Golspie
Technical Details:
Builder: E.E. Baguley, Burton
No.: 2085
Weight: 4 tons
Year: 1935
Livery: Red
Tractive
effort: 60 hp
Golspie is a steam-outlined,
but originally petrol-engined 0-4-0 built by E.E. Baguley in 1935.
Delivered new to the Duke of Sutherland's Trentham Gardens, it became
one of three similar locos on the mile-long line. In 1938, Golspie
received a new 3-speed gearbox and the original Baguley petrol engine
was replaced by a Perkins 4.270 diesel engine of around 60 hp. The
railway regrettably closed at the end of the summer season in 1988 and
was largely moved to Alton Towers, although the first loco Brora
travelled north to Dunrobin Castle in the Highlands. Golspie,
by now named The Trentham Express, was never used at Alton and
was stored in the open, being stripped of a few spares, but otherwise it remained
a very original machine. The loco arrived at Amerton on 9th May 2000.
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March 2010 updated by John Wilcock