■ WEST Lancashire Light Railway’s (WLLR) Kerr Stuart ‘Joffre’ 0-6-0T+WT Joffre (2405/1915) hauled its final train on August 22, before withdrawal on expiry of its 10-year ticket. Hopefully it will return to service by 2023. Graham Fairhurst’s ex-Minas de Utrillas O&K 0-4-0WT 2378/1907 Utrillas hauled its last WLLR train on July 11, before relocating to Lancashire Mining Museum’s new passenger line on July 14 (RM, August).
■ CORRIS Railway has received additional deliveries of material to enable further construction work on the embankment at Pont y Goedwig required for the line’s southern extension.