THE Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway has reached an important milestone in the restoration of the only steam locomotive wholly owned by the line, Hunslet ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST Wheldale (3168/1944).
Fundraisers have raised the sum of £200,000 towards the estimated £250,000 cost of the overhaul and this was celebrated by a short ceremony at Embsay station on September 1, with chairman Rob Shaw and railway volunteers displaying a board with the message “£200,000”.