THE overhaul of Sharp Stewart B class 0-4-0WTT No. 19B – the only locomotive from the British-built Darjeeling Himalayan Railway resident in the UK – is set to cost its new owning group an unexpected sixfigure sum before it can steam again.
As reported in issue 308, the Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust was successful in buying No. 19B and two matching replica coaches at the auction of its former owner, the late Adrian Shooter’s private
