Two visiting locos set for Quainton Road event

COLIN Stott’s Hudswell, Clarke 0-4-0ST Waleswood (750/1906) is visiting the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre this spring. The Chasewater Railway resident arrived at Quainton Road on February 16.

It is due to star in the Easter Transport Festival on April 17/18 as well as appearing at the Spring Steam Gala on May 1/2. During the latter event it will share the limelight with visiting Furness Railway 0-4-0 No. 20, fresh from overhaul and appearing courtesy of the Furness Railway Trust.

The gala will provide an opportunity to compare Hudswell, Clarke 0-4-0ST designs at either end of a 40-year spectrum as Waleswood lines up alongside the BRC’s own Hudswell Millom (1742/1946).

The event will also be tinged with sadness as 14in Bagnall 0-4-0ST No. V75 (2496/1932), with its unusual double buffers, makes its final public appearance before being withdrawn for overhaul.