‘PLAYSCHOOL Engine’Barclay0-4-0ST No. 699 of 1691 Swanscombe has found a new home – and following a successful post-overhaul boiler test is now available for hire to heritage lines.
The oldest-surviving standard gauge Barclay in the world, was delivered to the Northfleet Coal & Ballast Co. in Kent in 1891, where it ran