…as Hudswell, Clarke No. 1857 follows suit

TWO days after the Kerr, Stuart’s steam test at Foxfield, the boiler of Hudswell, Clarke ‘PLA’ 0-6-0T No. 1857 was lit up for the first time at the workshops of West Somerset Restoration at Williton. The former North Gawber Colliery loco (1952-built) has yet to run in preservation, although Ryan Pope, who is undertaking the work, has already completed the bottom end work.