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No 2 Portishead 0-6-0ST

  

Built: 1890    Maker: Manning Wardle & Co Ltd       

Makers’ No: 1134

Bought: 1907  Withdrawn by WC&P: 1926        Scrapped: 1931 or later

No 2 Portishead

Photo reproduced with permission from the Ken Crowhurst collection

History:

 

This, the second loco to be named Portishead, was bought secondhand from Jackson of Stowmarket, who built the Portishead extension. This loco hauled the first train to run to Portishead on 7 August 1907, having being bought specifically to support the extension. It was replaced by an LBSCR 0-6-0T also called No 2 Portishead! It was sold to William Cowlin & Son for use on the Power Station at Portishead. Wheel diameter was 3ft.

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