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    MAGNIFICENT MYFANWY

    Apr 07, 2020 5 minutes

    At the recent Heritage Railway Association (HRA) Awards Phil Civil, 24, of the Foxfield and Chasewater Railways, won the Young Volunteer of the Year award for the restoration of a locomotive. It wasn’t a famous locomotive; in fact most people will probably not have heard of it. It is just a simple little 0-4-0 diesel shunter – although the restoration was anything but simple. The end product is a sight to behold, and more people will now know of Myfanwy, the award-winning diesel.

    started life in 1962 as Bagnall works number 3211, but while a kit of parts it was moved from the Castle Works in Stafford to Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns (RSH) in Darlington for completion. Bagnall had just been taken over by English Electric, which then merged with RSH, closing the Castle Works in the process. Completed as RSH

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