AUGUST 4wasalandmarkdatefor Britain’s newest steam locomotive, the Ffestiniog &Welsh Highland Railways’ doubleFairlieNo. 8 JamesSpooner, when thefirstfirewaslitinitsboiler.
Having had the overhauled power bogies from No. 11 placed underneath and the necessary pipework and connections completed, was towed outside the shed and its first fire lit in the firebox.