HISTORY was made at the East Somerset Railway (ESR) on February 11, when GWR 2-6-2T No. 4110 moved for the first time in preservation under its own steam, following restoration from Barry scrapyard condition.
After languishing at Woodham Bros. until 1979, No. 4110 became the 100th locomotive to leave the Barry scrapyard when it was preserved by the now dissolved GWR Great Western Preservation Group at Southall Railway Centre. Purchased by the West Somerset Railway in 2015, it remained at Minehead until February 2019 when, due to lack of funding for the restoration work, it was sold to the Dartmouth Steam Railway (DSR).