THE recent UK public working debut at the Statfold Barn Railway of former Sena Sugar Estates John Fowler 0-4-2T No. 15513 of 1920 No. V11 – as highlighted last issue – has demonstrated what a boon to the world’s narrow gauge heritage sector the rescue of a group of 2ft gauge steam locomotives from Mozambique was more than two decades ago.
Locomotives from the Sena Sugar Estates enterprise have found homes in Britain, Germany, South Africa and the USA since their recovery from their country of operation. On the domestic front, three of the