Tebay Parish Council and the Westmorland Dales Landscape Partnership are progressing the project to celebrate Tebay’s railway heritage with a sculpture of a Bank Engine on the roundabout. The project was stalled in early 2023 due to lack of applicants from sculptors. The project is now back on track and we are working with award winning sculptor from Kirkby Lonsdale, Andrew Kay.

Andrew intends to slightly abstract some of the components and make the sculpture out of 80 x 10mm flat bar. We will see just the framework of the train which will add to the visual interest. The length of the engine and wagon may be up to 8m long and 2.6m high. It will likely sit on rails on top of a ramped plinth.

Further information about the proposed site, location and sculpture is available in the following documents. These have now been submitted as a planning application (application number: 23/0456) by Tebay Parish Council to Westmorland and Furness Council. Click to view or to download copies (pdf). 

drg2310-02proposedsiteplan.pdf

drg2310-01locationplan.pdf

drg2310-03proposedsculpture.pdf

Pictured: Sketches of a Bank Engine by Andrew Kay 

Two photos of a Dray Wagon below illustrate the the construction and the style that Andrew intends to use for the Bank Engine sculpture. The third image is a montage created by Andrew showing how the Bank Engine sculpture might look in situ. on Tebay roundabout.

Pictured: Construction of a Dray Wagon by Andrew Kay

Pictured: Dray Wagon sculpture by Andrew Kay

Pictured: Montage showing how the Bank Engine sculpture might look in situ. on Tebay roundabout, by Andrew Kay