World’s first articulated Garratt moves to Statfold Barn for public display
Dec 17, 2019
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By Robin Jones
CHRIS PARRY/Ff&WHR
THE Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways (Ff&WHR) has sent pioneer articulated Beyer Garratt K1 to the Statfold Barn Railway for cosmetic repair and long-term display.
Withdrawn following the expiry of its boiler certificate in 2014, K1 has been stored at Dinas in a part-dismantled state, awaiting full retubing and an ‘intermediate’ overhaul of its power bogies.
The Garratt articulated locomotive was designed
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