Schoolchildren admire Poplar as ‘Terrier’ returns to its Poplar roots
PROUDLY wearing a livery it had not carried for more than 120 years, A1X ‘Terrier’ No. 70 Poplar, currently the oldest operational former BR steam locomotive in preservation, returned to its roots on June 15 – in Poplar, the east London district after which it was named 150 years ago.
The 0-6-0T emerged from the LBSCR’s Brighton Works in December 1872 as No. 70 , so continuing the company’s practice of naming its locomotives after places it served. After spending 29 years on London suburban.
