The Cumbrian Engine
This powerful 16-inch saddletank, built By Andrew Barclay, Sons & Co. was built in 1943 and until arriving at Strong's yard, had worked at an iron works, on the Cumbrian coast. It was the victim of dieselisation, but still had life left in it. When the two tiny Ruston 48DS locomotives were not able to deal with the busier times, and longer trains, with larger wagons, the Cumbrian Engine was pressed into service. In 1968 it was converted to oil-firing and used filtered waste oil that was drained from the sumps of cars and lorries that were scrapped in this and other of Strong's yards.
By 1978 it was found to require serious repairs to the boiler and valve gear. It was sold to a preserved railway, but, apart from being painted into a fictional ICI livery, no serious work was done to it. By the 1990s it had been sold to a garden centre, just outside Kidderminster, where it was stuffed and mounted as a static display.
Edited by Ruston
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