Wickham Type 17 No. 590

Vehicle Details
Maker D. Wickham & Co Ltd
Made at Ware, Hertfordshire, UK
Type 17
Gauge Standard
Works No. 590
Order No. Not Known
Engine JAP 1100 V Twin petrol read more about JAP engines
Engine No. LTZ/H 27326
Running No. DE950021
Despatched 12 July 1932
Customer LNER, York
Fleet No. 185
 
Preservation
Purchased by Trust Donated to Trust 29 Jan 2022
Collected by Trust  
   
 
Trust Collection
Condition Possibly scrapped
Location The Rail Trolley Trust: Shropshire Collection
Notes

Engine: Original unknown. At a time unknown was swapped to a JAP 1323 V Twin.
Withdrawn by BR (ER) in November 1972.
Circa March 1979 preserved at the Dinting Railway.
After Dinting closed, moved to the Bahamas Locomotive Society’s (BLS) site at Ingrow on the K&WVR (1990).
- read more about the BLS
Sold to North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978) Ltd and moved to the Churnet Valley Railway in late 2008 -
read more about Churnet Valley Rwailway

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