1863 Mountaineer Locomotive Ltd’s ‘Axlebox Challenge’ raised sufficient cash to enable machining of bronze blanks into four axleboxes for replica Ffestiniog Railway George England 0-4-0T+T Mountaineer to commence on November 29. The new-build loco is being constructed in stages by North Bay Railway Engineering Services.
The successful fundraising and a cancelled machining order enabled the commencement of work on the axleboxes some two months ahead of the projected schedule.