The Duke reboilered at Wirksworth

BAGNALL ‘Austerity’ 0-6-0ST The Duke (2746/1944) had its boiler returned to the frames at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway during late July, following an extensive overhaul by Locomotive Maintenance Services in Loughborough.

The Bagnall Preservation Group loco is one of two six-coupled locos currently under overhaul at Wirksworth, the other being Hudswell, Clarke 0-6-0T Cathryn (1884/1955).