THE East Lancashire Railway held a very successful small engines weekend on June 10/11. In addition to ex-BR types, a number of industrials were in use that weekend.
Making a welcome change from its familiar ‘Thomas’ duties, Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0T No. 32 Gothenburg (680/1903) – unusually carrying its name on the tank side – was used on local passenger shuttles.
These Manchester Ship Canal locos all originally carried names on the tank sides, but because of protests during the First World War, the nameplates were