Section 7  -   Locomotives


                    Two former Industrial Steam Locomotives are under the care of WILPT (merger of WILT and

                    WILPG and are based on the Severn Valley Railway which runs from Bridgnorth (Shropshire) to

                    Kidderminster (Worcestershire). The first locomotive to be acquired (in 1967), an 0-6-0ST from

                    Rugby Portland Cement Company was the very last to be built by  Manning, Wardle Company

                    of Leeds in 1926 prior to that Company going out of Business. The second locomotive to be

                    acquired (in 1969), an 0-6-0T from ICI Blackley (Manchester) was originally built for the

                    Manchester Ship Canal Railway by the Hunslet Engine Company (also of Leeds) in 1898.

               

                   

                 Section  7A  -  0-6-0ST MW2047 of 1926