L&y 0-6-0 1300

Passed the loco going north on the M61 round Horwich last night - where is it off to ?

 

hmm thats a interesting one!

 

carnforth!!!!

 

Ahh very good perhaps the repairs are beng carried out there then

 

Time was when repairs to a L&Y pug would have been carried out at Horwich; (sob).

 

I dont think it was going to carnforth

 

1300 isn't a pug...

But your point is otherwise well made. The waste of engineering skills over the last 30 years or so is shameful.

Hope to see 1300 back in operation soon.

 

The erecting is still there, as well as many other original buildings...

 

No one seems to want to tell us where she has gone! so i can only presume shes gone into hiding in a barn

 

Many a true word Jud...

 

Why do you need to know anyway? Presumably the owner has a plan and its up to him whether he shares it with anyone else. There is no "right to know" in this case.

 

Don't think anyone said they had a right to know? Nothing wrong with taking an interest...

 

I don't believe I said that anyone had said they did! Just pointing out the reality. I'm just as curious, but if the owner doesn't want to share the info I guess we have to respect that.

 

Might be worth considering who has some less than conventional facilities then...

 

Indeed curiosity never killed the cat though, for example cranford number 2 was first overhauled in a barn in staffordshire before moving to embsay

 

The engine was moved to the Ribble Steam Railway at Preston

 

Be suprising if they have the facilities to do such a job but never say never.

Having it on a short rake of wagons round the Docks might be worth a look if possible....

 

If you haven't been to Preston then you'd be very surprised at the facilities they do have, could put some of the larger railways to shame... Am very jealous!!!

 

Who is the person calling themselves Ribble?
Why have you got such interest in this loco?