Sir Hadyn

Please let me know if you succeed, my instructions have gone AWOL also!

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Very interesting, was unaware of a Howard conversion before as I don't think it's covered in Ian K Hutchinson's book. There are a couple of preserved Howards, I've only seen the ploughing engine but it is as Pete & Sir Douglas surmise. A real rarity and a lovely thing to see, cheers

Still hopeful of finding my 12099 body for you as I continue to go through our roof space...

Crane tank is Glenfield, Barclay from 1902. Has variously been at Didcot, Market Overton, Steamtown, Dealers, then Oswestry Antiques Centre, Statfold, Chasewater and now Ribble Steam Railway where it is currently for sale. If I had daft money and time, I'd have it! The Bass brewery Baguley has also been at Fawley Hill, Market Overton, Steamtown, Dealers and then on to Chasewater. Two of the most individual and interesting industrials in preservation in my humble opinion.

That was "Dealers Ltd" in Shropshire, all sold in a job lot to the Somerset & Dorset Loco Company but then separated out, some preserved, some went to industry, others scrapped. The Peckett is 1722 "Rocket" now at Telford Steam Railway. We had Brush/Bagnall 3097 (?) at Snibston for a time. The sale brochure which allowed viewing was something crazy like £50, which registered you to bid for the locos. I may have a photocopy somewhere, but not seen it for years. Fascinating. I think there were something like 54 locos there in total - amazing.

Seen one run today. It's beautiful, smooth and quiet, wish I could afford one.

That's Barry. The sheds in the background give it away. Locos moved around Barry a lot in the 1960s and these have probably not long arrived before being placed into the yard itself. There are maps to explain this but I don't have any to hand at present.

Good result, well done, something I will need to face ere long

Plenty of narrow gauge welded boilers

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I started my preservation volunteering life in 1988 on 12099, needle gunning the orange off her. One of those is a definite must! I even researched her life and provided the material for the SVR stock book entry on it. Nice one.

I think it was Model Magic with Bob Symes. The other possibility was a Lineside Look at Model Railways but I'm not so sure.

There's a chap in Durham Market who has railways amongst his diecast and vintage collectables. Not sure which days he's there.

I bought two 16 tonners from Chesterton Fen sidings in 2000 for Snibston. Wonder if they are still there?