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  • Location:
    Oswestry
  • Service Status:
    Not In Service
  • Condition:
    Awaiting Restoration
  • Unit Type:
    Steam Locomotive
  • Running Number:
    885
  • Built:
    1901
  • Wheel Arrangement:
    0-6-0
  • Loco Brakes: Steam
  • Train Brakes: Unfitted
This ex colliery loco which saw service in Scotland at both Eldersleigh and Pollcomet colliery's was built in 1901. Obtained by the Cambrian Heritage Railways and was delivered to Oswestry in the 1970s. It had a brief moment of fame when it was decorated with flowers for Oswestry in bloom in the late 1990s. The loco must have had a hard life in colliery service as it has cracked frames and a broken cylinder as well as bent buffer beams. It was painted up recently to improve its appearance. It will be restored when money and manpower is available.

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