An old friend on the KWVR
As it's not on display at Oxenhope I assume it is
in workshops at Howarth and may soon be available
for service.
Very popular hard working engines despite the
constant problems with hot axle boxes die to the
undersized bearing area.
They represent the ultimate development of Midland
Railway's six coupled tender engines. Many trainspotters
knew them as "Duck Sixes", a nickname derived from
their wheel arrangement.
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