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 Last
year, to celebrate its 21st anniversary, the good folk at Horsehay hired
in a visiting loco - pannier tank 6430 from Llangollen. Fired by the
success of that event, a repeat "star attraction" this year would be the
rather fine Beattie well tank 30587. I'd met its sister 30585 (running as
E0314) at Quainton Road nearly 30 years ago - but had never seen this one.
The pair need little introduction - remarkable survivors of a class dating
from the 1870s, three lived on to the early 1960s on the Wenford Bridge
branch in Cornwall, by virtue of their short wheelbase and low axle
loading.
30587 last worked for BR in the early 1960s. As part of
the national collection (it's the property of the NRM) it spent some time
stored at Preston Park. Later, it moved to the Dart Valley for static
display. And then, about four years ago, it went to the Flour Mill works
in the Forest of Dean, where it was finally restored to working order -
since when, the grass has definitely not grown under its wheels...
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being the "Steam Gala", there were other things going on. Rocket, the
resident Peckett, was in action, along with ("Steam" did we say?) the
Leyland railbus, and possibly other things. I concentrated on the visitor.
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30587... ...a selection of clips.
At first double headed with Rocket (interesting exhaust sounds!),
then on its own, action on the steep gradient out of Horsehay and
Dawley station.
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