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Statfold Barn Railway
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SBR
narrow gauge
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0-4-0T
Avonside
Marchlyn
0-4-0WT
Cegin
Andrew Barclay
Hudswell Clarke
0-6-0T
GP39
Bronllwyd


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SBR - a well-travelled threesome

SBR - a well-travelled threesome
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Marchlyn : 0-4-0T
built 1933 by Avonside [Bristol] wksno : 2067
Started life at Burnhope Reservoir, Durham. Sold to Penrhyn Slate Quarries [N.Wales] in 1936, worked until 1965 and then, with 5 other PQR engines, Marchlyn was sold to an American collector. Repatriated in 2011 and restored to operational use

Cegin : 0-4-0WT
built 1931 by Andrew Barclay [Kilmarrnock]
Also started life at Burnhope - named "Red", and followed to PQR, becoming Cegin. Sold to the same collector {C.B.Arnette of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and travelling to Puerto Rico. Returned to the UK - all six ex-PQR locos have - and came Statfold in 2016.

GP39 : 0-6-0WT
built 1930 by Hudswell Clarke [Leeds]
Started life working for Surrey County Council on the construction of the A31 Guildford bypass. In 1934, sold to PQR, becoming "Bronllwyd" until 1949, from then, she stood on the infamous scrap line until sold to the late Alan Bloom in 1966, becoming part of the Bressingham fleet for the next 40years. Had a couple of years at the Lynton & Barnstable and came to Statfold in 2010, initially ran here as Bronllwyd but then restored to her identity as GP39.

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 StoneRoad2013
StoneRoad2013 club
The only one of these three that I hadn't met previously was Cegin.
6 months ago.

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