alton railway show the Altonia on the track.
Edwardo..... move me!
