NEW-BUILD 2ft gauge Bagnall ‘Sipat’ 0-4-0ST Big Dave left North Bay Railway Engineering (NBRE) in Darlington on November 23, arriving on West of Fife Munitions Railway metals the following day. Test steaming and shakedown runs followed at the beginning of December with NBRE staff assisting on-site.
The addition of steam to the 2ft gauge line is a game changer for the Shed 47 Railway Restoration Group, which also anticipates the introduction of steam on the standard gauge line at the Lothalmond site.