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Hayes Knoll
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Smart looking 0-4-0ST <I>Merlin</I> operating on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway in July 1990. <br><br>[Peter Todd 29/07/1990]](/images/27000/27055.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Scene on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 21 November 2007 as Barclay 0-6-0ST 2139 of 1942 <I>Salmon</I> undergoes some test running following a major overhall.<br><br>[Peter Todd 21/11/2007]](/images/18000/18067.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Preserved electro-diesel E6003 <I>Sir Herbert Walker</I> operating on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 14 June 2008.<br><br>[Peter Todd 14/06/2008]](/images/19000/19447.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 14 June 2008 with preserverd electro-diesel E6003 at the platform. The locomotive was withdrawn by BR as 73003 in September 1993.<br><br>[Peter Todd 14/06/2008]](/images/19000/19462.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Slough Estates No 3 departing from Haynes Knoll on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway on 20 September.<br><br>[Peter Todd 20/09/2008]](/images/21000/21058.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![TASC 45 self propelled engineering vehicle used primarily for PW operations on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 04/10/2008]](/images/20000/20955.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Paint job required, guards van at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway, October 2008.<br><br>[Peter Todd 04/10/2008]](/images/21000/21002.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Fowler diesel mechanical 4210137 of 1958 on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 22 November 2008.<br><br>[Peter Todd 22/11/2008]](/images/21000/21563.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![A class 207 <I>Thumper</I> DEMU repainted back into its original colours and with its old BR number stands at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway on 22 November.<br><br>[Peter Todd 22/11/2008]](/images/21000/21569.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Interior shot of the Swindon & Cricklade Railway shed at Hayes Knoll on 29 November. Engines seen are Barclay 0-6-0ST <I>Salmon</I> and Hunslet 0-6-0ST <I>Gunby</I>, the latter being the precursor to the Austerity class J94, with the original design having been modified by Riddles for wartime use.<br><br>[Peter Todd 29/11/2008]](/images/21000/21629.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Slough Estates No 3, a Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0ST No 1544 from 1928, masquerading as one of Santa's reindeers at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 29 November!<br><br>[Peter Todd 29/11/2008]](/images/21000/21637.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The Swindon & Cricklade Railway's restored Barclay 0-6-0ST <I>Salmon</I> in action on 6 December 2008.<br><br>[Peter Todd 06/12/2008]](/images/21000/21696.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The Swindon and Cricklade Railway's Class 207 <I>Thumper</I> DEMU 1302, newly painted in Southern Region green. Photographed at Haye's Knoll on Saturday 28 February 2009.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 28/02/2009]](/images/22000/22727.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Newly painted Swindon and Cricklade Railway preserved class 207 DEMU no 1302 photographed at Hayes Knoll on 28 February 2009.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 28/02/2009]](/images/22000/22884.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![D9521 borrowed from the Dean Forest for a diesel gala on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 10 October 2009.<br><br>[Peter Todd 10/10/2009]](/images/25000/25838.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![D3668 awaiting main generator repairs at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 10 October 2009.<br><br>[Peter Todd 10/10/2009]](/images/25000/25860.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![BR class 03 no D2022 is yard shunter at Hayes Knoll during the Swindon and Cricklade Railway's Industrial Locomotive Gala day on 1 May. <br><br>[Peter Todd 01/05/2010]](/images/28000/28806.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Fowler Diesel Mechanical locomotive no 4210137, heading a local freight during the Swindon and Cricklade Railway Gala Day on 1 May 2010.<br><br>[Peter Todd 01/05/2010]](/images/28000/28835.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The day's duty passenger engine <I>Salmon</I> [Barclay 0-6-0ST 2139 of 1942] in action at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway Industrial Locomotive Gala day on 1 May 2010. <br><br>[Peter Todd 02/05/2010]](/images/28000/28763.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![5322 and 3717 stand together on Hayes Knoll shed during light up on 12 June 2010.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 12/06/2010]](/images/29000/29359.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Recently overhauled Fowler 0-6-0DH <I>Blunsdon</I> at Hayes Knoll on 19 June 2010, standing alongside a traditional steam shed wheelbarrow arrangement.