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EARLY LIFE........

Manning Wardle 0-6-0ST built 1895, number 1317, No35 'Rhiwnant' at Foxfield Colliery in September 1971.
The coach is a 'non-standard' open! See: www.flickr.com/photos/96836395@N05/50125712256/in/album-7...

I haven't worked out the other loco but it could be Peckett OY Class 0-4-0ST no. 2081 of 1947.
Both are rare beasts.

This 15" Manning Wardle loco was one of four built for Birmingham Corporation. It was purchased for preservation from Stewarts & Lloyds ironstone quarries at Corby and arrived at Foxfield in October 1969. "Rhiwnant" moved on to the Nene Valley Railway in July 1986, and then with a collection of other Manning Wardle locos it was relocated to the North Woolwich Station Museum in London.

For the full history please see the 'Preserved British Steam Locomotives' website.

There seem to be various stories of this loco after Woolwich including preservation in Kent and heading for the Spa Valley or off to the Cholsey and Wallingford but all reports seem to be 10 years old plus. It may be at a site in Portland now?!

It was a very different world in the 1970's wasn't it! Trains were top and tailed with steam up the 1-11 gradient and usually one coach and open to the elements i.e. no glass. Seem to remember that this vehicle was a converted scenery van.

Although this was my local line having been born a few miles away I did not get to visit until 1973-74 so this is one from my collection. Photographer unknown.

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Taken on: November 26, 2021

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