Caliban rewheeled in Preston
THE Furness Railway Trust’s overhaul of its Peckett ‘OY’ 0-4-0ST Caliban (1925/1937) passed another milestone in mid-December with the rewheeling of the frames at the Ribble Steam Railway. The locomotive, which spent its working life just a stone’s throw away at Courtaulds Textiles (Preston), has not run since 1986.
Austin No. 1 to stay in Somerset
THE Llangollen Railway Trust’s Kitson 0-6-0ST Austin No. 1 (5459/1932) has had its hire to the Somerset & Dorset Railway Heritage Trust at Midsomer Norton extended for the entirety of 2022. The ex-Longbridge loco arrived at the railway last July, where it shares duties with ex-Croydon Gas Works Sentinel 4wVBT No. 7 Joyce (7109/1927).