<br><br>[Peter Todd 19/06/2010]](/images/29000/29445.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![4612 manoeuvering at Hayes Knoll shed on 19 June during a Swindon & Cricklade Railway Gala day.<br><br>[Peter Todd 19/06/2010]](/images/29000/29452.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![<I>Woodbine</I>, a pre-war Fowler 0-4-0DM from the Swindon tobacco factory of of W.D. & H. O. Wills, which came to the Swindon & Cricklade Railway around 1980. Photographed at Hayes Knoll on 19 June 2010.<br><br>[Peter Todd 19/06/2010]](/images/29000/29463.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Scene on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway near Hayes Knoll on 18 December with Barclay 0-6-0ST <I>Salmon</I> heading through the snow with a <I>Santa Special</I>.<br><br>[Peter Todd 18/12/2010]](/images/31000/31987.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Scene on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 18 December looking towards Hayes Knoll station.<br><br>[Peter Todd 18/12/2010]](/images/32000/32022.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Swindon and Cricklade Railway's two Fowler shunters on PW work on 22 February 2011.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 22/02/2011]](/images/32000/32897.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![D3261 is a 1956 built BR Class 08, rescued from the Brighton Pullman sheds in 1996 and now virtually restored to full working order. Seen here doing a bit of shunting on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway in May 2011 .<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd /05/2011]](/images/34000/34043.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Originally built in 1959 as a class 08 locomotive, Swindon and Cricklade Railway no D3668 is actually now a class 09. Working history unknown but soon to undergo repairs to its traction motors and generator.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd /05/2011]](/images/34000/34056.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Pannier tank no 3650 being prepared for a day's work at Hayes Knoll depot on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 24 July 2011. The locomotive is currently on loan from the Great Western Society at Didcot.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 24/07/2011]](/images/34000/34999.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Head on view of Pannier tank no 3650 receiving attention at Hayes Knoll depot on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 24 July 2011 [see image 34999].<br><br>[Peter Todd 24/07/2011]](/images/35000/35012.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![GWR Prairie tank no 5521 is visiting the Swindon and Cricklade Railway for two months. Here it is at Hayes Knoll on its first and very rainy day's work on 14 July 2012. (This is the engine that has spent time in Poland and other exotic locations.)<br><br>[Peter Todd 14/07/2012]](/images/39000/39720.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![GWR 2-6-2T no 5521 with a train at Hayes Knoll on 14 July 2012 [see image 39720].<br><br>[Peter Todd 14/07/2012]](/images/39000/39770.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Class 09 D3668 in the shed yard at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 15 March 2014.<br><br>[Peter Todd 15/03/2014]](/images/46000/46657.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Class 73/0 E6003 <I>Sir Herbert Walker</I> running around its train at Hayes Knoll on 15 March.<br><br>[Peter Todd 15/03/2014]](/images/46000/46666.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Metropolitan Railway E Class 0-4-4T No.1 inside the shed at Hayes Knoll on 15 March.<br><br>[Peter Todd 15/03/2014]](/images/46000/46685.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Scene in the shed yard at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 15 March 2014. Class 09 D3668 (left) stands alongside class 08 D3261.<br><br>[Peter Todd 15/03/2014]](/images/46000/46704.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Class 08 D3261 standing in the shed yard at Hayes Knoll on 15 March.<br><br>[Peter Todd 15/03/2014]](/images/46000/46780.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The NRM's Metropolitan No 1 is spending a short time on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway. The 0-4-4 tank was photographed alongside Hayes Knoll signal box on 19 April 2014 carrying the headboard of <I>The Easter Egg-spress.</I> Enough said.<br><br>[Peter Todd 19/04/2014]](/images/47000/47049.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Metropolitan 0-4-4T No 1 with a train on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 19 April 2014.<br><br>[Peter Todd 19/04/2014]](/images/47000/47082.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The NRM's Metropolitan No 1 with a train at Hayes Knoll on 19 April.<br><br>[Peter Todd 19/04/2014]](/images/47000/47372.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Metropolitan No 1 and GWR 5637 on shed at Hayes Knoll on 24 April 2014. The locomotives were participants in the Swindon and Cricklade Railway Steam Gala the following weekend. <br><br>[Peter Todd 24/04/2014]](/images/47000/47140.