tarting with the larger engines, always of interest is Bill Grindrod’s 1936 Marshall Gainsborough Light No.2 6hp engine No. 87843 ; it was exported to Latvia and spent its working life there, probably for direct ploughing duties amongst other things. It was brought back to the UK in the 1990s and a restoration was started sometime later. It was a lengthy and extensive process, with a new boiler barrel and tubeplate being fitted, although the firebox was found to be in good order. The engine also required a new rear axle, suspension boxes and springs, a new manstand, new bunkers, a new drawbar and new drive pinions before it was first steamed in around 2011. Thought to be the only one in the UK out of six in the world, the engine was acquired by
