First heritage era runs for ‘Marston No. 3’

JULY 4 was a red letter day for the Foxfield Railway, seeing newly-overhauled Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0ST Marston, Thompson &

Evershed No. 3 (3581/1924) make its first independent moves in 45 years. The former Burton-upon-Trent brewery locomotive made a number of runs around the yard at Caverswall Road, with members of the owning Mitchell family on hand to witness the historic occasion. The loco had passed its final steam test on May 10, and since then the Mitchells have completed piping up the loco and reassembled the motion. A period of running-in will now take place before the loco makes its much-anticipated return to Foxfield traffic