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The Swindon and Cricklade Railway has taken delivery of another working steam locomotive bought from the Spa Valley Railway. Polish TKH 0-6-0T No 3135 <i>Spartan</I> was working the <I>Santa Specials</I> at Hayes Knoll on 6 December.<br><br>[Peter Todd 06/12/2014]](/images/49000/49680.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Polish TKH 0-6-0T No 3135 <I>Spartan</I> in action on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway at Hayes Knoll on 6 December 2014 [see image 49680].<br><br>[Peter Todd 06/12/2014]](/images/49000/49688.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The newly restored Wickham PW trolley at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway in February 2016.<br><br>[Peter Todd 07/02/2016]](/images/54000/54162.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Barclay 0-6-0ST 'Swordfish', sister engine to 'Salmon' now on the Deeside Railway, is seen at Hayes Knoll.<br><br>
<br><br>
Partially dismantled back in the 1960's, a long stay at the Rutland<br>
Rly. Centre and then purchased in 1998 for use on the Swindon and<br>
Cricklade Rly.<br><br>
<br><br>
After a ten year restoration period the engine now moves under its own<br>
steam. Due to PW work, the loco is seen moving in the Hayes Knoll<br>
engine shed yard.<br><br>[Peter Todd 07/02/2016]](/images/54000/54206.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Barclay 0-6-0ST 'Swordfish' seen moving in the Hayes Knoll engine shed yard.<br><br>[Peter Todd 07/02/2016]](/images/54000/54221.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
!['Swordfish', sister engine to 'Salmon', on the move in the Hayes Knoll yard.<br><br>[Peter Todd 07/02/2016]](/images/54000/54238.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![GWR 2-8-0T 4247, celebrating its 100th birthday in 2016, working on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway leaving Hayes Knoll.<br><br>[Peter Todd 23/04/2016]](/images/54000/54923.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![GWR 2-8-0T 4247 running around its train at Hayes Knoll.<br><br>[Peter Todd 23/04/2016]](/images/54000/54931.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
!['Woodbine' a Fowler built 0-4-0DM, passed to run on the GWR in 1941. Named Woodbine after the cigarettes produced in Swindon at the Wills factory.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 09/07/2016]](/images/56000/56090.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![This shot of the garden train is the SCR's contribution to the GWML electrification program!<br><br>[Peter Todd 11/07/2016]](/images/56000/56409.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![After a year out of service the Swindon and Cricklade's Polish 0-6-0T 3135 SPARTAN has finally returned to service.<br><br>[Peter Todd 30/07/2016]](/images/56000/56719.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![After a year out of service the Swindon and Cricklade's Polish 0-6-0T 3135 SPARTAN has finally returned to service.<br><br>[Peter Todd 30/07/2016]](/images/61000/61800.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![BR Class 09 D3668 working passenger trains on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway on 22 April 2017.<br><br>[Peter Todd 22/04/2017]](/images/59000/59074.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![BR 09 D3668 working today's passenger trains on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway.<br><br>[Peter Todd 22/04/2017]](/images/59000/59095.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![BR class 09 D3668 working passenger trains on the Swindon and Cricklade Railway at Hayes Knoll station on 22 April 2017.<br><br>[Peter Todd 22/04/2017]](/images/59000/59114.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Barclay 0-6-0ST 2138 (aka <I>Swordfish</I>) working the Sunday passenger trains on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway. From arriving at the SCR in 1998 it took the owners until 2016 to get the engine in steam and operational.<br><br>[Peter Todd 28/05/2017]](/images/59000/59493.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![Class 03 DM 0-6-0 D2152, on a Swindon & Cricklade Santa Special on 25th November 2017, the first day of the season. Barclay 0-6-0ST 2138 <I>Swordfish</I> was the other engine on the train. The train was topped and tailed by two engines to save time on the run rounds, allowing Santa to dole out more presents to the kids at a<br>
faster rate.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 25/11/2017]](/images/61000/61968.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![The Swindon and Cricklade Rly held its first Santa Specials day of the 2017<br>
season on 25th November 2017. Barclay 0-6-0ST 2138 <I>Swordfish</I> provided the steam power, top and tailed with a diesel shunter, seen here at Hayes Knoll. <br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 25/11/2017]](/images/61000/61982.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
![D2022, an early example of the Class 03 0-6-0DM shunters, seen under repair in the Hayes Knoll engine shed on 25th November 2017.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 25/11/2017]](/images/61000/61989.jpg "Hayes Knoll")
